X. 



JULY, 1874, 

 Private Observatory, Hobart Town. 



Barometer mean, 29'99Sin., being 131in. above the average. 

 Temperature mean, 490°, being 293° above the ditto. 

 Solar intensity mean, 7320 3 , being 288° below the ditto. 

 Dew point mean, 42 8°, being 2 05° above the ditto. 

 Humidity of air mean, 74. being -05 below the per cent, ditto. 

 Elastic force of vapour - 263, being 005 per cent, above the ditto. 

 Total amount of rain, 2 02in., being 0'08in. per cent, below the ditto. 

 Increase of rain-fall on spontaneous evaporation, 136in. 

 Mean amount of ozone, 2 90, being 2 20 of chromatic scale below the ditto. 

 Electricity, nil 3 days, feeble, 7 days, and active 21 days. 



Snow on Mount Wellington all through the month, with a fresh deposit on th» 

 mountain and low hills on the 9th. 



FRANCIS ABBOTT. 



Leafing, Flowering, and Fruiting of a few Standard Plants in the Royal Society'* 



Gardens during the month. 

 10th.— Garrya elliptica in full flower. 

 16th.— Arbutus unedo commencing to flower 

 24th. — Yellow crocus in flower. 

 28th. — Almond in full flower. 

 SOth.— White mulberrj commencing to leaf. 



