Barometer.—Letters—R., rising; F., falling; and S., steady. Extreme wind is the strongest wind experienced in past twenty-four hours.
Weather.—Beaufort scale is B., blue sky; C., detached clouds; D., drizzling rain; F., fog; G., dark, gloomy; H., hail; L., lightning; M., misty, hazy; O., overcast; P., passing showers; Q., squally; R., rain; S., snow; T., thunder; U., ugly, threatening; V. visibility; W. wet, dew.
But however great the speed of the Adriatic, the regularity of the passages of this ship is equally surprising; they are as follows:—
From Sandy Hook (New York) to Queenstown.
| D. H. M. | ||
| Voy. No. 1 | April 1872 | 8 21 58 |
| Voy. No. 2 | June 1872 | 8 12 3 |
| Voy. No. 3 | August 1872 | 8 3 18 |
| Voy. No. 4 | Sept. 1872 | 8 19 26 |
| Voy. No. 5 | October 1872 | 8 7 54 |
| Voy. No. 6 | November 1872 | 8 8 18 |
| Voy. No. 7 | December 1872 | 8 23 33 |
| Voy. No. 8 | Feb. 1873 | 8 0 17 |
| Voy. No. 9 | March 1873 | 8 10 28 |
| Voy. No. 10 | April 1873 | 8 12 28 |
| Voy. No. 11 | May 1873 | 8 9 11 |
| Voy. No. 12 | June 1873 | 8 10 46 |
| Voy. No. 13 | August 1873 | 9 1 13 |
| Voy. No. 14 | Sept 1873 | 8 10 18 |
| Voy. No. 15 | October 1873 | 8 9 32 |
| Voy. No. 16 | November1873 | 8 22 28 |
| Voy. No. 17 | December 1873 | 8 22 18 |
| Voy. No. 18 | January 1874 | 8 6 18 |
| Voy. No. 19 | March 1874 | 8 13 23 |
| Voy. No. 20 | April 1874 | 8 6 28 |
| Voy. No. 21 | May 1874 | 8 4 56 |
| Voy. No. 22 | June 1874 | 8 10 6 |
| Voy. No. 23 | July 1874 | 8 6 33 |
| Voy. No. 24 | October 1874 | 7 23 12 |
| Voy. No. 25 | January 1875 | 8 2 53 |
| Voy. No. 26 | February 1875 | 8 10 42 |
| Voy. No. 27 | April 1875 | 8 14 28 |
| Voy. No. 28 | May 1875 | 8 9 52 |
| Voy. No. 29 | June 1875 | 8 3 12 |
Average—8 Days, 10 Hours, 57 Minutes.
But the Adriatic has been surpassed by the Germanic, whose last log is as follows:—
Outwards.