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accidental circumstances and am uncertain criterion of the characte 
the one, the following memoranda on the subject may be interesting ; 
dates Sesto to. re atric from Mr. valu 
ma, an d for the subsequent’ years derived inn fro Se ee 
till 
_ first frozen, Bay opened. Bay first siasake 
cf 1833, April 4,} 1842, December. 1843, "April 23, 
33, ©1884, March 14,| 1843, 18,623 tas 
pois 1835, March 30,| 1844, Ae 
beng December 1, 1836, April 25, | 1845, “ ‘1s, 8, 
or ‘e 1837, “ °16,} 1846, « 15, 
“te : 14, 1888, */<2,| 1847, “ 26, 1848, March 31, 
Nags - 2889, is2 S 1848, “d 25, 1849, March 29. 
tes wig -) 1840, March 28,] 1849, «26, 1850, April 3, 
ae “ - 6,- 1841, April 12,4 1850, “ 18, 1851, March 24 
, 18, 1842, neste 14; nae . 138, 1862, April 17’ 
et the olisriags of those badly provided with fuel, food or Suliae 
following are a few examples :— 
Tassie IV. 
1851-9 _ ‘TEMPERATURE. | VELOCITY OF WIND. | IN MI 
as Below the L0W°St-|"Mean | Above the | Highest — 
elena oni SR i Mean. | aaah per peek, average, ogy 
m m ™m 
December 25, . 2.2.2.2... 10:00 | 162 |-148| 394 274 12°8 
ink ee 4°78 4 |= 32] 1058 4:38 16°1 
oo ee recede usay S085) BE 1:8} 12-27 6-07 170 
January 20, isevrsevengsf: OCW | 218 1-88) 194 673 178 
‘ ESL 137 | 21:2 |-106| 1017 344 188 
Ge Oe eerse cp sss| te | 288 |= 627 Tee 068 180 
AA ie A 677} 158 20} 7:59 085 142 
p28 RR & dsc ckeees 808 | 146 {- 06| 1026 452 141 
AF snaeis nose! 1075 119-1... 1701, 908}; Soh 4 48 
On every one “of these very cold days we have a hi igh +h wind. With re- 
gard to direction, the mean direction, and mean velocity for each of the 
above months, from five years registration by Robi 's anemometer, 
and the mean of the same months in the past winter, are given slow : 
‘este oak 1881-2. 
Sin os * Direction, Velocity. 
November, . . r SiN. “87, W. 37 N. 470 
December, . _93 N. ©. 620, WwW. 8N. 7:37 
January, . . . W.31N. 674, W.30N. 7-67 
February,. . . Wa39N. 6°65, W.16N. 6°42 
% W. 53 N. 6°45, W. 83 N. 581 
April,.. 4 N. 6:96, N. 23 E. 6°68 
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