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Oxford ; on March 28 at Stonyhurst ; on the 29th at Green- 

 wich; and on the 31st at Cardington. 



Lunar coronce were seen at Stone on January 23, 25, 27, 

 29; March 20, 21 and 25. 



Aurora: were seen on January 5 at Greenwich ; on Janu- 

 ary 30 at Hartwell ; on February 6 at Whitehaven, Stony- 

 hurst and Durham; on February 9 at Manchester; on Fe- 

 bruary 10 at Stone ; on February 12 at Durham ; on March 9 

 at Whitehaven ; on March 10 at Nottingham and Stonyhurst ; 

 on March 11 at Greenwich and Stonyhurst; on March 27 at 

 Rose Hill near Oxford ; on March 28 at Stone ; and on 

 March 29 at Stone and Leeds. 



Thunder-si orms occurred on February 4 at Helston ; on 

 February 5 at Helston, Cardington and Holkham; on 

 March 27 at Hawarden and Leeds ; on March 28 and 29 at 

 Helston. 



Thunder was heard, but lightning was not seen, on Janu- 

 ary 13 at Helston; on March 28 at Derby ; on March 29 at 

 Helston; and on March 31 at Derby. 



Lightning was seen, but thunder was not heard, on Janu- 

 ary 9 at Oxford ; on February 4- at Leeds ; on February 5 at 

 Aylesbury, Stone, Hartwell Rectory and Nottingham ; on 

 February 6 at Aylesbury, Oxford, Hawarden and Notting- 

 ham; on February 7 at Hartwell and Hartwell Rectory; on 

 February 8 at Hartwell; on February 9 at Leeds; and on 

 February 27 at Hawarden. 



Hail fell on January 4 at Stonyhurst; on January 5 at 

 Guernsey, Helston and Truro; on January 6 and 8 at Holk- 

 ham ; on January 9 at Greenwich; on January 10 at Guernsey; 

 on January 11 at Helston; on January 12 at Helston and 

 Truro; on January 14 at Helston; on January 15 at Guernsey; 

 on January 26 at Hartwell and Nottingham ; on January 27 

 at Holkham and Rose Hill, Oxford ; on February 3 at Stony- 

 hurst ; on February 5 at Uckfield, Stonyhurst and Saffron 

 Walden ; on February 6 at Guernsey, Nottingham and Stonj'- 

 hurst; on February 7 at Stone, Cardington, Stonyhurst and 

 Hawarden; on February 8 at Cardington; on February 11 

 at Hawarden; on February 12 at Truro and Nottingham; 

 on March 16 at Nottingham; on March 21 at Stonyhurst; 

 on March 23 at Helston, Truro, Hawarden and Nottingham; 

 on March 24 at Helston, Truro and Holkham ; on March 25 

 at Helston, Truro and Stonyhurst; and on March 27 at 

 Helston. 



Zodiacal light has been seen on February 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 12, 

 13, 20, 26, and on almost every clear evening in March. Its 

 boundary was noticed at Stone on March 4, at 7^ 10"^ p.m., 



