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The rains were greater in June, and again from July 19 

 till near the end of August. Harvest generally began 

 about August 27. A wetter season than 1799 and 1816, 

 yet not quite so late ( Whistlecraft). 



February 28. Awful gale ( Whistlecraft). 



Rainfall at Greenwich, 28'oi in. January, 1*66 in. 

 February, roi in. March, 171 in. April, 1*09 in. May, 

 370 in. June, 5-39 in. July, 2-67 in. August, 3-57 in. 

 September, 2-19 in. October, 1*06 in. November, 1*87 

 in. December, 20*9 in. (Glaisher). 



Rainfall at Thwaite, 36 in. (Brumham). 



Wet, cold spring ; six inches of rain in June ; very 

 backward year, similar to 1 8 1 6 ; bad haying and harvest 



(Co*). 



A wet year everywhere but in the north-west of Scot- 

 land (Symons). 



Rainfall at Hull, 317410. on 205 days (H. Smith). 

 1861 Wheat, 55^. $d. ; barley, 36^. id. oats, 23^. qd. per 

 qr. (Official Returns). 



Value of ^100 tithe rent charge, 112 3.?. 

 (Official Returns). 



Seven years' average: Wheat, 59^. ; barley, 36^. 

 oats, 25^. ^d. (Official Returns). 



Wool, i7</. per Ib. (T. H. B.). 



Beef and mutton, 6f</. per Ib. (T. H. B.). 



Off-going ewes made 33^. (T. H. B.). 



Off-going ewes made 355. 6d. (John Phillips'). 



At Devizes October Fair ewes 36^. to 4os. 6d. ; lambs, 

 28.5-. to 33^. (Newspaper). 



Began harvest August 6 ; finished September 1 1 

 (T. H. B.). 



Wheat, twenty-four bushels per acre ; barley, thirty-one 

 bushels (T. H. B.). 



Wheat was below an average, having suffered from 

 excessive thinness of plant. Oats were fair ( Clarke. ) 



Severe winter. January was a cold month. February 



