SSS Number of days.

SEM SE Southeast to

:58 8 hotels Northeast to

30 52
18 46
18 110
20 118
8 115

32
14 58
22 36
10 18
35 45
33 28
46 343

90

5. Fort Franklin.'

32 14 12 65 31 19 69 46 108 43

22 N. 7° 11' E. .34
29 N. 3 53 W..32
19 N. 74 51 E. .32
17 S. 77 8 E. 1.51
8 S. 79 37 E. .551
0 S. 62 42 E. .46
0 S. 83 56 E. 1.41
18 N. 18 10 E. 1.30
20 N. 32 41 E. 1.10
16 N. 18 17 E. .23
29 N. 16 42 E. .27}
41 | N. 78 14 E. .44 s. 78° E. .26

0 N. 88 36 E. 1.42 S. 61 E. .28
54 | N. 7 1 W..19 N. 77 V..21
80 N. 20 14 W.1.31 N. 64 W..32

N. 51 27 E, .23

62 56 62 60 47 23 31 43 62 60 62 169

54 16: 180 568

81 126

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.00 184

17. Fort

Hope

Spring 358 18 42 3 46 0.60 10 48 6 32 0 78 33 159 125 73 N. 17 8 W. 1.49 N.73°E.
Summer 212 18 38 0 53 34 35 8 26 0 17 3 46 51 86 55 120 N. 8 3 W. .37 S. 44 E. .14' 134
Autumu 171 225 9 70 20 29 23 31 2 61 2 32 41 246 187 133 N. 20 49 W..42 S. 2 E. .07} 182
Winter 380 8 20 2 16 0 9 6 14 3 11 9 44 70 180 180127 N. 22 17 W. .56 N.50 W..08 180
The y'r?

N. 17 59 W. 1.49

680

1 The winds of this place were originally recorded for 32 points of the compass, but in the published abstracts the record is condensed by grouping with the winds from the eight principal points N., N. E., E., etc., those from the succeeding points in the order N., N. by E., N. N. E., etc., as in this table.

2 Computed from the resultants for the seasons.

(Nos. 10 and 11.) Arctic Ocean and Baffin's Bay. Observed as follows :

Arctic Ocean, longitude 80° to 85° W., by Parry, for 46 days in the summer and autumn of 1822 and 1823.

Baffin's Bay, longitude 52° to 65° W., by John Ross, for 28 days in the summer and autumn of 1818; by Parry, for 61 days in the summer and autumn of 1819, 1820, 1824 and 1825; by Snow, for 6 days in the summer and autumn of 1850; by Kane, 99 days in the spring, summer, and autumn of 1850 and 1851; by Penny, for 6 days in the spring and summer of 1850 and 1851; and by McClintock, for 83 days in all the different seasons in the years 1857, 1858 and 1859.

ON | N. N. E.
cool E. N. E.

East.
Coco | N. E.

S. E.
ORN | E. S. E.
Ooo S. S. E.
col South.
OS. S. W.
erer | S. W.

|11. Baffin's

Bay.

Spring 98 73 41 58 35 35 21 46 34 23 39 35 16 63 60 259 42 N. 11 47 W..47 N.27°W..431 113
Summer 90 25 68 27 66 22 44 13 50 6 80 18 36 765 33 52 N. 21 5 E. .12 N.524W..07 117
Autumn 23 13 45 816 6,26 12 31 031 15 28 623 8 21 N. 0 32 E. .02 S. 63 W..11 52
Winter 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 S. 52 3 E. .58 S. 40 E. 1.56 1
The year!

N 54 46 E. /.12

283

...

(Nos. 14 and 15.) Northern and Western Iceland. Observed at the following places, viz. :

Eya fiord, by Van Scheels, from June 1st, 1811, to May 31st, 1813. The observations were made sometimes once, sometimes twice, and sometimes thrice a day. When only one was made it is taken to represent a day in this discussion; when two, each as half a day; and when three, each as onethird of a day.

Stykkisholm, during the years 1866 to 1870 inclusive. Communicated by A. 0. Thorlacius to Dr. Buchan.

N. W, or be-
CHA CHA COD38tween N. & W.

13 28 24 37 36 77 36 89 96

No. 14. Eyafiord.

5 S. 61° 43' w..56

62 7 S. 89 37 W..42

57 9 S. 68 02 W..30

62 19 S. 77 55 W. .40,

60 22 N. 10 37 W..27

62 12 N. 18 18 W..364

60 29 N. 23 55 E. 1.35

62 20 N. 47 53 E. .243

62 22 S. 26 24 W..22

60 13 S. 62 18 E. .22

62 18 S, 45 26 W..19

60 12 s. 74 59 W.

62 50 N. 84 11 W..24 N. 764°W..084 | 184 61 N. 14 47 E. .28 N. 411 E. .35

184 53 s. 8 47 W..15 S. 41 E. .20 182 24 S. 74 08 W..46 S. 654 W..31 181

13

2 29 92 25 11

161

62

36 40 154 156 101 141

148

95

83 36 144 121 133

309 157 119

76 298 277 234 205 188 N. 86 35 W..16

1

12

July, 1874.

(Nos. 16 to 21.) Lapland, Finmark, and the adjacent seas.
Observed at the following places, viz. :-
Andennes, Finmark, from 1863 to 1868 inclusive.

Atlantic Ocean (long. 15° W. to 15° E.) by the French Commission, for 28 days at different times in the summers and aut mns of the years 1838,1839 and 1840, and by the German Polar Expedition for 5 days in the year 1868.

Arctic Ocean (long. 30° to 40° E.) for 15 days in the summers of the aforesaid years.
Bossekop, Finmark, from August 30th, 1838, to May 16th, 1839.
Kautokeino, Finmark, for 2 days in April, and 4 in September, in the year 1839.
Kiecisvara, Lapland, for 24 days in May, 1839.
Kolare, Lapland, for 2 days in May, 1839.
Kilangi, Lapland, for 2 days in April, 1839.
Karesuando, Lapland, for 2 days in April, 1839.
Muonioniska, Lapland, for 1 day in April, 1839.

Tromsoe, Finmark, from July to November, inclusive, 1867. Reported to the Meteorological
Institute of Norway.

2 Mr. Buchan, in his work on the prevailing winds over the globe, gives them for this place as follows, for the different months of the year, viz.: January, February, March, April, October, and December, south; May, June and August, northeast; July, west ; September, southwest; and November, south or northwest.

| The observations at all the places, except Andennes and Tromsoe, were made by the French Commission.