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deficient in quantity, in frequency it slijititly exceeded the average, and there 

 were many heavy falls. 



"The mean temperature was 4S.1)°, being O.G° above the average; the mean 

 daily range was 14.5°, being 1.4° below the average, the excess of temperature 

 thus being due to the warmth of the nights. " The rainfall A^as 2:5.48 in., being 

 1.20 in. below the average for the decade 1800-1S09, and 2.GG in. below tliat for 

 the 60 years 1840-1899. The number of wet days was 169, being one more than 

 the average for the 30 years 1870-1899. . . . 



" The rainfall in Hertfordshire continues to be in excess of that of the ad- 

 joining counties, and in 1905 did not only exceed their average but was greater 

 than that of any one of them. . . . 



" Two meteorological events in the year call for special notice, a hurricane 

 at St. Albans, and elsewhere, but verj^ locally, in the South of England, on 

 Wednesday, ]March 15, and the thunderstorms which raged all over the county, 

 and in fact extended all over the kingdom, on Sunday, July 9." 



Report on phenological phenomena observed in Hertfordshire during the 

 year 1905, E. Mawley {Trans. Hertfordshire Nat. Hist. Soc, 13 {1907), No. 

 1, pp. 81-88). — This is the usual record of such observations relating to the 

 progress of the seasons, the dates of flowering of plants, and the migration 

 of birds and insects. The report is compiled from observations at 12 different 

 places in the county. 



The growing season was unusually long and favorable to farm crops. " The 

 yield of wheat was 4 per cent abo\e the average for the previous ten years, 

 barley 2 per cent above, oats 3 per cent above, beans 16 per cent above, peas 

 11 per cent above, turnips 16 per cent above, mangolds 14 per cent above, and 

 hay (clover, etc.) 8 per cent above, while potatoes were an average crop, and 

 hay (permanent pasture) 1 per cent below the average for the same ten years. 

 It will thus be seen that of all the farm crops there was only one in which 

 the yield was in any way below average. 



" The fruit crops, according to the returns sent in to the Gardeners' Chronicle, 

 on the other hand, were, taking the county as a whole, remarkably poor, the 

 yield of apples and plums being very small, those of pears and strawberries 

 rather better but still under average, while the crops of raspberries, currants, and 

 gooseberries were, if anything, rather in excess of their respective averages." 



The meteorology of Scotland during 1906 {Jour. Scot. Met. Soc, 3. ser., 

 l.'i. No. 2'i, pp. I.'i9-216). — Details of meteorological observations throughout 

 Scotland are given in tables and notes. 



[Temperature and rainfall of Cape of Good Hope] {Statis. Reg. Cape Good 

 Hope, I'JOG, pp. ,il, 32). — Tables are given which show the maximum and mini- 

 mum temperature of each month of the year and the total rainfall as compiled 

 from records at typical stations in different parts of the colony. 



Hourly meteorological observations at the Manila central observatory, 

 1905 {Ann. Rpt. PhiUppine Weather Bur., 1905, pt. 1, pp. 155). — This report 

 records the results during 1905 of hourly observations at the central observa- 

 tory at Manila on atmospheric pressure, temperature, I'elative humidity, vapor 

 tension, direction and force of the wind, and direction, form, and amount of 

 clouds. There are also general notes on the weather conditions of the year. 



Some air temperature readings at several stations on sloping ground, 

 R. S. Vinson and E. .J. Russell {Jour. Agr. Sci., 2 {1907), No. 3, pp. 221-226, 

 figs. 2). — Temperature observations at several stations on a slope about li 

 miles long, with a total difference in altitude of 580 ft., are recorded and dis- 

 cussed with reference to danger of spring frosts in different parts of the area. 

 The temperature readings wei'e made at in. and at 2 meters above the ground 



