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The hottest May on record. The mean temperature 

 was 597 (Brumham). 



Mean rainfall, 3 5 '9 8 in. (Symons). 



1849 Wheat, 44^. 3^. per qr. ; barley, 275 9^. ; oats, 

 17^. 6d. (Official Returns). 



Value of .100 tithe rent charge, .100 3$. 7\d. 

 (Official Returns], 



Seven years' average: Wheat, 545. iod. : barley, 32^. 

 lod. ; oats, 2 is. lod. (Official Returns). 



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



Off-going ewes made 25^. each ; wethers, 34^. (John 

 Phillips; H. Baker). 



Cows let at g IQS. per cow (H. Baker). 



Began harvest Aug. 7 ; finished Sept. 1 7 (H. Baker]. 



Nearly average temperature, with fine weather (Times). 



Fine harvest. Good crops. Wheat straw very bright 

 (7. H. B.). 



Wheat crop very good, and over an average (Clarke). 



June, July, and August, 0-9 above average tempera- 

 ture. Thermometer 89 at Chiswick (Brumham). 



Rainfall at Greenwich, 23-92 in. January, i'6i in. 

 February, 2'i6 in. March, 0*47 in. April, 2*22 in 

 May, 3*87 in. June, 0-24 in. July, 2-96 in. August, 

 0-6 1 in. September, 3-16 in. October, 2*89 in. No- 

 vember, 1-63 in. December, 2*10 in. (Glaisher). 



April 1 6th to 2oth, much snow and frost. The Wester- 

 ham coach was buried, and left all night in a snow-drift 

 on Titsey Hill, April i9th. 



A fine summer (Cox). 



A fine and warm summer (Brumham). 



1850 Wheat, 40 s. $d. per qr. ; barley, 23*. 6d. ; oats, 

 1 6s. $d. (Official Returns}. 



Value of .100 tithe rent charge, ^98 i6s. lod. 

 Official Returns]. 



Seven years' average : Wheat, 535. ; barley, 32*. lod. ; 

 oats, 21.?. Stf. (Official Returns']. 



