42 SCIENTIFIC SURVEY OF ABERDEEN AND DISTRICT 
Aberdeen box-makers have thus acted on their own accord, without 
waiting for Government pressure, and it is to be generally hoped that 
the new source of supply will be found to meet their needs. 
In connection with the home timber industry, Aberdeen is well to the 
fore, being situated within economic distance of the finest timber-growing 
districts in Britain, viz. Deeside, Donside and Speyside. In these 
districts about thirty sawmills are continually employed producing boarding 
for box-making and staves and heading for barrel-making. ‘They also 
produce large quantities of timber for the mining industry, railway sleepers 
and fencing for the railway companies, and for general work. ‘The total 
output from these mills during the past twelve months (in 1933) amounted 
to approximately 2,350,000 cubic ft. 
Vil. 
THE CLIMATE OF ABERDEENSHIRE 
BY 
G. AUBOURNE CLARKE, F.R.Mer.Soc. 
GENERAL CONDITIONS.—From the climatic point of view the county of 
Aberdeenshire is somewhat peculiarly placed. Its western extremity 
lies in the central highlands of Scotland where large areas of the ground 
rise above the 2,000-ft. level, while the relatively low land of its north- 
eastern extremity is washed both on the north and on the east by the 
waters of the North Sea. Considerable differences in climate throughout 
the county are therefore naturally to be expected. 
Meteorological data over considerable periods are available for the 
valley of the river Dee, from Aberdeen Observatory on the sea coast at 
the mouth of the river and from Balmoral and Braemar on the high ground 
at its upper reaches ; also from Logie Coldstone which occupies a some- 
what sheltered position farther down the river than Balmoral. In addi- 
tion there are statistics of rainfall and sunshine from Crathes, a station 
which, though actually lying in the neighbouring county of Kincardine, 
is situated on the north side of the river Dee about half way between 
Aberdeen and Logie Coldstone ; and also rainfall data from Ellon and. 
New Deer in the north-eastern part of the county. ‘These stations are 
shown in the accompanying sketch map. 
