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rainy, and warmer than usual. May, after the first few days, 

 brought us brilliant sunshine ; the heat of summer filled the air, 

 and vegetation shot out luxuriantly. Then came a great change ; 

 the sky grew cloudy, the weather cold, the nights frosty. The 

 ground and the tender shoots of plants were frozen. Flowers were 

 in blossom; the cuckoo, the swallow, and the nightingale had 

 come ; but it was winter weather. The young shoots of holly, ivy, 

 walnut, beech, and even oak, were injured in many places. Straw- 

 berries and peas in flower were nipped ; potatoes were damaged. 

 At the end of May and in the beginning of June came warmth and 

 rain, followed by cooler days to the end of the month. The hay 

 crop was excellent, and was stacked in good condition. No signs of 

 the potato disease were visible. 



FOOD — PEICES. 



QtTANTiTiES of Wheat, Wheatmeal and Flour, Barley, Oats, Peas and 

 Beans, Imported into the United Kingdom in each of the first Six 

 Months of the Year 1867. 



Note. — The average weights per quarter of com, as adopted in the office of the 

 Inspector-General of Imports and Exports, are as follows :— For wheat, 485J lbs., 

 or 41 cwts. ; for barley, 400 lbs., or S| cwts. ; for oats, 308 lbs., or 2f cwts. Corn 

 has been entered and charged with duty by weight instead of measure since Sep- 

 tember 1864. 



