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THIS first-class meteorological observatory was erected in 1883, and the regular work of observing began on January I, 1884. Weather Reports appear monthly, and we have now before us the observations and work of Mr. Doberck and his staff for the first two years. For the first two months the work was restricted to eye-observations, but meanwhile no time was lost in erecting the barograph, thermograph, anemograph, pluvio-graph, and sunshine recorder, which are similar to those in use at Kew; and from April I, 1884, the Monthly Reports include a continuous hourly record of the more important elements of the climate of Hong Kong. The buildings are erected on the peninsula of Kaulung, facing the harbour, on the top of Mount Elgin, a small eminence rising from the plain to a height of about no feet above mean sea-level. It may also be noted that the ground has been carefully turfed where the instruments are placed. In addition to the usual tabulations and their averages, the Monthly Report gives a carefully observed log; of non-instrumental phenomena, such as dew, fog, unusual visibility, halos, and thunderstorms.
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The Hong Kong Meteorological Observatory 1 . Nature 34, 148–149 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/034148a0
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