252 Mr Foggo on the Results of' a 



December, January, February, 75.20. 



March, April, May, 84.58. 



June, July, August, 76.22. 



September, October, November, 77.30. 



Of the coldest decad (beginning 1st January) at sunrise, 

 50.5 ; in the afternoon, 80.5, mean, 68° ; of the warmest 

 decad (15th May) sunrise, 69°, afternoon 107, mean 88. 



On the 31st of May, a severe thunder storm occurred, the ef- 

 fects of which are described in the Journal: — " Weather, to- 

 wards evening, fresh, north-west wind, distant thunder N.Ed.; 

 before 6 p. m., strong N. E. wind, with a heavy shower, vivid 

 lightning, and twice exceedingly loud thunder ; the last loud 

 explosion took effect on the terrace of the house. Ten or 

 thirteen small holes were made in the terrace by the explo- 

 sion, within the space of thirteen feet in the direction, and over a 

 thick partition-wall. All the holes, excepting three, did not 

 penetrate deeper than the outer thick layer of plaster. Of 

 the three which appeared to have penetrated beyond the layer 

 of tiles under the plaster, one, which was much larger than 

 the others, but not exceeding the diameter of a pistol-ball, si- 

 tuated rather on one side, and at a little distance from the 

 wall, passed through the terrace, and penetrated the room be- 

 tween the rafter and cornice. The thick chunam plaster over 

 the cornice, projecting about 2 inches under, and adhering to 

 the under surface of the rafter, to the extent of near 2 feet in 

 length on each side of the hole, and down the wall about 3 

 feet in length and 2 in breadth, was thrown off, and an irre- 

 gular groove, superficial at top, and deeper at bottom, was 

 formed down the cornice and wall about 2| feet in length. 

 The surface between the place from which the chunam was 

 thrown off, and the door-frame underneath, a distance of near 

 four feet, was not injured, excepting a very fine crack being 

 just perceptible from the broken chunam to the frame, and 

 the plaster immediately above the frame little broken. The 

 side of the door-frame, situated in a line under the hole 

 through the terrace, was split down in two or three pieces, 

 the mortice of the upper piece of the frame, and some of the 

 surfaces of the splintered side frame being charred. The chu- 

 nam and jelly of the floor adjoining the bottom of the splinter- 



