during the Quarter ending June 30, 1850. 135 



the 31st at Hartwell Rectory, Leinslade, Bucks, Cardington, 

 Oxford, Liverpool, Stonyhurst and Whitehaven. On June 5 

 at Nottingham and Dundee ; on June 6 at Stone and Netting- 

 ham ; on June 7 at Nottingham ; on June 9 and 1 1 at Stone ; 

 on June 12 at Helston ; on June 16 at Stonyhurst ; on June 25 

 at Nottingham ; on June 26 at Jersey, St. John's Wood, 

 Wakefield and Nottingham; on the 27th at Stonyhurst ; and 

 on the 28th at Jersey. 



Lightning was seen, but thunder was not heard, on April 2 

 at Stone and Stonyhurst; and on the 20th at Nottingham. 

 On May 2 at Stone ; on the 8th at Guernsey ; and on the 

 30th at St. John's Wood. On June 5 at Nottingham ; on 

 the 24th at Nottingham ; on the 25th at Cardington and Not- 

 tingham ; on the 26th at St. John's Wood ; on the 27th at 

 St. John's Wood and Aylesbury; on the 28th at Aylesbury 

 and Cardington ; on the 29th at Aylesbury. 



Hail fell on April 3 at Liverpool ; on the 4th at Stone and 

 Liverpool; on the 15th at Liverpool; on the 17th at Not- 

 tingham ; on the 20th at Truro, Exeter, Saffron Walden, 

 Cardington, Holkham, Norwich; on the 21st and 22nd at 

 Nottingham ; on the 25th at Rose Hill, Oxford ; and on the 

 30th at Guernsey. On May I at Holkham and Saffron 

 Walden ; on the 4th at Leinslade, Bucks, Saffron Walden 

 and Cardington ; on the 5th at Oxford, Wakefield, Durham 

 and North Shields ; on the 6th at Guernsey, North Shields 

 and Durham; on the 9th at Uckfield ; on the 14th at Rose 

 Hill, Oxford, and Durham ; on the 15th at Greenwich, Ayles- 

 bury, Stone, Hartwell House, Leinslade, Bucks, Cardington, 

 Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford, Saffron Walden, Stonyhurst, 

 Whitehaven, Durham and North Shields; on the 17th at 

 Uckfield ; on the 23rd at Stone, Cardington and Nottingham ; 

 on the 31st at Hartwell Rectory. On June 6 at Nottingham 

 and Stonyhurst; on the 10th at Uckfield, Hartwell House 

 and Yarmouth ; on the 16th at Durham ; on the 17th at Uck- 

 field; on the 19th at Aylesbury; on the 26th at Helston, 

 Stone, and Rose Hill, Oxford ; on June 27 at Uckfield. 



Snow fell at Aylesbury on April 29; at North Shields, 

 Whitehaven, Beattock and Edinburgh, on May 5; at Leeds 

 on May 8 ; at Wakefield on May 9 ; at North Shields on 

 May 15; at London on the 16th ; and at Stone on the 23rd. 

 These falls of snow in May are very unusual. 



The horizontal movement of the air at Greenwich in April 

 was 110 miles, in May 96 miles, and in June was 90 miles daily. 



The series of observations of the direction of the wind, 

 taken at the various railway stations, and published by the 

 Daily News, has continued wiih great regularity; and the 

 following Tables have principally been formed from them : — 



