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A KKGISTKU OF THE WKATIIEU AT SHANGHAI: 



Obs. — The almost incessant rain of the last week has been of much 

 vise to the crops, which will only be benefited by it should it not be of 

 much longer continuance. The sun of to-day caused the exhalation of 

 an exquisite aroma from the bean fields, tliffering- very materially fronx 

 that which usually greets the nostrils of the })asser by. In consequence 

 of the clouded Aveather the thermometer has not inchcated a heat equal 

 to the average at this season. During' the past week the average has 

 been 47*8'^, and during the corresponding week of 1849 it attained 57'7°. 



Obs. — Although much rain lias fallen, and, witli the exception of 

 Saturday, although we have scarcely seen the sun during the last week, 

 the crops continue uninjured and promise well. Several fields of early 

 wheat have been observed in ear. During the past week the average 

 height of the thermometer has been 53-3° ; during the corresponding 

 week of 1-849, 55-5°. 



