62 J. F. Miller, Esq., on the 
during a considerable part of it, the sky was almost free from clouds. 
The atmospheric pressure is unusually high ; and, except from the 15th to 
the 20th, it has been very steady and equable. ‘The temperature is 
2°-62, and the evaporation is 0°521 in. above the average for the month. 
The rain, although only 0-17 in. below a mean quantity, all fell in 
six days; and more than ?ths of an inch of the whole depth (1°798 
inch) was measured on the morning of the 31st day. Corncrake heard 
on the 21st. 
/une.—A rather cold month. The temperature is 1°00 below the 
average. The rain is a mean quantity, and nearly the whole of it has 
been thrown off by evaporation. The evaporation is nearly an inch less 
than usual. 
The mean temperature of the quarter ending June 30th is 0°43 
above the average. The average depth of rain in this quarter is 8-333 
inches; in 1848 there has fallen 6°16 inches, or 2°17 inches less than 
usual. The evaporation, which is nearly an average quantity, exceeds 
the fall of rain in the summer quarter of 1848, by 4°897 inches. The 
deaths in the town of Whitehaven, during the past quarter, are 117, be- 
ing 33°3, or 40 per cent. nearly; and, for the entire Union they are 
225, being 26:4, or 134 per cent. above the caleulated average numbers 
in the corresponding quarters of the nine previous years (from 1839 to 
1847, inclusive), which are 83°7 and 198°6 respectively. The mortality 
is greater than in any previous summer quarter since the ‘register was 
commenced. Yet, notwithstanding this great excess, the births in the 
town exceed the deaths by 32; and in the entire Union the births ex- 
ceed the deaths by 105. The deaths throughout England are only 927 
above the average. The Registrar-General, in his report for June, re- 
marks: “It is gratifying to observe a very remarkable improvement in 
the state of the public health. The mortality of the country, after be- 
ing excessively high during the latter half of the year 1846, the whole 
of 1847, and the first quarter of 1848, is now little above the average of 
the nine years ending with 1847.” 
July.—A rather cold but fine month, and on the whole favourable 
for the hay harvest. Strong winds and heavy showers prevailed from 
the 20th to the 27th. The temperature is 0°°63 under the average, and 
3°13 under that of July 1847, which was a remarkably hot and dry 
month. 
The rain and evaporation are both under a mean quantity,—the former 
by 1°46 inch, and the latter by 0°315 inch. 
Hay was mostly under cover in this neighbourhood by the 19th; the 
crop was good, and it was secured in excellent condition. 
August.—A cold, wet month. ‘lemperature 2°14 under the mean. 
The rain and evaporation are above the average respectively, by 1°33 
inch and 0°34 inch. ‘The grain harvest in this neighbourhood com- 
menced on the 11th instant. 
September.—A fine, mild, and rather dry month. ‘The mean tempera- 
ture is 0°:38 above the average. ‘The evaporation and rain are both un- 
der a mean quantity ; the former by 0°38, and the latter by 1:10 inch. 
The high maximum temperature of the 5th (71°°5) and 23d (70°35), 
is worthy of notice. 
Early in the morning of the 15th there was a total eclipse of the 
moon; but it was not seen here, the sky being overcast throughout the 
night. 
