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Comic suggestion Todd is causing weather changes by forecasting.
Mention "deperessions"
New meteorological station at Mount Lofty railway Station
Established by Wragg, uses Stevenson Screen. Todd to get copies of data. Uses self-registering instruments.
Criticism of annual rainfall statistics – appropriate for scientists.
Unsuitable for public usage, especially for pastoralists. NSW format is better.
Rainfall statistics to 1881 published. Affected by economic depression
Comment that they're late and laborious to prepare and understaffed due to poor government funding as a result of the economic depression.
Wragge leaving to become Govt Meteorologist for Queensland
Todd and Wragge agree to exchange data. Wragge to introduce Todd practices in Qld. Discussion of need for standardized versions of Stevenson Screen in all Colonies, New Zealand and Great Britain
Stringencies canvassed in era of reducing Government budget
Use of old railway rails as telegraph posts, Observatory staff member dismissed, need a universal postal rate for postcards, Toss supported on query of extra funding for instruments at the Observatory
Rainfall reports presage end of the drought
Mentions populations of the Colony and the Northern Territory