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On the Coasts of Australia . 
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for passing northward of it is a white spot on the N.W, 
extreme of Low Head, in one with the light-house : the 
latter will then bear E. 16° S. All the above bearings 
are magnetic. 
The shoals on either side within the entrance of the 
River Tamar are marked with beacons. Those on the 
western side have a letter V on the top, and those on the 
eastern a cross. Shoals marked by chequered buoys may 
be passed on either side. A red or black buoy signifies 
the danger extends from the eastern shore, and a white 
one that it is from the western. 
Meteorological Observations made at Pori Arthur, during the Y$ 
1842. By T. Lejviprjere, D.A.C.G. 
MONTHS. 
Barometer. 
Thermometer. 
Pluviometer. 
Maximum. 
Minimum . 
St 
I 
Attached . 
Maternal. 
g 
2 
1 
i 
2 
1 
1 
g 
5 
i 
Minimum. 
Mean. 
January .. 
30*280 
29*234 
29-792 
76-2 
54 
62-7 
82 
00 
63-6 
2-87 
February.. 
30-362 
29*350 
30-008 
78 
55 
04*2 
85 
53*6 
00-5 
0-28 
March.... 
30*320 
29*118 
30-027 
09-5 
51 
00-7 
77-8 
49*5 
62*1 
0*09 
April. 
30*270 
28*940 
29*793 
61 
47 
54 
71*5 
44*2 
54*8 
3-81 
May. 
30*300 
29-020 
29*712 
64 
41 
51-4 
71-5 
39 
51*9 
5-87 
Juno. 
30*300 
28-918 
29*710 
00 
38 
47-2 
08*5 
35-5 
48*4 
3*15 
July. 
30*200 
29-060 
29-097 
56 
40 
474 
02 
38 
47*6 
2-74 
August ... 
30*208 
29-184 
29-881 
50 
40-2 
17*5 
05 
35 
49-4 
4-81 
September. 
30-100 
29-150 
29-094 
02 
46*8 
54*0 
72 
40 
54-7 
1*12 
October 
30-050 
29-050 
20-565 
02 
44 
52 
74 
41*5 
54-1 
4*02 
November. 
30*050 
29-124 
29-641 
71-5 
41-5 
58 
78*5 
45*5 
GO-2 
3-70 
December . 
30*194 
29-420 
29 872 
78*5 
53 
61-8 
79-5 
48-5 
02*8 
0*12 
For the Year 
30*520 
28-918 
29-786 
78-5 
38 
55*1 
8ft 
35 
50-3 
32-58 
Direction op Winds 
REDUCED TO 
Days. 
N 2, S 4, E 0, W 4, NE 8, 
NW 1, 8E 2, SW 0, calm 3. 
N2,E 5, S 6, W 3, NE 1, 
SW 4, calm 7 .. 
N 3, E 3. S 7, W 3, NE I, 
NW 3, SE 1, SW 3, calm 7 
N 5, E 2, S 4, W 0, NE 1, 
NW 2. SE 1, SW 2, calm 7 
N 3, E 2, S 1, W 0, NE 1, 
NW 5, SW 0, calm 7. 
N 7, E 1, S 8, W 4, NE 3, 
NW 3, SW 0, calm 3.. 
N 4, E 2, S 1, W 1), NE 4, 
NW 3, SW 4, calm 7.. 
N 5, E 2, S l, W 2, NE 2, 
NW 6, SW 5, calm 8. 
N 4, E 2, S 3, W 2, NE 3, 
NW 5, SE 3, calm B. 
N 4. E 1, S 4, W 5, NE 2, 
NW 0, SE 1, SW 5, calm 3 
N 1, E 3, S J, W 3, NE 1, 
NW 10, SE 1, SW 2, calm 0 
N 3, E 4, S 8, W 5, NE 2, 
NW 3, SE 1, SW 2, calm 3 
N 43, S 43, E 35, 
NE 24, NW 47 
. SW 43, calm (!!) 
5, W 52,') 
SE 10, J 
Latitude of Port Arthur, 43° !V 0" South. Longitude, 107° 5V 83" East.. » 
Height, of Instruments above the SeaBarometer and Thermometer, 35 ft. 5 inches. Pluviometer, 
First Swallow seen, 5th Sept. Hailstones, 3-8m, In duration, 7th Oct, First Bees swarmed, 17th 
