during the Quarter ending December 31, 1849. 123 



of fifty tons per acre. Mangel-wurzel was also a very good 

 crop. 



In general the season has been favourable for the usual 

 winter occupations, as draining, felling timber, hedging, lead- 

 ing manure, &c. The late severe weather has for the most 

 part interrupted out-door work. 



From South Hampshire, by John Clark, Esq. near Romsey. 



The seed-time for turnips was dry. The crop was in many 

 instances light and uneven. The subsequent fine rains and 

 weather have caused all kinds of root and grass to grow vigo- 

 rously. There has been an abundance of food for cattle, 

 which have thriven well. 



The seed-time for wheat was all that could be desired. A 

 large breadth of land is sown, and the plant is looking well. 

 There has been a good deal of employment for labourers, and 

 consequently there has been a far less number unemployed 

 than in many seasons past. 



The monthly mean values of the several subjects of investi- 

 gation are published in the Registrar-General's Quarterly Re- 

 port, and subjoined are the mean values for the quarter. The 

 observations have been corrected for diurnal ranges, and the 

 hygrometrical results have been deduced from my tables, and 

 the results are all comparable with each other. 



The mean of the numbers in the first column is 29*680 

 inches, and this value may be considered as the pressure of dry 

 air for England during the quarter ending December 31, 184-9. 



The mean of the numbers in the second column for Guern- 

 sey and those places situated in the counties of Cornwall and 

 Devonshire, is 48°*3 ; at Liverpool and Whitehaven is 44<°*2; 

 for those places situated south of latitude of 52°, including 

 Chichester and Hartwell, is 44°'3 ; for those places situated 

 between the latitudes of 52° and 53°, including Saffron Wal- 

 den and Holkham, is 43°*2; for those places situated be- 

 tween the latitudes of 53° and 54°, including Derby and 

 Stonyhurst, 42°'l ; and for Durham and Newcastle is 42°*2. 

 These values may be considered as those of the mean tempe- 

 ratures of the air for those parallels of latitude during the 

 quarter ending December 31, 1849. 



The average daily range of temperature in Cornwall and 

 Devonshire was 9°'5 ; at Liverpool and Whitehaven was 7°'0, 

 south of latitude 52° was 1 1°-6 ; between latitudes 52° and 53° 

 was ll°-4 ; between 53° and 54° was ll°-6; and north of 54° 

 was 10°' 0. 



The greatest mean daily ranges of the temperature of the 

 air took place at Nottingham, Aylesbury, Exeter, Beckington 

 and Latimer ; and the least occurred at Guernsey, White- 

 haven, Liverpool and Torquay. 



