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Leafing, Floivering, and Fruiting ofafeiu standard plants in 

 during the month. 

 12th. — Sambucns niger commencing to break. 

 15th. — Gooseberries ditto. 

 18th. — Horse chestnut ditto. 

 23rd. — Elm commencing to flo-wer. 

 24th. — Poplar commencing to break. 

 29th. — Apricot ditto. 



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Barometer mean, 29-761in., being 0-046in. belo-w the average. 

 Temperature mean, 51-45°, being 3 38° above ditto. 

 Solar intensity mean, 8356', being 8-04° above ditto. 

 Dew point mean, 40'08°, being 076° per cent, below ditto. 

 Humidity of air mean, 71, being -09 above ditto. 

 Elastic force of vapour mean, -265, being -003 per cent, above ditto. 

 Total amount of rain. 1-99, being 0-16in. above ditto. 

 Increase of spontaneous evaporation on rainfall, 0-9:3in. 

 Mean amount of ozone, 642, being 118 of chromatic scale below the average. 

 Electricity active on the 2nd, 7th, 10th, Hth, 15th, 16th, 23rd, 26th, 27th, and 23th. 

 A brilliant Aurora on the 6th. 



High wind, 15 •621b. to square foot on the eve of 21st. 



Snow remaining on Mount Wellington dxiring the month, with frequent fresh 

 deposits. FRANCIS ABBOTT. 



