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July and August, 27 above average temperature 

 (Times). 



Average crop. Wet wheat harvest, some sprouted. 

 Extraordinary wet autumn. Very little wheat sown at 

 end of year (T. H. B.). 



Tremendous tempest in September, which caused the 

 Severn to overflow, and its surface was covered with up- 

 rooted trees, crops, and drowned animals. All the Vale 

 of Gloucester was one wide spreading sea (Royal Agri- 

 cultural Society's Journal, vol. xv.). 



Height of flood in the Thames, at Clifton Hampden, 

 7 ft. 10 in. (f. C. C., in Agricultural Gazette). 



July 17. Awful storms (Whistlecraff). 



Rainfall at Greenwich, 3271 in. January, 2*88 in. 

 February, 073 in. March, 0*14 in. April, 0^50 in. 

 May, 2-03 in. June, 4-55 in. July, 2-32 in. August, 4^50 

 in. September, 3*93 in. October, 375 in. November, 

 5 '66 in. December, 172 in. (Glaisher). 



Dry winter and spring till i7th May; very wet till 

 4th July, the rest of which was a scorching month, fol- 

 lowed by a wet harvest and autumn, the like of which 

 seldom happens (Cox). 



Intensely hot July. Thermometer, 97 at Chiswick 

 (Brumhani). 



1853 Wheat, 53^. 3^. per qr. ; barley, 33^. 2d. -, oats, 2is. 

 (Official Returns). 



Value of ;ioo tithe rent charge, ^91 13^. $\d. 

 (Official Returns). 



Seven years' average : Wheat, 48^. 4^. ; barley, 30$. 4^. ; 

 oats, 2 os. 6d. (Official Returns). 



Wool, i7j</. per Ib. (H. Baker). 



Off-going ewes made 325. each (H. Baker). 



Off-going ewes made 34.?. each (John Phillips). 



Began harvest August 13; finished November n at 

 Mere Down ( T. H. B.), and September 19 at Charlton 

 Horethorn. 



