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REPORT OF THE 



was equal to the annual average. The quantity of rain was above 

 the mean. One-third of the rain, viz., 8.68 inches, fell in August 

 and October. Only .22 inch of rain fell during the month of 

 December, being less than has been registered for that month during 

 the last 14 years. 



The Curator of this department has likewise paid some attention 

 to the coincidence of Barometrical and Lunar Phenomena. The 

 following table will exhibit a few results of these observations ; they 

 seem to point to a field of labour not altogether unpromising. 



Observations made at the Apogee and Perigee of the Moon, 1843. 



• On the 4th of May, exactly midway between the Apogee and Perigee, a 

 thunder storm occurred between noon and 3 p.m. With this, and one more 



