The enterprising South Manchuria Railway Company is said to. be backing a proposition to establish a meteorological observatory which is calculated to rank fifth of its kind in the world. According to Nr. Hondo, Chief of the Land Section of the S.M.R,, this observatory is intended to commemorate the forthcoming Imperial Coronation, and it will cost ay proximately ¥.1,500,000. The observatory will possess a 30-inch refective and a 60-inch refractory telescope. The South Man: churia "Railway will disburse most of the money needed, but it will encourage the Japanese in South Manchuria to subscribe.
Tt is said that California and Manchuria are best suited for meteorological work, in both territories the atmosphere being clear, with only a small precipitation This project ought to be gladly received by shipping interests, for the South Manchurian authorities intend to broadcast the observatory's findings by wireless for the benefit of navigators. Professor Nishioka, of the S.M.R. Education Department, after making a tour of examination of the observatories in Japan, remarks that the Nanzan Hill at Dairen is about the best spot fon which to erect the proposed observatory and it is said the S.Mf.R. thas decided upon this site.
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