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48°, and the average minimum 38°, these being 1° and 3° lower 

 respectively than those of the previous November, which, how- 

 ever, were higher than usual on account of the absence of frosts. 

 Until the occurrence of frost on the 15th many plants kept 

 blooming out of season. Dahlias, for example, were quite fresh 

 and in better condition than in October, and that precocious 

 blooming plant, Jasminuni nudiflorum, had many flowers open 

 during the month. Farmers who had fared badly in the gathering 

 in of their crops made the most of the few opportunities to 

 stack grain, while the uncommon and undesirable sight of fields 

 of grain in stook in November was too fi'equently met with. 



Decemher.—A.iiev the 1st, which was a diy, frosty day, the 

 weather was very changeable, with a considerable amount of 

 rainfall. These conditions prevailed for the first fortnight. A 

 few fine days with frost at the middle of the month were followed 

 by several wet days, but after the 23rd the weather was dry but 

 dull, with cold easterly winds. 



In regard to the atmospheric pressure, the readings again show 

 a wide and erratic range. On the 1st the pressure was 30"00 

 inches; after a rapid fall it was 28" 70 inches on the 5th; on the 

 7th it was up to 29'30, but on the following day it was back to 

 28'60 inches, which point was also indicated on the 10th. A 

 rapid rise to 29"20 inches on the 12th followed, then falling again 

 to 28-80 on the 14th. On the 15th it was up to 29-70 inches, 

 and kept near that point until the 19th, when another depression 

 began, and the reading on the 21st was 29-30 inches. A steady 

 recovery followed, and on the 24th and 25th the pressure was 

 30-00 inches. During the next four days the readings were four 

 points lower, rising again to 30-00 inches on the 30th, with a 

 falling oft' of a point on the last day of the year. 



The amount of rainfall registered was above the average, it 

 being 5-58 inches. On five occasions the rainfall for the twenty- 

 hours exceeded half-an-inch, while on other four days over one 

 quarter of an inch fell. There were 11 dry days. In the 

 previous December the rainfall amounted to 3-51 inches, with 

 15 dry days in the month. 



C!onsequent on the abnormally mild and open weather the 

 temperature was high for the season of the year. Frost was 

 registered only on five mornings, while the amount was but 19° 



