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0-38 in. October, 4-38 in. November, 174 in. Decem- 

 ber, 0-50 in. (Glaisher). 



1844 Wheat, 515. $d. perqr. ; barley, 33^. 8^. ; oats, 275. >]d. 

 (Official Returns}. 



Value of ;ioo tithe rent charge, ,104 3^. $\d. 

 (Official Returns}. 



Seven years' average : Wheat, 6is. zd. ; barley, 32.$-. ql. ; 

 oats, 22S. 4d. (Official Returns). 



Wool, i3</. per Ib. (H. Baker}. 



Off-going ewes made 26.?. and iSs. (John Phillips , 

 i8j.; H Baker, 26s.). 



Began harvest July 29; finished Oct. 29 (H. Baker). 



Cows let at ^9 los. per cow (H. Baker). 



Hot and dry spring and summer. No rain from Lady 

 Day till June 25, when there were some thunderstorms, 

 till which time the late sown spring corn came up very 

 irregularly, much of which was not harvested till 

 October and November, and some was still out in 

 December, and never ripened. Good crop of wheat, 

 but straw very short. January, winterly. February, 

 frosty throughout. March, stormy to 24th. April, con- 

 stant sun. May, very hot. June, intensely hot. 25th. 

 Great rain after 13 weeks drought. July, sultry, with 

 showers. August, showery till 1 5th, then fine. Septem- 

 ber, hot, with thunderstorms. October, very warm. 

 November, wet to i3th, then fine. 26th, set in frost, 

 which continued to the end of the year. 



Rainfall at Greenwich, 21*87 m - January, 1*99 in. 

 February, i'S8 in. March, 2 '02 in. April, 0*23 in. 

 May, 0*15 in. June, 1*58 in. July, 2*31 in. August, 

 1-43 in. September, rig in. October, 4*01 in. Novem- 

 ber, 4*74 in. December, 0*34 in. (Glaisher). 



January 13. Barometer, 28*266. Great gale, with 

 thunder and lightning. 240 vessels lost and 450 lives. 

 The ships and cargoes valued at ^825,000. 



From April 14 to June 24, a most extraordinary 



