January 2. A deep snow; thermometer at night, 3j. 



May 6. Thermometer, 83 at noon ; in the shade at 

 night, May 16, 32; 2ist, 29^; 22nd, 28. Snow 22nd 

 and 23rd May in large flakes ; thermometer, 26 on 

 October 4th, and hard frost. December 9th, 13!. 

 Winter early (Cox). 



From 8th June to ist July only 0*08 in. of rain fell. 

 July 26. The most remarkable rainfall ever recorded in 

 the south-east of England. Rain commenced falling at 

 midnight on 25th, and fell incessantly for ten hours, 

 giving an amount of 3-18 in. in that time, and the fall for 

 the day was afterwards 0*49 in., thus giving for the day's 

 rainfall, 3-67 in., a greater fall than has ever been recorded 

 in twenty-four hours at the Royal Observatory (Met. Soc. 

 Journal]. 



February 6. A severe hurricane. 



Rainfall at Hull, 24-10 in. on 184 days (H. Smith). 



July 26. Excessive rainfall (Symons 1 Met. Mag.). 



Rainfall at Marlborough, 32*45 in. on 189 days. Jan- 

 uary, 4'O2 in. February, 2-48 in. March, 377 in. 

 April, 279 in. May, 2-39 in. June, r66 in. July, 

 3 '99 in. August, 2*53 in. September, 2^28 in. October, 

 3-48 in. November, 1-48 in. December, 1-58 in. 

 (Preston). 



1868 Wheat, 635. 9^. per qr. ; barley, 43*. ; oats, 28^. id. 

 (Official Returns}. 



Value of ;ioo tithe rent charge, ^"100 i$s. 8d. 

 (Official Returns]. 



Seven years' average : Wheat, 50$. 2d. ; barley, 34*. 6d. 

 oats, 22s. lod. (Official Returns). 



Wool, i6d. per Ib. (T. H. .). 



Beef and mutton, i\d. (T. H. B.), 



Off-going ewes made 26s. and 225. at Wilton Fair 

 (T. H. .). 



Off-going ewes made 26s. (J. Phillips). 



Began mowing clover May 29th, and June being dry 



