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Weather Report of the Director of the Observatory, and his Report on five
day
2.
of the principal - meteorological elements for 1885.
Dr Doberek, in paragraph
4 of the report first referred to,-
stated that an additional Clerk
and Messenger must be if he
appointed...
was to continue to furnish
daily weather reports and
storm warnings, which he
describes as extraneous work.
not originally contemplated, the staff having been arranged for simply
Enclosure 3.
17th March,
1886. (with 6 spare
M
Copies)
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simply carrying
one
scientifie
observations and calculations in
daily
weather
the Observatory. The only practical, benefit which the Colony derives from the Observatory is the publication of these reports together with the correct daily dropping of the Time Ball, and the issue of Storm Warnings; and it was on the understanding that this information
Avas
stre
to be
furnished that funds provided for the construction of
Observatory and
an
for the
payment