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miles in the 24 hours from S. S. E. The gale came on at night, 

 sind at 8 a. m. of the 18th registered 1273.60 miles for the 24 hours 

 previous ; wind then S. W. and moderated ; the thermometer then 

 at 440. Thebarometer fell from 30.122 to 29.260. 1.110 inch 

 of rain fell from 8 p. m. to 8 a. m. of the 18th. Another gale 

 commenced on the 28th at night with wind from N. W., barometer 

 rising up to 30.031, and lowest reading of thermometer at 10*^. 



On 1st March at 8 a. m., a fine display of parhelia with colored 

 arcs of halos with wind S. S. W., then S. W., S. E., S. S. W, 

 N. W., N. N. W., N. E., to S. S. E., when it fell calm at 6 p.m. 

 on the 2nd. Gale came on again at night of the 3rd from S. W. 

 with rain ; changed to N. N. W. at midnight and moderated. The 

 mean velocity of wind for March was 20.09 miles per hour, the 

 highest registered was on the 22nd, 922.4 miles in the 24 hours ; 

 the calmest day was the 18th, 144.80 miles. The second gale 

 began at 1 a. m. on the 22nd from the S. E. with rain, then 

 S. W., W. S. W., W., E. Wind calmed at 6 p. m. on the 

 23rd; only marking 6.20 miles in 14 hours up to 8 a. m. on the 

 24th. The barometer fell from 30.363 at 9 p. m. on the 20th to 

 29.157 at 9 p. m. on the 22nd. Between 1 a. m. and noon of the 

 22nd, 1.39 inch of rain fell. 



In April the mean velocity was 18.40 miles per hour. The 

 highest wind was on the 18th, 1272.80 miles in 24 hours. The 

 gale marked 58 miles per hour from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m., N. by E., 

 N., N. by W. 3 inches of snow fell, and barometer read at 2 

 p. m. 29.391. Gale lasted till 6 p. m. on the 19th. The calmest 

 day was 108 miles on the 14th with wind N, E. Another gale 

 began at night of the 5th from N. E. with snow, it continued all 

 day of the 6th from N. A"^. E. to N. N. W. ; the barometer marked 

 28.957 at 8 a. m., and the wind gauge registered 68 miles per 

 hour from 8 a. m. to 1 p. m. 



In May the wind averaged 17.95 miles per hour. The first 

 gale was on the 20th when the gauge marked 872.80 miles in 24 

 hours from W. S. W., the barometer reading on the 20th at 8 

 a. m. 30.091, and on the 2l8t at 8 a. m. 29.933. The cahnest 

 day was the 2l8t, or 99.20 miles in 24 hours with wind S. S. W. 

 A gale commenced on the 27th with rain and fog from N. W. at 



