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Wheat, 745. 8d. per qr. ; barley, 34^. gd. ; oats, 27*. 50. 

 (Official Returns). 



Wool, i$d. per Ib. (^ ^a/fcy). 



Off-going ewes made 28^. (John Phillips}. 



July and August, 0*5 above average temperature 

 (Times). 



Very severe winter, especially in February. On the 

 1 8th, thermometer i (Whistlecraff). 



Rainfall at Greenwich, 21-07 m - January, 0*99 in. 

 February, 1*38 in. March, 1*46 in. April, 0^09 in. 

 May, 176 in. June, 073 in. July, 4*98 in, August, 

 i -08 in. September, 1*12 in. October, 4-93 in. No- 

 vember, i '32 in. December, 1^23 in. (Glaisher). 



Fine summer; thermometer, n Fahr. on the night ot 

 December 21 (Cox). 



The coldest February on record. Mean temperature, 

 29*4 (Brumham). 



Summer and autumn fine and very warm. Maximum 

 in June, 86 ; July, 82 (Brumham). 



1856 Wheat, 69^. 2d, per qr. ; barley, 41$. \d. ; oats, 25^. zd. 

 (Official Returns). 



Value of .100 tithe rent charge, ,93 iSj. i\d. 

 (Official Returns). 



Seven years' average: Wheat, 525. ; barley, 29^. 8^.; 

 oats, 2 is. (Official Returns). 



Wool, i6\d. per Ib. (H. Baker). 



Off-going ewes made 32^. $d. and 29^. 6^. (John 

 Phillips). 



Began mowing clover June 9th (T. H. B.). 



Began harvest Aug. 5 ; finished Sept. 9 (T. H. B.). 



Mild to end of February. Fine March and April. 

 Dry, cold spring. June, fine. Hay crop good and made 

 well. July, dry and warm. Good crop of wheat ; early 

 districts harvested well, but later localities suffered much 

 from the wet ; a good deal put together damp, and some 

 sprouted. Barley was entirely spoilt in the early districts ; 



