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Fog was prevalent at Conway, Liverpool, Manchester, Bir- 

 mingham, Southampton, on January 1 ; at Glasgow, Beat- 

 tock, Lancaster, Manchester, Gloucester, Oxford, Plymouth 

 and Southampton, on January 2 ; it was general on the 3rd ; at 

 Birmingham, Reading, Southampton, Brighton, Basingstoke, 

 Hastings and Stone, on the 4'th ; at Liverpool, Gloucester^ 

 Oxford and Southampton, on the 6th ; at Crewe, Plymouth 

 and Manchester, on the 7th; all over the country on the 8th ; 

 at several places on the 9th ; at Dundee, Liverpool, Peter- 

 borough and Gloucester, on the lOlh; at Edinburgh and 

 Southampton on the 11th ; at Southampton on the 13th and 

 14th; at Sunderland, Whitby, Liverpool, Oxford and South- 

 ampton, on the 16th; at several places on the 17th; on the 

 18th it was general; on the 1 9th at Crewe, Southampton, 

 Brighton and Hartwell Rectory; on the 20th at Manchester; 

 on the 21st at Southampton; on the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th 

 at many places ; on the 25th at Folkestone and Hartwell Rec- 

 tory; on the 29th at Southampton, Brighton and Hastings; 

 on the 30th at Sunderland and Hartlepool; and on the 3 1st 

 at Plymouth. 



On February 1 at Hartwell, Hastings and Folkestone ; on 

 the 2nd at Weymouth ; on the 4th at Plymouth, Stone and 

 Hartwell Rectory; on the 5th at Stone; on the 15th at Wey- 

 mouth, Portsmouth, Brighton and Hastings ; on the 25th, 

 26th, 27th, it was prevalent over the south of England; 

 and on the 28th it was general over the country. 



On March 1 general in the south of England ; on the 3rd 

 at Southampton ; on the 5th at Plymouth ; on the 6th at Ply- 

 mouth, Beckington, Basingstoke, Southampton and Stone ; 

 on the 7th and 8th it was general over the south of England ; 

 on the 9th it was general from the south coast to Hartlepool 

 and Darlington; on the llth at Manchester; on the 12th at 

 Manchester, Birmingham and Plymouth; on the 13th at Bir- 

 mingham, Rugby, Lancaster, Plymouth and Southampton; 

 on the 14th at Hartlepool, Lancaster and Folkestone ; on the 

 15th at Dundee, Lanark and Whitby; on the 16th at Whitby 

 and Lancaster; on the 18th at Hartlepool, Whitby and Man- 

 chester; on the 19th at Hartlepool, Whitby and Conway ; on 

 the 21st at Southampton ; on the 22nd at Oxford ; and on the 

 27th at Liverpool. Fog has prevailed more or less on fifty- 

 four days during the quarter. 



Meteors were seen at Nottingham on February 3, 4, 9, 10, 

 11, 13, 20, 26, March 7 and 17. 



At Hartwell Rectory, on February 3, a meteor was seen at 

 11^^ P.M.; on February 9 a meteor at 11^ 15"^ p.m. passed 

 from Aries to Orion; on Feb. 1 1, at 10^ 40°^ p.m., the bright 



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