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Rainfall at Ryehill, Warminster, 38*82 in. (S. Jefferys}. 

 1882 Wheat, 465-. lod. per qr. ; barley, 35^. ; oats, 23,?. 6d. 

 (Official Returns). 



Value of ;ioo tithe rent charge, .102 i6s. 2d. 

 (Official Returns). 



Seven years' average: Wheat, 46^. lod. ; barley, 36.5.; 

 oats, 24^. 6d. per qr. (Official Returns), 



Off-going ewes made 6os. 



Wether lambs, 47^. and 37^. average, 42 s. 



Let cows, at i i per cow. 



Oats, a good crop in general. 



Wheat, barely an average, either in quantity or quality. 



Turnips, good. 



Heavy crop of hay, and a great year for grass. 



Comet in the east before sunrise in September, October, 

 and November. 



A lunar rainbow on October 30, about 10 p.m., in S.W. 



Cold and wet season throughout after March. 



The winter 1881-2 was the mildest and driest for many 

 years. Wheat looked strong and healthy, but did not 

 get winter proud. The rainfall of the first three months 

 of the year under 6 in. The transference of the Malt 

 Duty to beer has acted very detrimental to the barley 

 trade this season ; useful barleys in good condition, but 

 which have lost their colour, are being sold at 24^. to 

 265. per qr. Heavy rainfall in April after nth, amount- 

 ing to over 5 in. 29th. Terrific gale from N.W., which 

 blew down great quantities of trees, and did considerable 

 damage. The foliage did not attain its usual luxuriance 

 during the whole of the succeeding summer, and the 

 apple crop was almost entirely destroyed. August 23. A 

 gale which knocked about the corn a good deal. May. 

 Partial storms the first week, then dry, with blinding east 

 winds, till 23rd, when storms again. Fine last few days. 

 Barometer higher in January than ever recorded, up to 

 30-987. June was wet from 3rd to i4th, and very cold 



