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July 15. Was one of the roughest and wettest summer 

 days in my remembrance. Scores of rooks dead from 

 the weather (T. H. B.). 



Height of flood in the Thames at Clifton Hampden 

 on July 25, 3 ft. 6 in. ; on October 12, 4 ft. 9 in.; 

 October 23, 6 ft. 8 in.; on November 15, 8 ft. i in. 

 (/ C. C., in Ag. Gazette}. 



July and August, 0-3 below average temperature 

 (Times). 



Rainfall at Hull, 28-87 in. on 178 days (Smith). 



Rainfall at Marlborough, 3970 in. on 180 days. Janu- 

 ary, 4-53 in. February, 2-13 in. March, 1-33 in. April, 

 1-64 in. May, 2-51 in. June, 2-78 in. July, 5-60 in. 

 August, 2T2 in. September, 378 in. October, 7-64 in. 

 November, 4-33 in. December, 1*31 in. (Preston). 



Great floods in July from i3th to 2ist. 



Rainfall at Ryehill, Warminster, 40-15 in. on 182 days 

 (S.Merys). 



1876 Wheat, 465-. 2d. ; barley, 35^. 2d. ; oats, 26s. $d. per 

 qr. ( Official Returns) . 



Value of ;ioo tithe rent charge, ;no 145-. nd. 

 (Official Returns). 



Seven years' average : Wheat, 52^. 6d. ; barley, 38*. 8d. ; 

 oats, 255. 8d. (Official Returns). 



Wool, i5f<J. per Ib. (T. H. J3.). 



Beef and mutton, qd. per Ib. (T. H. B.). 



Off-going ewes made 48^. 6d. and 43^. ; lambs, 40^. 

 (T. H. J3.). 



At Devizes October Fair, ewes, 40^. to $6s; lambs, 

 2 os. to 355. (Newspaper]. 



Let cows at ,12 per cow (T. H. .). 



Began mowing clover June 7 ; finished haymaking 

 July ii. Began harvest August 10; finished September 

 ii (T. H.B.\ 



January was mild and frosty alternately. Corn trade 

 bad. Wheat, 60 Ib. per bushel, worth 40*. per qr. ; 



