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lifted in many places a full average crop. Highest maxininai 

 temperature, 55 deg., on the 4th; lowest, 41 deg., on several 

 days. Highest minimum, 46 deg., on the 14th; lowest, 25 deg. 

 Number of days with temperature on the grass at 32 deg. 

 and under, 13; ditto in the .screen, 10. Barometer between 

 29 and 30.2 inches during the first week. TTie wind was 

 mostly from the West and South-West ; during the remainder 

 principally from the East and North-Ea.st. 



December. 



The weather of this month was also remarkable in many 

 ways. It had a very high average temperature ; it was very 

 mild; almost no frost; just a trace of snow on one mornmg. 

 The heaviest rainfall in my record for December, 8.44 inches. 

 It rained (less or more) almost every day. For the last ten days 

 the fields were nice and green, and cattle went out to the grass 

 a good part of the day, which helped to save fodder and turnips ; 

 and should an early Spring follow there may be sufficient to 

 carry stocks through till the grass comes. On the 12th the 

 ^a-eat Indian Coronation Durbar was celebrated, and Delhi 

 again proclaimed the capital; and by a singular coincidence, 

 within twenty-four hours, the P. and O. liner named the Delhi, 

 with the Princess Royal, the Duke of Fife, and their two 

 daughters on board, was wrecked on the coast of Morocco. 

 Highest maximum temperature, 53 deg., on the 17th; lowest, 

 41 deg., on the 8th. Highest minimum, 48 deg., on the 17th; 

 lowest, 28 deg., on the 22nd. Number of days with tempera- 

 ture on the grass at 32 deg. or under, 16. Barometer between 

 28.8 and 30.3 inches. 



Note I. 



In regard to Trees, Shrubs, and Plants (noted in this paper) 

 coming into bloom, the individual Trees and Shrubs and the 

 Plants growing in the same situation are noted from year to 

 year, so that comparison may be made as to early or late 

 blooming. The first flower that appears is observed, and when 

 the corolla is fully opened up it is then noted as being in bloom. 

 All other notes in this paper in regard to Weather, etc. (except 

 where otherwise mentioned), apply to this immediate locality. 



