CO129-239 - Governor Des Voeus Acting Governor Stewart - 1888 [9-12] — Page 196

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as set forth in the Enclosures to the letter of the 20th January, 1883, included only local ometeoro. logica and magnetic observations and the dropping of a time-ball has been fairly doubled since then. Daily weather reports, slor

warnings,

me kor

-ological investigations, etc., have been included and ony publications concer-

and the law of storms

-ing typhoons

greatest value to

have proved of the chiffing in the Eastern seas, thus direct - - by contributing to the wealth of the Colony.

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3. I have appointment about six

hare

hold

my present years

and

not received any return for

tioned above

the additional work men and that work has in fact been

carried out with hardly any expense to the Colony

and I would venture

to respectfully submit for your Lordship's consideration, whe ther

myy appointmout does not deserve be ter pemunera

uneration

than

at present, say

& the rate of

three hundred dollars month.

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4. The publications from this Observatory, with the xception of the daily weather-peports and papers insert- -ed in periodicals at home, have been sent to the Colonial Office Lordship is the best authority

or

Inerits

done, and

and

Ou

Your

the

otherwise of the work I have

OM/

the scale on

which such

work is penumerated elsewhere.

5. My allowances include

a

tory,

but this

residence in the Observa Consists of only four rooms and the

Carried

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