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The climate of Nagasaki is better known than that of any other place in Japan, because we have the most complete meteorological records of it. The observations formerly made at Desima by order of the Dutch Government and the continuation of these observations by ourselves extend over a period of twenty years.

Professor F. J. Stamkart calculated from the journal 1st January, 1845, to September, 1848, a first series of averages. The results of this elaborated report can be found in the Annals of the Royal Academy of the Netherlands (Verhandelingen van het koninklijk Nederlandsch Institut van Wetenschappen).

A second series of averages was calculated by the Royal Meteorological Institute of Utrecht, out of the journal kept at Desima by different physicians of the factory. These observations run down to September, 1855. The results together with an excellent review are published in the Annals of the said Institute over the years 1855 and 1856.

A third series calculated from the journal, kept at