The New York herald., 1874-12-30
| naIf or the Swatara's WORK being completed, rnc
last party landed and established iully six weeks

naIf OF the Swatara's WORK being completed, the
last party landed and established iuly six weeks
before the date OF the transit.
At the Chatham Islands We lett Edwin Smith, OF
the United States Coast Survey, as chief and A..
senior and w. H. Rowe as JUNIOR photographer, one
OF the party. Mr., SeebohD having been detached
from the expedition and sent home on account TO, OF
sickness. We arrived at Port Chalmers, New
Zealand, on the 29th, and after comparing chro-
nometers with Professor Peters sailed TOR Hobart
Town, Tasmania, to make comparisons with the
two observing parties In Tasmania. At Iort Chal-
mers are made comparisons with Professor Peters
at Queenstown, $50 miles distant by means OF the
chronOgraph, an ingenious electrical instrument
used for noting and measuring time. The tele-
graphic line was kindly placed at our disposal and
Professor Peters was enabled TO make his compari-
sons with as great a degree OF exactness as he
could had the chronometers been side by side at
queenstown, 70 . greater degree Of nicely In
fact unless the same chronograph be used
BY preconcerted arrangement signals were sent
from Port Chalmers at epochs corresponding TO cer-
tain chronometes readings; these. passing along
the through the Professors break circuit chro
nometer at Queenstown and from thence to the
chrOnograph, are registered automatically upon
the dai or card OF this instrument at the instant
the observer al Port Chalmers counting the beats
oi his chronsmeter, breaks the electrical circuit
are made as checks upon each other-can be inter-
preted at leisure and be relied upon Tor accuracy
ARRIVAL AT HOBART TOWN.
We sailed from Port Chalmers Tor Hobart Town
on the 29th ult., and alter detention OF two days
weather, we arrived here on the morning Of the
18TH OF November.
THE SHIP.
The Swatara is to remain here until the 5th OF
next month, and in the meantime the snip is to
be generally overhauled, some lew necessary re-
pairs are to be made, the 0unkerS filled with coal,
and the crew to receive liberty and q snort rest
ing space, much appreciated after rolling nearly
10000 miles IN five months, or on an average OF
about 1so miles day. including the five days
spent in port.
HER NEXT DUTY.
Leaving Hobart Town we touch at Welling-
ton, New Zealand. just long enough to compare
chronometers with Professor Peters; then to Chat
ham Islands, pick up Pro Smith and his party
from thence to Bluir Harbor, New Zealand, Tor Pro-
lessor Peters, party. We are then to make the
best OF our way TO HOBART Town, receive
the goods and chattels OF the Tasmanlan
parties and proceed with the whole four
sever all connection with the scientists. They,
with the exception OF Professor Hardness and Ed
WIN Smith, chief Of the Chatham party, are to
take passage to the United States per passenger
steamer. The United States steamer MOnonga-
hela OF the Brazilian squadron, Will pick up the
Kerguelen party and transfer them as far as Rio
JaneirO, from whence they can proceed home via
mail steamer. The Swatara, however, with her
battery OF transit instruments and chrOnOmeters,
Is to remain IN this part OF the world for some time
that Is, she is to verify and correct, by means OF
her instruments and the overland European and
Aslatic telegraph line, the geographical positions
OF the various important points between Australia
and the Goa Is OF China, India and Japan. This
VIII occupy us Tor about year and will be prose
cured under the direction or Professor Hardness
United States Navy; Professor Smith. Of the
United States Coast Survey and Lieutenant Bass
OF the United states Engineers. The Information
to be thus derived Will be not only OF great value
preliminary work for the next transit OF Venus in
1882.