AUGUST, 1872. 

 Private Observatory, Hob art Town. 



Barometer mean, 29-924in., being 0-104in above the average. 



Temperature mean, 4966°, being 119* above the average. 



•Solar intensity mean, 83-53,° being 071 above the average. 



Dew point mean, 38-60,° being 2-20° below the average. 



Humidity of air mean, 72, being 07 per cent, below the do. 



Elastic force of vapour mean, 252, being 017 per cent, below the ditto. 



Total amount of rain, 2-88in , being llBin. above the ditto. 



Increase of rainfall on spontaneous evaporation, OSSin. 



Mean amount of ozone, 870, being 114 of chromatic scale above ditto. 



Electricity active on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd. 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 

 17th, 21st, 22nd, 25th, 28th, and 29th. 



Aurora on the 4th. Snow never absent from Mount Wellington, with frequent 

 fiesh deposits. 



LeaJing,Flovjerlng, and Fruiting ofafero standard plants in the Royal Society's Gardens 

 during the month. 

 14th— Sambucus niger (elder) commencing to break. 

 18th— Gooseberries ditto 

 24th— Horsechestnut ditto 

 25th— Elm commencing to flower. 

 27th— Poplar commancing to break. 

 31st— Apricots commencing to flower. FRANCIS ABBOTT. 



