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Leajtnff, flowering, and fruiting of a few standard plants in the Royal 

 Society's Gardens during the month : — 

 15th First ripe Strawberry gathered. 

 18lh First ripe Cherry gathered. 

 21st Black Mulberry in full blossom. 

 2Sth Pomegraoate commencing to flower. 

 30th First ripe Raspberry gathered. 



Barometer mean, 29"808ia., being 0"083in. above the average. 



Temperature mean, 5923°, being 1*44° ditto. 



Solar intensity mean, 107 73°, being 773° ditto. 



Dew point mean, 45-80°, being 0'72° below the average. 



Humidity of air mean, '66, being '05 per cent, ditto. 



Elastic force of vapor mean, '332, being '005 per cent, above the average. 



Total amount of rain, 2'03in. being 0T3ia. below the average. 



Increase of spontaneous evaporation on rainfall 3 ■43in. 



Mean amount of ozone, 8 "46, being 1*25 of chromatic scale above the average. 



Electricity active on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 17th, 18th, 

 23rd, 24th, 26th, and 27th. 



Thunder and lightning on the 11th, 12th, and 16th. 



Sqow never entirely absent from Mount Wellington during the month. 



FRANCIS ABBOTT. 



