100 



September 3rd, three thunder-storms, recorded in my notes as follows : — 

 "Thunder-storm, with heavy rain for a short period, began about 5.30 a.m. ; it 

 did not last long, biit a second storm commenced early in the afternoon and 

 was much longer in its duration ; a third took place in the evening. All heavy 

 storms with forked as well as sheet lightning. Rainfall during the storms 0'962 

 inch. 



October, large amount of rainfall, measured on the mornings of the 10th 

 and IGth. 



December lst-2nd. A great gale at night. The barometer went down to 

 28*8, but began to rise at 6 p.m., at which time it began to blow. A strong gale 

 on the night of 14th-15th ; high winds on the 16th ; frosts with tliick fog on the 

 26th and 27th. 



In conclusion, I may as well record that the November meteors were 

 invisible here. They were seen in America, but the spectacle there was not, I 

 imagine, so srand as that with which we were favoured last year. The following 

 figures ■nail show correctly, I believe, the number counted at the Magnetic 

 Observatory, Toronto, Canada, on the night of November 13th-14th : Midnight 

 to 1 a.m., 20 ; 1 to 2, 44 ; 2 to 3, 123 ; 3 to 4, 560 ; 4 to 5, 1345 ; 5 to 6, 195. 

 Total, 2,287. 



On account of some who may not have an opportunity of perusing the 

 tables, I subjoin the following statistics : — 



WIND. 



N on 29 days ; NE 40 days ; E 18 days ; SE 31 days ; S 31 days ; SW 100 

 days ; W 36 days ; l>rW 55 days ; calm or uncertain 25 days. 



A series of observations on the rainfall at Pool Cottage, Dewchurch, by the 

 late Capt. Pendergrass ; at Titley, by the late R. B. Boddington, Esq. ; at 

 Hereford, by the late Henry Lawson, Esq. j and at Rocklands, by J. M. Herbert, 

 Esq., were also ordered to be printed. 



