WEATHER BUREAU TABLES. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Washington, D. C., July 13, 1892. Pursuant to section 882 of the Revised Statutes, I hereby certify that the annexed tables of climatic data have been compiled from the original records of observation made by an observer of the Signal Service, United States Army, stationed on the Island of St. Paul, Bering Sea, during the period of time covered by the tables, and that said tables of climatic data are true compilations from the original records of observation now in the possession of the Weather Bureau. MARK W. HARRINGTON, Be it known that Mark W. Harrington, who signed the foregoing certificate, is the chief of the Weather Bureau, and that to his attestation as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the Department of Agriculture to be affixed, on this 13th day July, 1892. [SEAL.] J. M. RUSK, Mean temperature (degrees F.) at St. Paul Island, Bering Sea, Alaska. [Latitude 57° 10' N., longitude 170° 01′ W.; elevation, 30 to 50 feet.] Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual. 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 13.2 3.0 25.4 25.4 15.7 18.6 12.6 23.9 30.5 37.5 43.0 46.5 43.0 37.8 32.4 29.9 31.0 39.4 34.9 26.2 37.3 REMARKS. The mean temperature was obtained from the observations made at 7 a. m., 2 and 9 p. m., after the formula (7+2+9+9). Maximum temperature (F.) at St. Paul Island, Bering Sea, Alaska. Year. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. De c. Annual Minimum temperature (F.) at St. Paul Island, Bering Sea, Alaska. [Latitude, 57° 10' N.; longitude, 170° .01′ W.; elevation, 30 to 50 feet.] An Year. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May, June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. nual. Year. Actual number of clear days at St. Paul Island, Bering Sea, Alaska. [Latitude, 57° 10' N.; longitude, 170° 01′ W.; elevation, 30 to 50 feet.] Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. An nual. Year. Actual number of fair days at St. Paul Island, Bering Sea, Alaska. An Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. nual. Actual number of cloudy days at St. Paul Island, Bering Sea, Alaska. [Latitude, 52° 20′ N.; longitude, 170° 01′ W.; elevation, 30 to 50 feet.] An Year. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. nual Sums.. Means. 126 93 129 135 177 196 221 219 138 150 137 140 * Twenty-six days. REMARKS.-A "cloudy" day has from 0.8 to 0.10 clouds. Cloudiness, expressed in percentages, at St. Paul Island, Bering Sea, Alaska. 237.6 Years. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual. REMARKS. The percentage of cloudiness was obtained from the eye estimates of the observer, recorded on a scale of 0 to 10 at each observation. The mean of all observations was used as the mean for the day. One hundred per cent represents a sky completely overcast. THE AFFAIRS OF THE RUSSIAN AMERICAN COMPANY. FAC-SIMILES OF DOCUMENTS ON FILE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. No. 2016. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF STATE. To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: I CERTIFY that the documents, of which lithographic reproductions. are hereto annexed, are official papers of the Russian American Company relating to Alaska, now on file in the archives of this Department. They came into the possession of the United States by virtue of article second of the treaty of 1867 between the United States and Russia; and the annexed reproductions are, except as to size, fac-similes of the original documents, having been obtained by photo-lithography. (SEAL.) IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I, John W Foster, Secretary of State of the United States have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal of the Department of State to be affixed. DONE AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, this 1st day of August, A. D. 1892, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventeenth. JOHN W. FOSTER |