THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH MAY, 1899.
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8. The entry of observations made at sea in degree squares for the area between 9° South and 45° North latitude, and between the longitude of Singapore and 180° East of Greenwich for the con- struction of trustworthy pilot charts has been continued, and 198785 observations in all have now been entered.
Table I.
Meteorological Observations entered in 10° Squares in 1893-1898 incl.
number.
| Square
Jan.
Feb. March, April. May. June. July. August.
Sept. October.
Nov. Dec.
19
1
0
20
28
11
41
23
10
6
8
21
22
22
51
89
41
1
10
2
22
8
12
28
35
25
29
10
ONNO
0
0
0
40
23
22
28
19
36
11
0
1
23
223
260
82
48
14
1
105
78
34
48
68
172
24
366
270
335
318
245
258
493
419
325
456
476
356
25
181
116
120
106
137
115
147
136
124
311
299
189
26
2128
2006
2547
2494
3002
3055
3361
3556
3277
3247
2531
2347
27
2
1
1
2
3
1
55
20
29
26
16
18
46
30
29
16
10
12
'56
19
51
30
12
24
40
49
50
12
32
19
57
29
57
38
55
42
34
57
32
12
54
22
58
41
43
91
51
71
55
39
53
19
33
52
59
118
126
114
36
69
90
101
68
20
95
130
ONONNA
0
12
10
26
40
84
60
236
230
216
154
142
219
338
254
165
196
160
164
61
2150
2040
2666
2484
3104
3483
3661
3736
3717
3623
3014
243*
62 1553
1701
1942
1876
2088
2152
2030
2054
2045
1999
1823
1723
63
10
11
14
16
17
14
9
13
13
1
3
91
36
50
40
54
11
24
21
30
35
39
58
74
92
51
55
45
52
13
12
19
35
24
60
68
93
41
49
37
22
11
1
26
28
29
80
50
94
28
39
29
12
4
16
38
15
22
19
95
61
101
53
73
70
61
32
31
54
87
48
98
96
1727
1503
1646
1686
2049
2044
2073
1955
1796
1972
1739
1591
97
793
726
910
803
928
1004
930
945
982
1008
986
871
98
251
221
248
260
325
377
350
345
385
313
319
295
127
127
58
82
86
65
48
94
85
86
103
104
68
128
133
69
97
105
72
76
107
112
84
145
139
95
129
151
82
138
163
90
117
104
134
92
170
186
145
130
357
259
366
285
442
445
509
4977
385
459
425
366
131
416
325
442
441
457
550
561
637
450
520
457
326
132
1129
916
1333
1422
1945
2069
2542
2036
1867
2000
1823
1163
133
0
74
63
109
108
141
67
73
115
81
13
163
111
100
134
160
174
217
224
247
199
170
153
97
164
177
141
183
220
234
329
311
327
309
258
203
127
165
205
159
158
186
300
230
353
330
338
247
225
141
166
59
50
58
53
108
91
126
76
126
98
71
58
167
17
5
17
28
65
114
136
76
50
37
0
168
0
199
33
34
25
200
11
202
203
318
319
11
12
35
DINOOOW
6
2
3
0
41
40
45
42
68
49
44
35
22
13
1
5
0
15
0
23
1
28
7
13
320
4
0
27
16
13
35
321
0
1
1
11
1
1
0
322
22
20
28
36
49
45
35
24
35
41
46
21
323
325
209
238
189
157
155
204
173
194
170
197
269
324 249
161
135
65
85
72
124
108
164
246
275
233
325 247
216
202
300
335
330
502
448
408
307
278
237
13903 12539 15035 14662 17179
18287
20016 19352 18132 18909 16680 14091
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9. As stated in the Instructions for making Meteorological Observations, etc.," meteorological observations forwarded by observers who regularly send their registers to the Observatory are verified here free of cost. During the past year 5 barometers and one solar thermometer were verified. In addition, several hundred barometers and aneroids on board ship were compared with our standard, which has been occasionally checked by comparison with standard barometers verified at the Kew Observatory, and has at no time differed one thousandth of an inch from the British standard.
10. The mean values of the spectroscopic rainband (1-5) in 1898 were as follows:-January 1.35, February 2.07, March 1.81, April 2.23, May 2.10, June 2.67, July 2.19, August 2.35, September 2.33, October 1.74, November 1.40, December 1.00. Year 1.94.
11. In 1898 the number of transits observed was 2600. The axis of the transit instrument was levelled 215 times, and the azimuth and collimation were determined 67 times by aid of the meridian
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