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The Thermometer was unusually high in April, on the 

 26tli and 27th it rose to 72 9 and 72-6 respectively, the mean 

 temperature -was 5 degrees above the average. June was the 

 hottest month in the year, on the 22nd the Thermometer rose to 

 87-6, it -was above 80° on six days and above 70° on twenty days. 

 September was almost as remarkable for the height of the tem- 

 perature as for the extreme dryness; the Thermometer was 

 above 70° on nineteen consecutive days ; on one occasion it rose 

 to 78-0, and once to 77-0, the mean temperature was considerably 

 above the average. 



January was the coldest month, frost on seventeen nights ; 

 on the 29th the Thermometer fell to 3-6, the lowest reading 

 since December 1860. Eebruary and March were also two very 

 cold months, there were fourteen frosts in the former and 

 thirteen in the latter month, the mean temperature in both was 

 several degrees below the average. 



There were 193 days registered as fine, the rainfall 

 25-005 inches is, according to Mr, Lawson, 2 inches below the 

 average. 



The Barometer was a very fair height, nearly as high 

 as in 1864; the greatest range took place in January, it rose 

 to 30-143 and fell to 28-295 within ten days; the highest read- 

 ing occurred on 15th December, 30-577, and the lowest on 

 14th January, 28 295. 



Ozone observations have been carried on at Hampton 

 Park, there was less in September than any other month, and it 

 •was most abundant in January and February. 



WILLIAM COOKE. 



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