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fron Walden, Holkham, and Nottingham; on May 17 and 

 18 at Leicester and Nottingham ; on May 22 at Nottingham ; 

 on June -t at Uckfield and Nottingham ; on June 5 at Nor- 

 wich ; on June 6 at Holkham ; on June 7 at Helston ; on June 

 9 at Helston; on June 16 at Hartwell ; and on June 17, 18 

 and J 9, at Helston. 



Lightning was seen but thunder was not iieard on Miiy 3, 

 at Uckfield; on May 4- at Uckfield, Nottingham and Stone; 

 on May 14 at Leicester; on June 3 at Uckfield; on June 4 

 at Wakefield ; on June 5, 7 and 9, at Helston ; and on June 

 12 at Nottingham. 



Thunder was heard but lightning was not seen at Wakefield 

 on April 6 ; at Exeter on May 5 ; at Uckfield on June 4 and 

 8; at Hartwell on May 3, 14, 15, 18, and June 6; and at 

 Norwich on June 28. 



Hail fell at Hartwell on April 2; at Manchester on April 

 11 ; at Truro and Saffron Walden on April 13 ; at Hartwell 

 on April 14; at Truro and Saffron Walden on April 17 and 

 18; at Tniro on the 19th; at Truro, Saffron Walden, Hart- 

 well and Holkham on April 20; at Holkham on April 21; 

 at Fxeter on May 5; at Holkham on May 14; at Helston 

 on June 7 and 9; at Hartwell on June 16; and at Helston 

 on June 17 and 19. 



Snow fell at various places on April 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 

 and 21. 



Solar halos were seen at different places on April 2, 8, 25, 

 27; May 12, 13, 19, 29, 30, 31 ; June 15, 18, 23 and 24. 

 This unusual number of solar halos indicates a very unusual 

 prevalence of the cirrostratus cloud during the day. A lunar 

 halo was seen at Hartwell on May 31. 



The reading of the barometer on April 1 was 29'4 inches; 

 it decreased to 29 3 inches on the 2nd, and increased to 29'55 

 on the 3rd. On the 4th it decreased quickly, and was 29*28 

 on the morning of the 5th. From this time to the 8th the 

 change of readinfj was small. On the 9th the reading was 

 29*34; it began to increase, and was 29*71 on the morning of 

 the 12th, when it began to decrease rapidly, and it was 29*09 

 during the afternoon of the 13th. On the 14th it increased 

 slowly, and on the 15th it was 29*6. The reading continued 

 about this value till the morning of the 18th, when it was 29*77; 

 it then began to decrease quickly, and on the morning of the 

 19th was 29*08, which was the lowest during the month. 

 During th^ remainder of the 19th and till the evening of the 

 21st the reading increased, and was 29*83 at the latter time. 

 The reading decreased on the 22nd, and was 29*48 on the 

 23rd. From the 24th to the 28th it was about 296, and then 

 increased to 30* 15 on the 29th, and to 30*18 on the morning 



