764 
THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 
Supplies at Honolulu are plentiful and very moderate in price. Excellent beef can 
be procured at 2-|d. per pound ; mutton, 3cl. per pound ; sheep, 10s. each ; fowls, 20s. per 
dozen ; potatoes, l-|d. per pound ; turkeys, 5s. 6d. each ; eggs, 2s. per dozen ; &c., besides 
which a large variety of fruit is cultivated, pine-apples, grapes, the avocado pear, 
plantains, melons, and oranges. 
A meteorological register has been kept at Honolulu by the Harbour Master, from 
which the following table has been compiled showing the climate of the town : — 
Meteorological Table compiled from observations made in the years 1837-8, by 
Hr. T. C. B. Rooke, and during the years 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, by the 
Harbour Master, Captain Daniel Smith. 
Barometer reduced to 32° and sea level. Temperature observations taken at sunrise and at 2 p.m. 
MONTH. 
Barometer. 
Mean Temp, 
in shade. 
Mean Range 
of Temp. 
Max. Temp, in 
shade registered. 
Min. Temp, in 
shade registered. 
Clouds — 0 to 10 
Mean Amount. 
Rain. 
WIND. 
No. of days 
Gales. 
* 
be 
3 o 
6 
& 
REMARKS. 
Mean 
Height 
Ext'. Range 
Total 
Fall. 
No. 
of 
days. 
Av. Hourly 
velocity. 
No. of 
PAYS 
FROM. 
N. 
N.E. 
E. 
S.E. i 
s. s.w. 
r 
w. 
N.W. 
C’lm 
in. 
in. 
in. 
j 
January, . 
29-999 
0-55 
73-8 
12-7 
85 
58 
3-66 
3 
3 
15 
1 
7 
1 
1 
3 
1 
February, 
30-044 
0-31 
73-9 
12-6 
84 
60 
3-42 
4 
2 
17 
1 
6 
1 
1 
2 
March, 
30-045 
0-33 
75-3 
11-0 
84 
65 
3-34 
2 
20 
1 
5 
l 
4 
2 
April, 
30-071 
0-22 
76 -2 
10-9 
87 
62 
2-79 
2 
1 
25 
1 
1 
2 
May, 
30-071 
0-24 
78T 
11-5 
87 
70 
1-57 
1 
1 
28 
.2 
June, 
30-054 
0-25 
79-3 
10-8 
89 
73 
1-28 
2 
26 
1 
2 
1 
July, 
30-037 
0-22 
80-5 
11-8 
89 
73 
2-05 
4 
28 
1 
1 
1 
August, 
30-013 
0-22 
81-0 
11-6 
90 
74 
1-48 
1 
28 
2 
1 
September, 
30-019 
0-35 
80-8 
11-4 
89 
72 
2-26 
2 
29 
1 
1 
October, . 
30-003 
0-32 
78-5 
12-4 
88 
70 
6-99 
4 
1 
18 
2 
1 
7 
2 
1 
November, 
30-017 
0-48 
76 T 
11-3 
86 
61 
6-39 
6 
1 
18 
1 
1 
6 
l 
2 
December, 
30-021 
0-35 
74-4 
12-0 
85 
62 
4-02 
3 
1 
17 
10 
l 
1 
1 
1 
Means ) 
ancl > 
30 033 
0'55 
77-3 
11 -7 
90 
58 
39-25 
34 
10 
269 
8 
5 
50 
5 
2 
2 
14 
8 
Totals, ) 
Hawaii . — On the 11th August the Expedition left Honolulu for Hilo Bay in Hawaii 
Island, in order to allow the Naturalists an opportunity of visiting the celebrated volcano 
of Kilauea. On leaving, the ship was swung outside Honolulu to ascertain the errors 
of the compass and dipping needle. The trade wind was fresh from E. by N., neces- 
sitating working to windward under steam and fore and aft sails. One sounding of 
