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ground at Newnes Land. ‘The coast-line seemed to get somewhat 
lower south of this place, but through the telescope immense peaks 
were discovered in a chain far inland, and pack-ice prevented us 
from penetrating near into the land between Cape Washington and 
Mount Erebus. However, I regard Newnes Land and the vicinity 
of Cape Neumayer and Cape Gouss as of vast geographical 
importance, apart from the desirability of these places as magnetic 
stations. At Newnes Land a party ought to winter. 
We observed many fjords which stretched into Victoria Land 
from the coast: in the vicinity of Newnes Land especially, where 
the inner part of Southern Cross Fjord still remains to be explored. 
Drift-ice was blocking Wood Bay and the former fjord when we 
were there. Southern Cross Fjord is, in my opinion, another place 
where an ice-vessel might over-winter with a scientific party. 
METEOROLOGY AND MAGNETISM. 
Bv Louis Bernacchi, F.R.G.S. 
The following is an outline of the meteorological and magnetic 
observations taken by the Expedition in southern latitudes. The 
bulk of the observations being still unreduced, it is impossible to 
discuss them fully at present, and for this reason no readings of 
the barometer can be given to this report. These meteorological 
observations, taken at Cape Adare in lat. 71° 18’ S. during the entire 
year, from February, 1899, to February, 1900, cannot fail to be a 
valuable addition to our knowledge of the meteorology of the 
Antarctic regions. They were conducted on nearly the same lines 
as at a station of the first order, and as accurately and regularly 
as possible. During nine months of the year readings were taken 
two-hourly, from 9 А.м. to 9 P.M., and during the three winter 
months, June, July, and. August, two-hourly observations were made 
day and night. Besides these bi-hourly readings, self-registering 
instruments furnished. barograph and thermograph curves for the 
whole period; records of the amount of sunshine with the 
Campbell-Stokes | sunshine recorder; maximum and minimum 
