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when the temperature on the grass was 32 deg. and under, 2 ; in 

 the screen, 1. 



June. 



Brilliant sunshine, heat, and drought were the leading 

 features of the weather during the first seventeen days. The tem- 

 perature in the shade for the first eight days averaged over 80 

 deg., which was 10 or 12 deg. above the average. It reached 

 the highest point, 88 deg., on the 7th. The wind was prin- 

 cipally from the South-East, with a high and steady barometer. 

 The wind continued mostly in the South-East until the 16th, and 

 during this time there was no rain, and vegetation suffered for 

 want of moisture. Pastures were getting burned, and a great 

 quantity of turnips either failed to braird or, after brairding, died 

 away, and sowing over again was very general. From the 16th 

 till the end of the month rain fell (less or more) on most days, 

 but not sufficient in quantity ; and during that time the tempera- 

 ture was lower than at the beginning of the month, and the 

 crops were not much benefited. On the 22nd, the day of the 

 Coronation of King George the Fifth and Queen Mary, the 

 weather in the morning was cold and stormy, with a maximum 

 temperature of 61 cleg, in the shade, and the two following days 

 were more like April than June. Corn began ragging on the 

 24th, two days earher than 1910; cut ryegrass hay (a heavy crop) 

 on the 14th and 15th, which was secured in fine condition. 

 Thunder on the 4th and 18th. Saw first Cleg on the 7th; first 

 Meadow Brown Butterfly on the 18th. Honeysuckle came into 

 bloom on the 10th. Highest maximum temperatui-e, 88 deg. on 

 the 7th; lowest, 60 deg. on the 21st and 24th; highest minimum, 

 56 deg. on the 8th; lowest, 36 deg. on the 10th. Lowest on the 

 grass, 29 deg. on the 14th, when potatoes on some low-lying 

 ground got a little nip of frost. Temperature on the grass at 

 32 deg. and under on the 10th, 13th, and 14th. Range of baro- 

 meter was between 29.6 inches and 30.6. 



July. 



This month left behind it an extraordinary record of weather. 

 The first week was rather cold, with a West and South-West 

 wind, and steady barometer about 30.35 inches, with fine sunshine 

 and no rain. From the 7th till the 14th there was an extra- 



