RECENT METEOROLOGICAL NOTES. DOANE. 



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From the diary of the late George Seymour Crichton, the 

 following notes are copied : 



February 7, 1855 "Thermometer 20 degrees below zero, the 



lowest I ever saw. At Citadel 25 deg. 

 below zero." 



" 5, 1863 "Thermometer 14 deg. below zero." 



" 7, 1865 "Thermometer 10 deg. below zero at 8 

 a. m. Harbour frozen over. - Hundreds 

 crossing on the ice." 



" 8, 1865 "Crossed the harbour on the ice." 



" 11, 1865 "(Sunday) Hundreds crossing the harbour 



on the ice." 

 " 12, 1865 "Steamer made passage through the ice 



from Dartmouth to Halifax." 



" 6, 1866 "Thermometer 13 deg. below zero." 

 " 7, 1866 "Thermometer 12 deg. below zero." 

 " 8, 1866 "Thermometer 14 deg. below zero." 



Since the last meteorological notes were presented to the 

 Institute, the highest and lowest monthly records have been 

 altered as follows: 



