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and March mild. April and May. East winds. June. 

 Warm, with some rain. July. Wet and cloudy. Light 

 crop of wheat. Barley, bad quality. Oats good. Turnips 

 good (T. H. .). 



May 28. Great storm, in which there were 143 wrecks. 



Hay made well in general, but some of the meadow 

 hay cut late was made bad. By no means a dry summer. 

 Wet enough to keep everything growing. Quality of 

 wheat pretty good (T. H. B.}. 



July and August 0-3 above average temperature 

 (Times}. 



January 8. Severe frost ( Whistlecraft). 



August 12. Thermometer, 90. 



Rainfall at Greenwich, 2roo in. January, 0*51 in. 

 February, 173 in. March, 2-29 in. April, 0*90 in. May, 

 i '55 in. June, 176 in. July, 2-98 in. August, 0*59 in. 

 September, 1-49 in. October, 0-89 in. November, 5-06 

 in. December, 1*25 in. (Glaisher). 



Remarkable for want of bloom on fruit trees of all sorts. 

 The failure extended to black and white thorns. Fine 

 summer and autumn to Christmas (Cox). 



Very dry April. Very fine, dry, and hot August, and 

 dry September (Brumhani). 



Summer chiefly fine. Fair and hot at end of Septem- 

 ber. 



Rainfall at Hull, 19*97 in. on 163 days (Smith). 

 1862 Wheat, 555-. $d. per qr. ; barley, 35*. id. oats, 

 22S. id. {Official Returns). 



Value of ;ioo tithe rent charge, .109 13.5-. 6d. 

 (Official Returns'). 



Seven years' average : Wheat, 56.?. 6d. ; barley, 

 36* T.od. ; oats, 24^. 8^/. {Official Returns). 



Wool, i8J per Ib. (T. H. B.). 



Beef and mutton, 6\d. per Ib. (T. H. B.). 



Off-going ewes made 37^. (T. H. .). 



Off-going ewes made 34^. (John Phillips). 



