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Part of a Bill before the Legislative Council

Local sourcing of embossing machines, wire stitching machines, and other necessary appliances in connection with stamps and postal notes. Number of items embossed so far. Details of stamp face values to be created.

Locations and instruments for 1st and 2nd order weather stations, plans to fill in gasps, local and Inter-colonial reports, publication of daily reports at 4 places. Mentions anemograph, thermometer, barometer, rain gauge.

Melbourne Postal Conference, mail contractors competing with gov't funded rivals, European mandates on what ships can be used. SA meteorological records praised, continental standards agreed to on observation methods and instruments.

Weather telegrams should take precedence over other telegrams and include Tasmania and New Zealand; desirability of observing at same local hour with standardized equipment and trained observers. Observations from mountain sites

Adelaide has clearer skies for astronomical observations, equipment is as good as others, pending arrival of Transit telescope, speed of telegraph signals

Also, Todd report on comet affected by poor instrumentation and visibility and staff missing. Suggests staffing should better. Compares comet with one he saw in Cambridge 1850-1.

Definition of 1st class station, establishment of mountain weather stations and need for both dry and wet bulb readings

SA, NSW, Vic and NZ agreement to establish standards for instruments, times of observations, weather telegrams and statistics to build storm warning capacity for marine safety