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the 23rd; at Dyke Head, near Elsdon, on the 23rd; at Eoth- 

 bury on the 8th and 29th ; at Cresswell on the 17th and 24th ; 

 at Whitley on the 16th ; at Gainford on the 16th ; at Sedgefield 

 on the 16th ; at Seaham on the 24th ; at Sunderland on the 

 17th and 24th ; at Greta Bridge on the 16th ; at Darlington on 

 the 16th and 24th. Hail fell at Byrness on the 10th, 11th, and 

 23rd ; at "Wellington on the 23rd ; at Whitley on the 10th ; at 

 Seaham on the 24th. 



The mortality was below the average during the second quar- 

 ter of 1870 in the Northern Counties. It was at the annual 

 rate of 20*84. The total deaths from scarlet fever were 248, 

 from fever 256. Stockton and Auckland suffered severely. 



The estimated population of the largest towns in Northumber- 

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

 quarter of 1870, was as follows : — 



Estimated 

 Population. 



Newcastle 133,367 



Sunderland 100,979 



South Shields (Municipal i ~g g, , 

 Boundaries) ) ' 



Gateshead (ditto) 44,405 



Tynemouth (ditto) 40,599 



3 ersons to 

 an acre. 



Deaths. 



Annual rate to 

 1000 living. 



25-0 



720 



21-6 



30-5 



427 



lfi-9 





332 



19-4 





257 



23-2 





229 



22-6 



July. — 



No tempest good July, 



Lest corn come off blue by (mildew). 



— Old Proverb. 



Greenwich. — The weather was cold until July the 3rd. On 

 the 4th it changed to warm and fine with light westerly winds. 

 This change of weather exercised a great influence on the grow- 

 ing crops, which up to this time were in a doubtful condition. 

 Harvest operations began in the Southern Counties in the third 

 week in July, and extended into the Midland Counties by the 

 end of the month. 



The readings of the barometer during July were very steady 

 throughout the month ; the highest readings being 30 # 13 inch, 

 and the lowest 29 - 50 inch. From the 1st to the 16th the mean 



