JULY, 1871. 



Private Observatory, Hobart Town. 



Ledfing, Flowering, and Fruiting of a few Standard Plants in the Royal Society's Gardens 

 during the month. 

 14th. — Arbutus -unedo commencing to flower. 

 20th. — Garrya elliptica, ditto. 

 21st.— Almond in full flo-wer. 

 25th. — White mulberry commencing to break. 

 31st. — Yellow crocus commencing to flower. 



Barometer mean, 29-684in., being 0-160in. below the average. 



Temperature mean, 48 85', being 3-13° above the average. 



Solar intensity mean, 78 11°, being 2.60° above tlie average. 



Dew point mean, 39-6°, being 46° below the average. 



Humidity of air mean, -76, being -07 per cent, below the average. 



Elastic force of vapour mean, ^-260, being -003 per cent, above the average. 



Total amount of rain, SSOin., being l-53in. above the average. 



Increase of spontaneous evaporation on rainfall, 0-42in. 



Mean amount of ozone, 7-40, being 31 of chromatic scale above the average. 



Surface-electricity feeble all through the month. 



Snow never absent from Mount Wellington during the month. The low hUls and 



ground covered with a thick layer of fresh snow on the 19th. 



ERANCIS ABBOTT. 



