during the Qiiarter ending September ^, 184-9. 367 



I saw corn, both reaped and unreaped, covered with snow in 

 some districts. 



The potatoe crop is not heavy, but on the whole nearly free 

 from the disease which has been so fatal for several years. 

 Much alarm was caused by the tops of many fields being dis- 

 coloured by the frost about the middle of September ; but on 

 examination, the tubers are found to be not much affected. 



Wheat is a bulky crop, but does not yield well. Barley 

 and oats are much below an average bulk. 



Live stock is generally healthy, except cattle imported from 

 Ireland, which are mostly affected with diseases of the lungs. 



The heavy rains which fell on the 28th and 29th of Sep- 

 tember will no doubt be of much use in many ways. The 

 river Aire, which passes through Leeds, was much swollen, 

 and its waters gave evident proof of some of the causes of 

 cholera. At Castleford, whose distance from Leeds is ten 

 miles, their stench was greater than can be imagined ; whilst 

 their deleterious contents were such that all the fish were 

 almost destroyed or taken in a stupefied state, and large quan- 

 tities floated upon the surface of the water. 



At Finsbury Farm, near Romsey, by J. Clark, Esq. 



The harvest was well saved, and generally an average crop. 

 The season has been, and is still, all that could be desired. 

 Grass and turnips are growing beautifully, and agricultural 

 operations are proceeding satisfactorily. Some wheat has 

 been sown on heavy lands in fine order. The early tares, 

 rye, and clover, are doing well. 



To the Report of the Registrar-General are appended the 

 monthly values at every station, from which the average values 

 for the quarter have been determined, and which are con- 

 tained in the following table : — 



The mean of the numbers in the first column is 29'576 

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

 air for England during the quarter ending September 30, 1849. 



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

 sey and those places situated in the counties of Cornwall and 

 Devonshire, is 59°*5 ; for those places situated south of latitude 

 of 52°, including Chichester and Hartwell, is 60°"1 ; for those 

 places situated between the latitudes of 52° and 53°, including 

 Saffron Walden and Leicester, is 58°'4 ; for those places 

 situated between the latitudes of 53° and 54°, including Derby 

 and York, is 57°' 1 ; at Liverpool and Whitehaven is 57°*7 j 

 and at Durham and Newcastle is 55°"8. 



The average daily range of temperature in Cornwall and 

 Devonshire was 12''-9; south of latitude 52° was 19°-3; be- 

 tween the latitudes of 52^ and 53° was 19°'3; between the 



