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Ituin foil on the 5th, Gth, 19th, 24tli, 25th, 2Gtli, 28th,aud20th. On the 5th, 

 24th, 25tl», 28th, it was sufficient to scour the surface channels. The aggregate 

 amount, liowevcr, I "2) inches, is — ,0!) below the 20 years' average for this 

 month, and was less than one-third of what was guaged iu Juno last year. 

 On the morning of the 29th the roofs of the houses and all the low hills 

 around the city wore coated with snuw, and frequent snow squalls occurred; 

 during the day. This was one of the few really wintry days in the month. 

 Snow was never absent from Mount Wellington during the month, though 

 diminished for some days about the middle of the mouth to a few scattered 

 patches, as visible from the city. 



Spontaneous evaporation only slightly exceeded precipitation, being 1-23 

 inches, and — '19 less than last year. 



Elastic force of vapor mean, was 2G3, being— 11 less than the 20 years' 

 average, and — 10 less than last year had. 



Humidity mean, 77, was — G^ below the 20 years' mean, and only 1858 

 had so low a mean ; 18G4 had a mean 5 degrees higher. 



Cloud mean, 5'58, was + '09 above the 20 years' mean, but — '59 less 

 than June 18G4. 



Ozone had the highest mean for Juno ever noted during the 8 years for 

 which records have been made, i.e., 8-19, being + 1-90 above the average, and 

 + 1*29 above last year. Saturation, lU, was recorded five times; the 

 minimum was 4, on the evening of the 17th. The IGth, 17th, and 18th had the 

 smallest quantity in the month, and on all these davs electricity was nil. 

 N.W; wiuds marked at every observation and atmospheric pressm-e very 

 high. The mortuary records show the lethal influence distinctly. A baby of 

 y days old,, with congenital heart disease, and men of 79 and 86 years old 

 succumbed to it. 



Electricity had 18 records of Positive with maximum tension of 6 ; 18G4 had 

 only 3 with maximum tension of 5. Negative was registered 34 times, with 

 maximum tension of 5, June last year had 41, but with only 4 '5 maximum 

 tension. Nil was recorded 8 times, being only half the number noted in 1864. 

 Lightning was observed on the evening of the 24th. 



Thirty-two deaths have been registered for this June, being 11 less than 

 occurred in May, and 15^ less than the average for June of the previous 

 eight years. It is, moreover, 22 less than died in June last year. The first 

 year of the eight, 1857, had the same in number, but from the analysis of 



ages at death," and " diseases causing death," it will be evident that the 

 present month is the healthiest June on record. 



Mall ages under one year the deaths were considerably below the eight 

 years' average. 1863 had one less, 1858 was the same in number, but all the 

 other six years were much more numerous, last year having exactly twice 

 as great a mortality. At " 1 to 5 years of age" the deaths were not one- 

 fourth of the eight years' average, and not one ot the eight had so small a 

 number. Last year had five times as many. At all ages under five years 

 old, the present month has much fewer deaths than any one of the eight 

 years tabled, and but little more than one-third of last year. At "5 to 



