JANUARY, 187J. 

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Leafing, Flowering, and Fruiting of a few standard plants in the 

 diiring the nwath. 

 8th.— First apricot gathered (Roman). 

 11th.— Jargonelle pear ripe. 

 12th. — Veronica angustifolia in flower. 

 15th.— Grevillea robusta in full flower. 

 18th.— Mulberries commencing to ripen. 



Barometer mean, 29 -822in. , being 0-95in. below the average. 

 Temperatiire mean, 66-81', being 03° below the average. 

 Solar intensity mean, 111 06', being 1.42° above the average. 

 Dew point mean, 52 6°, being 2 05° above the average. 

 Humidity of air mean, 64, being 03 per cent, below the average. 

 Elastic force of vapour mean, 419, being 046 per cent, above the average. 

 Total amount of rain, l-72in., being l-36in. above the average. 

 Increase of spontaneous evaporation on rainfall, 3-80in. 



Mean amount of ozone, 7 09, being 22 of chromatic scale above the average. 

 Electricity active on the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 11th, 12th, 18th, 19th, 23rd, and 24th. Thun- 

 derstorm on the 8th. 



FRANCIS ABBOTT. 



