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and, generally speaking, harvesting operations were 

 completed very successfully. The average tempera- 

 ture was 54°, and there was a good deal of sunshine 

 during the month, which proved very beneficial to 

 the whole country. The prevalent winds for 20 

 days were from the east-by-north and south, and 

 for the rest of the month from the south. 



The month of October was the most A^ariable on 

 the whole, extremes of heat and cold occurring 

 often within 24 hours. The highest day temperature 

 was on the 0th, when the thermometer stood at 62' 

 in the shade, and in the evening of the same day it 

 suddenly fell to IW. The first autumn frost was 

 experienced on the 23rd, when 2^ of frost were 

 registered. The average temperature for the month 

 Avas 47"1, and the rain, which fell on 13 days, 

 amounted to a total of 3*28 inches. Flowers con- 

 tinued to bloom Avell in the various parks, as there 

 had not been any frost yet to speak of, but con- 

 siderable damage was done to them by a very heavy 

 hail shower which fell on the 15th inst. Upon the 

 whole, however, the month of October was not 

 unfavourable, and the ^veather during it was well 

 suited for securing any crops still in the fields, and 

 for ripening the woods and buds for the following 

 year. 



During the month of November the weather was 

 somewhat mild, wet, and rather changeable. There 

 were only 10 dry days during the whole of the month, 

 and the total rainfall amounted to 5'82 inches. The 

 thermometer Avas at or below the freezing point on 

 10 mornings, registering in all 33° of frost. The 

 average temi)ernture was 40'1. The Christmas rose 

 was observed in flower at the Alexandra Park on 

 the 3rd inst. — a most unusual circumstance so early 

 in tlie winter. 



December Avas an exceptionally mild month for 

 the season of the year. Only 24° of frost were 

 registered during tlie Avhole of the month, and the 

 thermometer Av^as iit, or beloAV, the freezing point 



