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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 



76 



57 

 52 





64 





2 







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 



7i 



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 





16 



71 



55 



83 



64 





17 



72 



48 



77 



5i 





18 



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 





'a68 





25 



88 



68 



'676 







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 



I 



64 

 65 



54 



68 



45 

 59 





2 



58 



63 





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 





11 



83 



58 



82 



54 





12 



70 



50 



83 



52 





13 



75 



54 



83 



52 





14 



72 



63 



79 



53 





15 



81 



68 



71 



63 





16 



73 



52 



83 



62 





17 



70 



57 



72 



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1 Records from August 1st 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 



