1843 Wheat, $os. id. per qr. ; barley, 29$. 6d. ; oats, 

 iSs. 4</. (Official Returns). 



Value of ;ioo tithe rent charge, 105 i2s. i\d. 

 (Official Returns). 



Seven years' average : Wheat, 615. ; barley, 32^. lod. ; 

 oats, 235-. (Official Returns). 



Wool, lod. per Ib. (H. Baker). 



Off-going ewes made 26s. 6d. each (John Phillips). 



Cows let at 9 LOS. per cow (H. Baker). 



Good hay year. Rainfall at Epping, 29-9 in. (Alman- 

 ack). 



January, mild and stormy. February, winterly, and 

 much snow. March, snowy and cold to loth, then bright 

 and warm, with east winds. April, showery, with some 

 snowstorms. Latter end, bright and warm. May, very 

 wet. June, showery to i3th, then fine. July, very hot. 

 August, awful thunderstorms, with hail. September, very 

 hot. October, rainy. November, mild and showery. 

 December, dry and mild. Frost in fen districts, June 24 

 (Almanack). 



Very mild winter to end of December, 1843 (J esse ^- 



April 9th, loth, and nth, snow and frost, with cold 

 nights. 1 3th, still colder. Thermometer, 8 a.m., 33 J. 

 i 7th, still cold. October 13, cold and frosty. 2oth, 

 severe frost, which destroyed dahlias. Thermometer, 

 8 a.m., 36. 22nd, weather cold. November i3th, 

 thermometer, 8 a.m., 30. Ice, but sunny day. 25th, 

 mild day (fesse). 



Extreme heat in July. Thermometer, 90 (Brumhani). 



Began harvest August 8 ; finished September 12 (H. 

 Baker). 



Fine and fairly abundant season ( Whistlecraft). 



September 16, thermometer, 85. Rainfall at Green- 

 wich, 22-52 in. January, 1-04 in. February, 2*20 in. 

 March, 0*30 in. April, 1*57 in. May, 3-55 in. June, 

 0-90 in. July, 2-58 in. August, 3*38 in. September. 



