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fallen below 90° before 3 p.m., so that the temperature was only over 
100° for less than three hours. | 
‘On the morning of both September 16th and 17th there were 
hot winds of similar character, the maximum temperature registered 
on the 16th being 95°:2, and on the 17th was 100° exactly, but on 
this day the hot spell broke before noon from the wind shifting, or 
a much higher temperature would have been registered during the 
early part of the afternoon. 
“On October 3rd a similar hot wind sprang up before 8 a.m., 
and the temperature rose rapidly, reaching 95° at nine o’clock, and 
107°9 shortly after noon. Fortunately the wind then shifted to- 
wards the east, and the temperature fell rapidly, until by half-past 
one it was below 90° again, and the rest of the afternoon was fairly 
cool. 
The maximum temperatures reptsberedns at other stations on these 
days were as follows :— 
© Coast Stations :-— 
Sept. 17th. Sept 21st. Oct. 3rd. 
Stag ely actus peers 103° 103° 104° 
Nenullamee sr eae O93” slaiial: 101 
TD aacly sia ee ek eee. 100 110 108 
(Winn zimto gue hee. see. LOe 106 84 
Port Shepstone ...... 100 INGE 12 
“ Mid-Country Stations :— 
JEUIGlounaVOVaKES “SeSnoasuesss gre Sille 105° 
Maritzburg: 2... <2... 99 100 102 
New Hanover......... 100 92 39 
Greytown ate 93 94 oil 
Tmapemdinie, ee caecner 99 90 100 
TIO Wickert a eeace ee 95 89 85 
“ Up-Country Stations :— 
Weeneny te eee 99° or g9° 
Kadysmi thie sees om 95 92 
Dundee, “asses 90 93 89 
INiexveastles {case -.eo. 89 89 90 
FistCourt: 242s 72 92 92 
‘From these figures,’ continues Mr. Nevill, ‘it is apparent that 
these hot winds .do not come from up-country as is commonly 
supposed, though the fact that they blow from the N.W. appears to 
