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"Wylam. — Wet, windy, and coarse. The equinoctial gales 

 seemed to commence in a modified form about the 10th, and con- 

 tinued till the 30th, being very violent on the 23rd, 24th, and 

 25th. 



The summer and autumn have presented a great deal of thun- 

 der and lightning, with considerable loss of life and property, and 

 the great amount of wet retarded the harvest and injured the 

 com. Potato disease appeared and destroyed a great amount of 

 food. 



It has been a very bad fruit year, in the south of England 

 especially. "We have a fair crop of apples and pears on standard 

 trees, and of pears on the cold wall; of apricots (which we 

 usually have in abundance) only a poor crop this year ; no doubt 

 the increasing quantity of smoke in the neighbourhood has its 

 share in producing this effect. 



October. — 



Think no labour slavery 



That brings in penny saverly. 



— Old Proverb. 



Greenwich. — The mean temperature of October was 47*8°, 

 being 1*8° lower than the average of 101 years, and lower than 

 any year back to 1850, when the value recorded was 47°. 



The daily range of temperature was greater than the average 

 by 0-8°. 



The departure from the average reading of the barometer was 

 0*171 inch. The range of readings amounted to more than an 

 inch. 



The fall of rain was 1*5 inches in excess of the average. 



North Sunderland. — The rainfall was unprecedented, and alto- 

 gether it was an exceptionally wet and stormy month. 



Bothbury. — The highest temperature of the month was re- 

 corded on the 1st; the lowest on the 6th. There was a great 

 flood in the Coquet on the 11th. 



Wallington. — Much rain fell during October ; and on the 10th, 

 between 4 p.m. and 9 a.m. the following morning, 1*67 inches 

 were registered. The "Wansbeck overflowed its banks. 





