164 BOARD OF AGRICULTUEE. 



Table of OpE^aNG and Closing of Kennebec Eiver, (Continued.) 



From this record it will be observed that the river opened nine- 

 teen years in March, and fifty-two years in April ; and that the first 

 closing was 2*7 years in November, and 37 years in December. The 

 mean opening is April 6th, and the mean first closing December 

 2d. The earliest closing is November 10th, and the earliest open- 

 ing March 15th. The latest opening was April 24th, 1785, and 

 the next latest April 21st, 1854. 



The amount of Bain and Snoiv melted, as registered at Gardiner, 

 by Hon. B. H. Gardiner. Average of Observations for twenty 

 two years. 



