152 Scientific Intelligence. [Aug. 



observed, that elementary instruction was for the most part given 

 gratuitously, or at a very small expense in France, That 

 ** 1,070,500 children learn at this moment to read and write 

 in the minor schools under the care of 28,000 masters ; and that 

 46,000 youths are admitted into the colleges, each paying a 

 small tax of from 15 to 40 francs to the state." 



IX. Method of preserving Currants fresh till January or 



February. 



The following is taken from the Journal de Pharmacie for 

 June. The method is not new, but it does not appear to be 

 generally known. When the fruit is ripe, choose those bushes 

 enjoying a southern aspect, and which are most convenient in 

 their shape, and most loaded with fruit, and surround them with 

 thick straw mats, so that they shall be completely sheltered from 

 atmospheric cold and other changes. By this simple method it 

 will be found that the fruit may be preserved quite fresh till after 

 Christmas. 



X. Meteorological Observations at Cork. By T. Holt, Esq. 

 (With a Plate. See CVI.) 



(To Dr. Thomson.) 

 DEAR SIR, Cork, June 16, 1820. 



I TRANSMIT to you the meteorological scale for Cork for the 

 last quarter of 1819. I am, dear Sir, with due respect, 



Your very obedient humble servant, 



Thomas Holt. 



REMARKS. 



OCTOBER. 



1. Cloudy; showery. 



2, 3. Bright ; showery. 

 4,5. Bright; dry. 



6, "!. Cloudy; dry. 



8. Cloudy ; light showers, 



9, 10. Heavy and protracted showers. 



11. Fair; foggy evening, 



12. Cloudy; rain. 



13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18. Bright ; dry. 



19. Misty; showers. 



20. Bright; showejir. 



21. Heavy showers; gale. 



22. Showery. 



23. Cloudy ; gale. 



24,25,26,27,28,29. Bright; frosty. 

 30, 31. Showery. 



NOVEMBER. 



1. Cloudy; showery. 

 8. Bright) dry. 



3. 

 4, 

 6, 

 8. 

 9. 

 10, 

 13. 



14, 

 17. 

 18. 

 19, 

 22, 

 25, 

 28. 

 29, 

 30. 



Cloudy; dry. 



5. Cloudy ; showery. 



7. Bright ; showery. 



Bright ; frost ; wind. 



Fair; rainy evening. 

 11, 12. Bright. 



Cloudy; dry. 



15,16. Cloudy; showery. 



Bright; dry. 



Cloudy ; dry. 

 20,21. Heavy showers. 

 23,24. Fair; frost, 

 26, 27. Showery. 



Rainy. 



Fair ; rainy night. 



Cloudy ; dry ; rainy night. 



DECEMBER. 

 Fair; rainy night ; gale. 

 Showery ; ditto. 

 Fair ; ditto. 

 Cloudy ; ligtit showers. 



