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In regard to the temperature, for the third year in succession 

 the monthly averages have been high on the whole, and the mean 

 temperature is similar. Again we have to note the absence of 

 severe frosts. Though the thermometer in shade was at or 

 below freezing point (32° Fahr.) on 52 days, actual frost was 

 registered only on 40 occasions, totalling 195°, as compared with 

 2$7° on 57 days in 1906. After 18th April, when 2° were 

 registered, no frost was registered until 15th October — a some- 

 what unusual occurrence for the district to escape frosts in May 

 and early in September. There was only one occasion during 

 the year when the thermometer did not rise above freezing point 

 in the twenty-four hours, this being noted on 24th March. The 

 greatest amount of frost for one day was 18° on 24th January. 

 The highest reading was on 18th July, when the thermometer 

 in shade reached 78°. While the months of July, August, and 

 September show the highest averages, the day or maximum w T as 

 in each month lower than the corresponding months in 1906. 



The following table regarding temperature may prove of 

 interest for comparison : — 



