134 Transactio7is of the Royal Society of South Africa. 
Kimberley, 49° at Hope Town, 49° at Steynsburg, 45° at Doorn Kop, and 
52° at Kilrush. On the morning of the 9th these were 54° 48°, 43°, 49°, and 
52° respectively, but on the morning of the 10th the readings were 38°, 
40°, 34°, 34°, and 37°, and it decreased during the following days. 
It is evident by this that the cold from the southern ocean cooled the 
atmosphere progressively from the coast northwards and vertically. This 
may account for the fact that the greater falls of snow began on the 10th. 
Interest in the foregoing is enhanced by the fact that snow-storms 
have visited South Africa on other occasions, when similar conditions 
have prevailed, and it is safe to say that during the season when snow can 
be expected these conditions are almost sure to prefigure snow. Of course 
this is not the only condition foretelling snow, but, as far as has been seen, 
the only one causing a blizzard. 
The thanks of the writer are due to Mr. C. B. Stewart, now Chief 
Meteorologist to the Union, for supplying the data necessary for the 
preparation of the Synoptic Charts. 
