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METEOROLOGICAL REPORT, ISGU, 



Aurora Boreales were seen at Rothbury on the 27th ; at 

 Sunderland on the 10th and 27th. 



The Rainbow was seen at Rothbury on the 26th ; at Sunder- 

 land on 14th, 15th, 18th, 19th, 20th, and 27th ; at Seaham on 

 the 13th. 



Thunderstorms occurred at Rothbury on the 4th ; at Horsley 

 near Wylam on the 4th ; at North Shields on the 5th ; at G-reta 

 Bridge on the 6th ; at Middlesbro' on the 5th and 7th. 



Thunder was heard, but Lightning was not seen, at Byrness 

 on the 8th and 15th ; at Otterburn on the 5th ; at Rothbury on 

 the 11th ; at Horsley near Wylam on the 14th ; at Sunderland 

 on the 5th ; at Seaham on the 5th; at Middlesbro' on the 13th; 

 at Darlington on the 5th. 



Lightning was seen, but Thunder was not heard, at North 

 Sunderland on the 17th ; at Middlesbro' on the 30th. 



The Registrar General reports that the death rate in the 

 northern counties for the quarter ending September 30th, was 

 21-34 per thousand. Scarlet fever was most fatal in Stockton, 

 some parts of Durham, Chester-le-Street, Gateshead, and Tyne- 

 mouth. The usual table for the largest towns in Northumber- 

 land and Durham is subjoined. 





Estimated 

 Population. 



Deaths. 



Average Rate 



to 1000 Uving 



for 3rd three 



months, 1869. 



Newcastle (Borough boundaries) ... 

 Sunderland (Municipal boundaries) 

 South Shields ditto 

 Gateshead ditto 

 Tynemouth ditto 



130-503 



111-520 



65-363 



42-928 



40-003 



770 

 612 

 436 



525 

 514 



23-68 

 21-77 

 26-46 

 30-31 

 26-18 



October. — 



" The dews of the evening industriously shun, 



They're the tears of the sky for the loss of the sun.." — Old Rhyme. 



On the 1st and 2nd of this month a very great storm visited 

 parts of the United States of America, and proved to be hardly 



