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the 23rd and 24th of May, as on those days an increase was 



noted in Snssex and Yorkshire ; but the records were too 

 few to afford satisfactory proof on this point. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



March 26th. Kent. 



„ 29th. Dorset. 



April 2nd. Suffolk. 



„ 3rd. Hants. 



„ 6th. Devon. 



„ 10th. Lancashire. 



,, 11th. Kent (slight increase). Worcester. 



„ 13th. Yorkshire. 



,, 14th. Carmarthen, Leicester, Denbigh. 



„ 15th. Bedford. 



„ 16th. Lancashire (increase). Cambridge. 



„ 17th. Dorset (increase). Berks, Surrey, Stafford- 



shire. 



,, 18th. Kent (increase). 



„ 20th. Montgomery. 



,, 21st. Northampton. 



,, 22nd. Sussex. 



24th. Middlesex. 



,, 25th. Northampton (increase). Merioneth. 



,, 26th. Somerset. 



,, 29th. Cornwall, Warv>?ick, Lincoln. 



„ 30th. Gloucester, Shropshire. 

 May 1st. Oxford, Radnor. 



lst/2nd. Hants light. 

 3rd. Wilts. 



„ 3rd/4th. Hants and Kent lights. 



„ 4th. Shropshire (increase). 



,, 6th. Shropshire (increase). Cheshire. 



„ 7th. Warwick (increase). Cumberland. 



8th. Herts. 



