Reports for 1874 and 1875 of the Observatory, Mauritius (Appendices to Minutes of Council No. 9 of 1875, and No. 24 of 1876)

Abstract

THESE Reports give an interesting account of the progress of the Royal Alfred Observatory at Mauritius. The first division is devoted to the “Buildings, Grounds, and Water Supply;” this is a more important division than may be supposed at first sight. It appears in the Report for 1874, that in an attempt to arrange the grounds extensive pits were formed which were converted, through heavy rains, into noxious pools; while in next year's Report it is mentioned, under the head “Staff,” that all had acted with “great zeal and perseverance notwithstanding occasional attacks of fever from which no one here has been exempt.” The cause is indicated to be in a neighbouring marsh left undrained since 1872 or 1873.

Reports for 1874 and 1875 of the Observatory, Mauritius (Appendices to Minutes of Council No. 9 of 1875, and No. 24 of 1876).

Mauritius Meteorological Results, 1874 and 1875.