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Barometer mean, 29792in., being 0'028in. below the average. 

 Temperature, mean, 5077°, being 2-30° above the ditto. 

 Solar intensity, mean, 82-50°, being 032° below the ditto. 

 Dew point mean, 408°, being 072° below the ditto. 

 Humidity of air mean, 71, being - 08 per cent, below the ditto. 

 Elastic force of vapour mean, -261, being -008 per cent, below the ditto. 

 Total amount of rain, rOSin., being 0-64in. below the ditto. 

 Increase of spontaneous evaporation on rain-fall, 42in. 

 Mean amount of ozone, 570, being 176 of chromatic scale below ditto. 

 Electricity active all through the month, with the exception of three days, namely 

 on the 1st, 17th, and 25th. 



Snow never absent from Mount Wellington, with frequent fresh deposits. 



FRANCIS ABBOTT. 



Leafing, Flowering, and Fruiting 'of a feio standard plants in the Royal Society's 



Gardens during the month. 

 8th.— Elder commencing to break. 

 11th.— Horse chestnut, ditto. 

 14th. — Gooseberries, ditto. 



18th.— Elm (Ulmus campestris) commencing to flower. 

 20th. —Upright poplar, commencing to break. 

 21st.— Koyal apricot, commencing to flower. 



Results of Observations taken at New Norfolk for the month. 



Barometer mean, of three daily readings, corrected and reduced, 29 804in. 



Temperature, mean, of ditto, 45 "49°. 



Solar, intensity, 81°. 



Terrestrial Radiation, 30-25°. 



Dew point, mean position, 41-55.° 



Humidity of air, - 90. 



Elastic force of vapour, -281in. 



Rainfall, 179in ; in excess of evaporation - 06in. 



Evaporation, 174in. 



Mean daily amount of cloud, 533) c„ olo n-tn 



Ditto, ditto, Ozone, 8*27. J ocaie ' u iU 



Wind force, in lbs. per square foot, 24 94. 



W. E. SHOOBRIDGE. 

 Valleyfield. 



