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B 6 ■m v/'OtA. yVvC^ (^j^'-(L ABSTRACTS THE METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN IN THE / Years 1860-61. AT IBB ROYAL ENGINEER OFFICE, NEW WESTMINSTER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. EDITED BY COLONEL SIR HENRY JAMES, R.E. VMS., M.R.I.A., F.G.S, &•;. LONDON: PRINTED BY GEORGE EDWARD EYRE AND WILLIAM SVOTTLSWOODIO. PUINTEBS TO THE QUEENS MOST EXCELT-EST JIAJESTV. I'OR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE. 1862. 5389, 71 t -r X !■« ■* ffl 00 171 O W O PS f 38-0 d 1 1- -t rt O f — ffi o C ■0 ^ o ^ '« ^' i« CI u> S? S " (o c n ^ ^ ^ 1 r= 1 1 X CI 4S CI tf o — '=• s s § i = ^ 5 i. s — « 5 5''' 6 c C» C Ci CI — to -row 1 ?' 1 1 f, 1 &T- a • 91 2 = X ffl ST. Ch 5 ■:■ ? 9 n o i» 00 X « CI X 1 ^ 1 1 CI f 3 1 - ^ rt S :-! - ' c Ct X >". '.-S « f i — "f 1- 3 3? S g = ri c CO X ffi o O 1- »^ S 5 - CO cc © i «> t* — •- CI ei « ^ Li 1 ? 1 1 iS 1 I cc n to 'X « -?( f' f r c» m o 1- -J e% is 7\ lT « r- -f iM ^ Ct O ©1 i c X -t r- « I. o 1 - f 1.T 1 T' 1 1 C O tA 3 >0 "f .-. 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I .1)V(1 I 1 s S s; ?! - a 3 a a S 3 S IS 3 s J I u3 n o 2! 2 r, I I I - d A 3 MrTiypItOLuiiIiAI. on^F.nVATION'S TAKKN AT THE 0,lsnnVAT,..Ns t»i;(.n l.yLmr,. C;o),,o,nls I'.'trr J. I.oe.l. nmlj,„„rs Cmroy, R.E iiii.ler llio direction of Cnptaiii R. M. Parsons, R..yMl Knginccis. NEW WESTX[INSTER, riRITISII COLUMIUA. r^tiU..Ic4!)-12'.ir"N. I.nnpl.uS0O : roi?','''T~'^'''''.«f"T!' •^t'^tt" c month 1ms Imon .lull a,„l S' " '"•"^'^''"•■•'''''-' a"""ti^y "» '••■"■" l''^^ tWl.-.: occasionally accompanicll will. F.;'/.-Ti,e weather .l-.-.ring the month, 1ms l.cen similar to that experienced during the previous month, with the exception of fogs being less frcq.u.nt ^^P'"'"'''' ilA(,v,7t.— A consideral.lo quantity of rain has fallen during the month. Butterflies appeared about the 9tl.. Thorns began to budabout the lOtl.rand a few Ls to n.mear Alos(|uitoe3 began to appear about the 22d. nppear. numi';ilJtL woock '"" ''"" '"^ ^'™* '^""^ "'« '"''''"'• ^^-T"'- ge.S,7ll7mTi!i:!La"nt"" ""^ ""''•* "' ""'^ '"°""' ' '-' ^'- weather haa been June.— No observations received for this month. nuuSu7^^'"'"""' "''"■'•^ '''"' """^ ^'^^'^'""** ""^ "'°""'- Mosquitoes still very Auyud.~\cry little rain during the month. The flood ti.le stemmed the .lown- JhctdJky. ' " ^'™"" "' ^^'^ Westminster on the 19th, for the first tte sbce Seplemher.~Tho weather during the month has been very fine and pleasant in?hS^T!d,r""''' ^"^'''"' """'' '^'""'' '"'' ^°°°^' ""■'' ™°""' ' ^"^'^ -^^ "i"'*^'^^" iV'oi'(;)n6ey -Two very heavy gales of wind during the month, both from the south • on the mornings of the 10th and 11th respectively. ' i)(jccniiec.— Heavy fall of rain on the 30th, Month generally fine. 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O i-) 11 1 •,.111(1 1 A ' S ' ' ' 1 < I 1 , 8 3 , Si , , 1 i 1 1 ^ r-l * « 1 '- c 1= '-"-'"•' „ 1 »1 t- 11 ts *1 * 1 •OUKl ' :! ' n ' 1 1 §1 1 1 1 o" 1 c J2 11 11 1- 1 c; 1^ I t-. I.-! « 1 1 11 0a 1 rt r- ■• ■■ « « 1 •,M»(I * 1 ' S ' ' ' ' 1 1 1' , 8 , SI Si - ' ■ 6 1 <-• t- <-> 1 1 « f 2 1 = 1 s 1 ei « 1 i 11 FH ^ 1 W 1 rH O O p4 91 « 1 30 •OUKI » 1 1 ■-» 1 3 . § ?! » , , , 1 t£ 51 1 I « fi F ■ s .-* M ,: w ■ Is l: is f a i3 !^ > vJ •■« S ^ 'si 1 1 ii if , , , i Q 1 • s 2 'S 1 1 1 t i '. 7 1 i! 1 f ■S 1 ■a t S s E a ft 1 & s 1 is m I'lllXCIPAI, STATIONS or Till'. ItOVAI, I'.NOIKKrns IN ISOI. Observatioss tnkoii ]>y 2n(l Ci)fi)iirnl r.,'tui- J. Lri'li iiiiJ \M\m fdiii-iiiil ('(.iir.y, IMv. uudiT tlio ilii'octiuu dl' Ciiiitniii II. M. Piii-sdiiM, U.K. NKW WESTMINSTHR, lilllTISlI COLUMHIA. Laliiiuli' r.i 12' 17" X. I.nngituilo Ml' i3' I'J" N. llc'i(ilil uliovc the tn :, I fict. 1801 : Jintuiir;/. — Honvy full of snow on tliu lOtli. Lunnr lialo im lOtli. W.iiIIk.i' diniii;,' tlie month j,'pnf'nilly fiiK' and frosty. FeliriKiri/. — Very showery duriii;,' t'lC n. i,, ;i. ,leiuhi',r. — Heavy rain on Kitli. Weather generally fine. Odoher. — The weather duving this month has lieen lathcr dnll, with a good deal of rain, cspeoially towards the .niddle and latter parLs df the i.ionth, November. — Heavy rain during the month, with snow aud frost towards the latter part. Diicemher. — A great deal of rain lias fallen during this month, aecomimnicd with frost and snow. N.B.- The instruments in use were made by Casella, London, and were carefully ».omi,.-'red at the Kew Obsen-atory previou.sly to being sent out to the ,ibove station. ^^^■w^— ^w ap LONDON: i'linleil lij Georoe E. Eyre and Wim.iam Si'ottiswoud::, Printers to thf iiuecn's most ExccilentjMnjcsly. For Ilcr Slajesty's Stationery Office. JJjpj ILiNp C71