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Leafing, floicennr/, and fniUinrj of a few standard plants in the Royal 

 Socicti/'s Gardens during the month :— 



9tli Horso Chestnut buds commencing to break. 

 10th Sambucus niger commencing to leaf. 

 12th Poplar commencing to break. 

 15th Gooseberry bushes commencing to break. 

 16th Elm commencing to floiver. 

 28th Apricot commencing to break. 



Barometer mean, 29-919in., being 0l36in. above the average. 

 Temperature mean, 49 "SI", being 0'6r ditto. 

 Solar intensity mean, 85 08°, being 408° ditto. 

 Dew point mean, 40*7°, being 0'17° below the average. 

 Humidity of air mean, '76, being 3*5 per cent, ditto. 

 Elastic force of vapor mean, '265, being .012 per cent, ditto. 

 Total amount of rain, l"23in. being 0*83in. ditto. 



Mean amoimt of ozone, 7*75 of chromatic scale, being 0"58 the above average. 

 Less rainfall on spontaneous evaporation, l"28in. 

 Aurora Australis brilliant on the 3rd. 

 Lightning on the 30th. 



Mount Wellington copiously mantled with snow all the month, with fre- 

 quent fresh deposits. 

 Electricity active on the 10th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 

 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 28th, and 31st. 



FEANCIS ABBOTT. 



