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METEOROLOGY FOR MARCH, 1864. 

 Private Observatory, Hobart J^Town. 



The means in all cases are taken from the sums of each column, and not from 

 the maximum and minimum. 



Time of leafing, flowering, and fruiting, of a few standard plantSj in the 

 Royal Society''^ Gardens, during the month : — 

 12th.— Coe's Golden Drop Plum, commencing to ripen. 

 14th.— Seckle Pear, commencing to ripen. 

 21st.— Tips of Elm, turning yellow. 

 23rd.— Horse Chestnut, leaves turning brown. 

 28th, — Ash leaves commence falling. 

 31at.— Oak leaves commence falling. 



ANALYSIS OF THE OBSERVATORY RECORDS FOR MARCH, 1864, 

 IN CONJUNCTION WITH THOSE OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, &c. 

 By E. SwAEBEECK Hall. 



The pleasant weather which so generally prevailed this month, excited almost 

 universal commendation. To the sanitarian alone was the mischievous condi- 

 tions palpable, which has made this month the most fatal to life of any March 

 during the previous seven years. 



Atmospheric pressure was so continuously high that the mean for the month, 

 30*109, is +'252 above the 20 years' adopted standard mean, and greater thau 



