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on the 15th ; the last, at the avera2:e time. In June, etc., the quantity of 

 rain in some of the northern and middle States was enormous; but in 

 soulhern New England and in Central New York very little, or only an inch 

 and three eighths (1.37) in the fifty-four days, from May 24th to July IGth, 

 and the drought was then quite severe. Since the middle of July there 

 has not been much deficiency, and the whole annual fall has been but little 

 more than an inch less than the average. The last ice In spring, in Bos- 

 ton, was on March 28th (there was not any in April); the earliest in the 

 autumn, on November 4th — interval, 221 days; but, in the open country, 

 even in the vicinity of Boston, it was probably many days less. 



The present December, thus fiir (20th) dilfers greatly from the Decem- 

 ber of last year. There has been very little, or less than two inches, of 

 snow, much rain and mild weather. On the 10th, the thermometer here 

 rose to G34, or Gh degrees hujhcr ! than at any time in November last; and 

 the second quarter (9th to 17th) of December, was thirteen degrees warmer 

 than the same quarter in 1872. 



