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J. F. Miller, Esq., on the 



HYGROMETER. 



Remarks. 



January. — Sharp frost set in on the 6th, and continued till the 

 22d, during which period there was fine skating on Bassenthwaite 

 Lake ; a stag was roasted on its margin, and a tea-party assembled 

 on the ice. The mean temperature of the month is 4°-ll helow the 

 average. On the 13th, there was 1 inch, and on the 18th, \^ inch 

 of snow on the ground. 



February. — A mild wet month, with a total absence of frost. 

 Temperature 3°-22 above average. The brilliant meteor seen in 

 many parts of England on the evening of the 11th was not visible 

 at this place, where the weather was wet and stormy. 



March,— 7-A fine dry month. Temperature 0°-33 above average. 

 Zodiacal light seen on several evenings. On the 26th, there was 

 half an inch of snow on the ground. At Liverpool, snow fell during 

 two hours this morning, and covered the streets to the depth of 12 

 or 14 inches. 



The mean temperature of the quarter ending March 31, is 0*20 

 under the average of the preceding seventeen years. The deaths in 

 the town and suburb of Preston Quarter are 116, being 39 under 

 the calculated average, which is 155, allowing for increase in popu- 

 lation. 



The births exceed the deaths by 38, According to the Registrar- 

 General's Report, the deaths throughout the kingdom are less by 

 21,065 and 21,414 than in the corresponding quarters of 1847 and 

 1848. 



