BY THE KEV. R. F. WHEELER, M.A. 313 



North Sunderland. — Another dull cold month. Continued ab- 

 sence of sun. Very heavy gales from north on the 11th and 

 12th, and 22nd and 23rd. Rain on seventeen days. 



Wylam. — A cold disagreeable month, with much east wind. 



Barometer— Mean height, 30-033 ; highest, 30-578 on the 6th; 

 lowest, 29-180 on the 1st. 



Thermometer — Mean of daily minimum, 30-65° ; lowest, 24° 

 on the 27th. Mean of daily maximum, 41-36° ; highest, 58° on 

 the 20th and 31st. Mean of minimum and maximum, 36-01°. 

 Mean of wet bulb, 36-03° ; of dry bulb, 37-85°. 



Fall on seventeen days, viz., rain, 0-80 inch; melted snow, 

 1-14 inches, = 1*94 inches ; greatest fall, 0-35 inch on the 22nd. 



Mean height of river, 2 - 7 feet ; highest, 3*5 feet on the 2nd, 

 3rd, 4th, and 5th. Wind— N., 3° E. 



Whitley. — Cold bleak month. Vegetation made no progress. 



Lunar Halos were seen at Wallington on the 7th, 8th, and 

 14th ; at Sunderland on the 9th. Solar Halos were seen at 

 Sunderland on the 1st, 5th, 14th, and 30th. Aurora Boreales 

 were seen at Wallington on the 1st, 20th, and 30th ; at Roth- 

 bury on the 13th and 22nd ; at Sunderland on the 4th, 22nd, 

 and 26th ; at Newcastle-on-Tyne on the 22nd ; at Durham on 

 the 20th and 22nd. Hail fell at Wallington on the 11th and 

 21st ; at Shotley Bridge on the 25th and 26th. Snow or Sleet 

 fell at Byrne ss on the 14th; at Wallington on the 2nd, 3rd, 

 12th, 14th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd-27th ; at Alnwick on the 15th, 

 22nd, 25th, and 26th ; at Cresswell on the 22nd ; at Shotley 

 Bridge on the 21st ; at Whitley on the 3rd, 11th, 22nd, and 

 25th ; at Seaham on the 11th, 22nd, and 25th ; at Greta Bridge 

 on the 3rd, 21st, and 26th; at Darlington on the 22nd, 24th- 

 27th ; at Acklam, near Middlesbro', on the 3rd, 14th, 15th, and 

 26th. 



The estimated population of the largest towns in Northumber- 

 land and Durham, and the respective death-rates for the first 

 quarter of 1870 were as follows : — 



Estimated 

 Population. 



Newcastle 133,367 



Sunderland 100,979 SOT, 551 21-9 



Persons to 





Annual rate to 



an acre. 



Deaths 



1000 living. 



25-0 



S94 



30-4 



