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Although often fine and hot in June and July, every 

 month but one, from May to September, had a mean 

 temperature below the average. 



A wet year (Brumhavi). 



Rainfall at Hull, 29*20 in. on 202 days (SmitJi). 



Rainfall at Maryborough, 37*24 in. on 214 days. 

 January, 4*32 in. February, 3*79 in. March, 2*26. 

 April, 2*32 in. May, 1*87 in. June, 3*17 in. July, 

 1*55 in. August, 2*97 in. September, 6*97 in. October, 

 1*74 in. November, 3*04 in. December, 3*24 in. 

 (Preston). 



1867 Wheat, 64$. 5^. per qr. * barley, 30-5-. nd. * oats, 26s. 

 (Official Returns). 



Value of .100 tithe rent charge, 9% 135-. $d. (Official 

 Returns}. 



Seven years' average : Wheat, 48^. 6d. ; barley, 34*. ; 

 oats, 22 s. 6d. (Official Returns). 



Wool, 15*7. per Ib. (T. H. .). 



Beef and mutton, >j\d. (T. H. B.}. 



Off-going ewes made 445. (T. H. B.}. 



Off-going ewes made 44^. 6d. and 395. (John Phillips}. 



At Devizes October Fair, ewes, 35^. to 40$; lambs, 

 25^. to 33^. 6d. (Newspaper}. 



Began mowing clover, June 7. All made well, and the 

 heaviest crop I have ever seen on our hills (T. H. 2?.). 



Began harvest August 10; finished September 17 

 (T. H. B.}. 



January. Frosty, with snow, first week; then open 

 weather, followed by another week of severe frost and 

 snow, after which open weather to end of the month. 

 February. Wet first week ; then fine till nearly the end. 

 Drilled peas 2oth. Oats, 2istto25th. Colder weather 

 end of month, which continued all through March, which 

 was the roughest and coldest in memory of man. i2th. 

 It began to snow, and continued more or less for a week. 

 Roads impassable from drifted snow. Short crop of 



