Miscellaneous Intelligence. 287 
_ Rain fell on 98 days ;_ it was raining 437 hours and 39 minutes: 
it was accompanied by thunder and lightning on 14 days. The amount 
of rain exceeded 1-438 inches the amount which fell in 1854. The 
amount which fell in January was 1-486 inches, in February none, in 
March 0:531, in April 4.194, in May 1-756, in June 8-217, in July 
2351, in August 4-366, in September 3:471, in October 8°728, in 
November 3-923, in December 2970 inches. ‘Total amount 41°943 
inch : 
es. 
Snow fell on 42 days; it was snowing 312 hours J5 minutes, and 
amounted to 85:91 inches on the surface, which amount was less by 
11-54 inches than the amount of snow which fell in 1854. The monthly 
fall was as follows: in January 20°10 inches, in February 15-00, in 
was on the 17th of December: the first frost occurred on the 18th of 
August, and was also felt on,the 28d, 27th, 28:h, and Bist of the same 
month, which was very early, and did considerable damage to the crops ; 
the E-by-N ; in the winter quarter the most prevalent wind was the 
tumn quarter, the most prevalent wind was the W, and the least so the 
S-by-W. The greatest velocity of the wind was from 2 to 8 P. M. on. 
the 26th April, and was 49-64 miles per hour; the yearly mean of the 
mazimum velocity was equal to 15:33 miles per hour. The yea 
mean of the minimum velocity was 0-16 miles per hour. The quarterly 
means of the velocities are as follows: Winter mean maximum velocity 
1881 miles er hour, mean minimum v gz eae 
imum velocity 17-69 miles per hour, inimum velocity 0°36 
miles per hour. November and December more than usually 
wind in November 
‘ild geese, Anser canadensis, were first seen : 
oe swallows, Hirundo rufa, were first en 3 ‘aah 
© Hossignol (the harbinger of the Canadian spring) was een 
On the 9th of April. Bice: were first heard on the 23d of April, 
