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METEOROLOGY FOR AUGUST, 1864 

 Private Observatory, Hobart Town. 



The mean in all cases ia taken from the sums of each 

 column, and not from the maximum and minimum. 



The twenty years' standard tables are used for obtain- 

 ing the difference from the average. 



Leafing, Flowering, and Fruiting of a few standard Plants in the Royal 

 Society's Gardens during the month. 

 10th. — Sambucus Niger commencing to leaf. 

 13th. — Horsechesnut buds commencing to break. 

 15th. — Salix Babylonica (weeping willow) commencing to leaf. 

 17th. — Gooseberry bushes commencing to break. 

 22nd. — E)m commencing to flower. 

 28th. — Poplar commencing to break. 

 30th. — Apricots commencing to flower. 



Barometer — Highest, 7th, 7 a.m., 30'307 in. 

 Lowest, 17th, 1 p.m., 29 -283 in. 

 Mean for the month, 29 '854 in. 

 Being "071 in. above the average. 

 Temperature— Highest, on the 7th, 65*00°. 

 Lowest, on the 26th, 34*00°. 

 Mean for the month, 48*22°. 

 Being 0'48^ below the average. 



Rain fell on the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 



