APPENDIX II. Meteorological Observations.-Table I. Kew Observatory. Longitude 0h 1m 15"-1 W. Latitude 51° 28' 6" N. Height above sea-level 34 feet. Mean Monthly results from the continuous Records for the Twelve Months ending September 30th, 1878. Thermometer.* Vapour Dry Date. Ther. Date. Ther. Date. Bar. Date. Bar. tension. air. d. h. d. h. inches. d. h. 1877. October.. 48.5 14 1 P.M. 65.0 18 8 A.M. 29.0 30.027 6 inches. 8 A.M. 30-630 November.. 45.5 16 11 A.M. 58.0 4 4 29.689 17 II II 28.718 .262 29.427 December 41.0 6 2 PM. 53.3 28 7 30.044 20 9 30.691 1 2 A.M. 29.138 .223 29.821 1878. January.. .. 40-8 { 54.7 11 10 P.M. 26.4 30.167 12 10 99 30'703 25 9 29.376 •217 29.950 February... 42.5 17 2 57.5 8 9 A.M. 25'9 30-285 22 1 30.653 27 8 P.M. 29.659 •238 30.047 March 42.8 30-075|16 11 30.666 29 5 A.M. 29.178 ⚫204 29.871 9 P.M. April.. 48.4 30 1 64.6 1 6 29.0 29-838 27 9 .266 29.572 May 55.0 10 3 71.2 21 4 39.1 29-794 30 10 A.M. 30.166 214 { 2 P.M. June } 29.292 •317 29 447 60:3 26 July. 63.1 19 29.943 6 11 30.247 11 4 81.8 4 4 47.1 30-036 31 O midt. 30.373 24 4 29.654 دو *428 29.608 August 62.2 3 77.1 26 4 29.759 September.. 56.3 4 71.9 24 6 29.995 1 A.M. 30-373 0 noon 30-309 30 6 A.M. 29.151 *447 29.312 23 3 P.M. 29.463 .374 29.621 50.5 20.971 .. .... .307 29.664 The above Table is extracted from the Quarterly Weather Report of the Meteorological Office, by permission of the Meteorological Council. The thermometer-bulbs are 10 feet above the ground. + Readings reduced to sea-level. * Measured daily at 10 A.M. by gauge 1.75 feet above surface of ground. + Derived from observations made at 10 A.M., noon, 2, 4, and 10 P.M. As registered by the anemograph. + Derived from the means of the indications of four black-bulb thermometers in vacuo, read daily at 10 A.M. As indicated by Robinson's anemograph, 70 feet above the general surface of ground. Erratum in Report for 1877, p. 16, note, for "unreduced" read "reduced." Transactions. 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