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period. The temperature conditions prevailing at the time the fol- 

 lowing observations were made are tabulated below, together with 

 a transcript for the corresponding period of the official weather 

 bureau records at Albany for the purpose of comparison. 



Temperature records 



DATE 



ALBANY 



NASSAU 1 



Month 



Day 



Max. 



Min. 



Max. 



Min. 



August 



I 



74 



57 





64 





2 



76 



52 







3 



71 



58 









4 



72 



56 



"6s 



"56 





5 



76 



52 



69 



50 





6 



78 



52 



72 



62 





7 



77 



54 



70 



58 





8 



79 



61 



68 



58 





9 



79 



67 



69 



66 





10 



79 



69 



71 



67 





II 



85 



68 



81 



78 





12 



84 



69 



90 



72 





13 



87 



68 



86 



71 





14 



86 



70 



91 



69 





15 



82 



62 



89 



72 





i6 



71 



55 



83 



64 





17 



72 



48 



77 



51 





l8 



65 



59 



79 



62 





19 



76 



60 



63 



63 





20 



81 



65 



80 



67 





21 



73 



58 



83 



60 





22 



83 



62 









23 



73 



60 









24 



77 



59 





'068 





25 



88 



68 



'&76 







26 



84 



67 



88 



"66 





27 



77 



57 



86 



67 





28 



72 



51 



87 



48 





29 



74 



54 



87 



58 





30 



68 



47 



75 



45 





31 



64 



43 



75 



45 



September 



1' 



64 



54 



68 



45 





2 



65 



58 



63 



59 





3 



68 



59 



67 



58 





4 



78 



64 



68 



59 





5 



• 78 



64 



81 



61 





6 



80 



67 



80 



64 





7 



82 



64 



80 



62 





8 



82 



60 



85 



62 





9 



80 



60 



82 



59 





10 



80 



54 



83 



53 





II 



83 



58 



82 



54 





12 



70 



50 



83 



52 





13 



75 



54 



83 



52 





14 



72 



63 



79 



S3 





15 



81 



68 



71 



63 





16 



73 



52 



83 



62 





17 



70 



57 



72 



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1 Records from August ist to nth inclusive are based on morning and evening readings and 

 therefore do not represent the true maximum and minimum, though approximating thereto. 

 a This is a minimum record for the preceding two days during which readings were not taken. 

 b This is a maximum recoid for the preceding three days during which readings were not taken. 



Biology. Hundreds of eggs were noted at 5 p. m. August 26. 

 and the next morning. Though the night was cool, hatching was 

 in progress and at 6 p. m. the same day most of the eggs had 

 hatched and the young maggots, about 2 mm long, were collected 



