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
His impressions of Europe and mentions telegraphy, electricity, lighting, telephony (including stats), post and meteorology where SA observations are " best in the southern hemisphere"
Coloured rainfall map to inform the Legislative Council when altering the land laws; the construction of railways; the declaration of new hundreds; the sinking of wellsand providing new jetties etc.