TEE AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



Meteorological Returnsm 



Meteorological Ohservations taken at Governmei', t Statkms for Month of August, 1901. 



STATIONS 



Observatory 

 Stanger... 

 Verulam 

 Greytown 

 Newcastle 

 Estcourt 

 Port Shepstone 

 Umzinto 

 Richmond 

 Maritzburg 

 Howick... 

 Weenen 

 New Hanover 

 Hillcrest 

 Maputnulo 

 N'Kandhla 

 Umlalazi 

 Hlabisa 

 Melmoth 

 Ubombo 

 Eshowe... 

 Nqutu ... 

 Point ... 

 South Coast Junction 



TEMPERATURR (In Fahr. Degrees). 



Meaiis for Month. 



Maximum, Minimum. 



Maximum 

 for 

 Montli. 



75-3 

 77,7 



77- 6 



78- 4 



7Cy2 



74- () 

 731 



79- 6 

 721 



75- 



74- 

 79-1 



75- 

 70 '8 

 79-7 

 67-.3 

 75-0 

 72-5 

 78 5 

 72-7 

 75-5 

 69' 2 



55 8 

 541 

 539 

 5-2-7 

 42'IJ 

 38-6 

 61-7 

 50-3 



45-4 

 40-5 

 3'5-f; 

 447 



52- 3 



50- 5 

 54-9 

 60-0 



54- 7 



51- 5 



55- 1 



53- 2 

 48-8 



97- 9 

 99-0 

 t9-0 

 88 



81- 

 87-0 



85- 

 90-0 



90- 



91- 



86- 

 90-0 



89- 

 94-0 

 93-0 

 82'0 

 90 



90- 



98- 

 85-0 



92- 



82- 



Minimum 

 for 

 Monti), 



49-7 

 45-0 

 44-0 

 38-0 

 33-0 

 30-0 

 52-0 



43- 5 

 35-0 

 35-0 

 28-0 

 300 

 340 



44- 



43- 

 440 

 45 

 49-0 



44- 

 49-0 

 460 

 390 



RAINFALL (IN INCHES), 



Total 



for 

 Month, 



317 

 2-22 

 2-02 



2- 64 



3- 20 

 1-35 

 1-49 



■68 



1- 65 

 161 

 180 

 173 



2- 34 

 1'82 

 2.4S 



323 

 170 

 2-28 



2- 22 



3- 13i 



l'56 

 3-81 



No. 



of 

 Days, 



6 

 6 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 7 

 7 

 6 

 5 

 6 

 2 

 9 

 3 

 4 



"e 



3 



4 

 6 



5 



"5 

 10 



Heaviest rainfall 

 in one day, 



Fall. I Day, 



2-26 

 •96 

 •83 

 1^68 

 2-09 

 1-10 

 60 

 •20 

 104 

 1-13 

 1 18 

 1-03 

 145 

 •97 

 126 



l'06 

 MO 

 1-25 

 1*35 



2^85 



13th 

 24th 

 24th 

 24th 

 25th 

 25th 

 16 th 

 24th 

 24th 

 24th 

 25th 

 25th 

 24th 

 25th 

 25th 



26 th 

 26th 

 '25 1 h 

 26th 



l.^th 



Total for 

 Year from 

 July 1st, 

 1901. 



Total for 

 same per'd 

 from July 



1st, 1900 



319 

 2-43 



2- 02 



2 64 



3- 20 

 1-35 

 1-92 



•80 

 1-65 

 1-61 



1- 82 



r73 



2- 38 



1- 83 

 2^51 



4'l6 



2- 20 

 229 

 237 



3- 39 



i"62 



3 91 



3^18 

 3-21 

 2^89 



r'65 

 2^54 

 2-28 

 .TIO 

 2-47 

 1-20 



no 



1- 68 



2- 41 



2-73 



2"46 



1- 87 



2- 08 



3- 35 



Return ot Fruits, Plants, and Vegetables, &g. 



Examined under Proc : 37, 1900. For the month of August, 1901. 



Date. 



Description, 



Quantity, 



1901. 







Aug. 1 



Potatoes 



4,004 cases 



„ 5 



Potatoes 



2,044 „ 



)} »J 



Potatoes 



1,815 „ 



)) )» 



Seed Potatoes 



200 



J) )) 



Apples 



150 „ 



8 



Seed Potatoes 



655 ,. 



?) J) 



Potatoes 



278 Bags 



5> J) 



Fruit Trees 



3 bales, 600 



„ 19 



Potatoes 



29 bags 





Ferns 



8 I oxes 



)) 11 



Apples 



45 baskts 



„ 28 



Seed Potatoes 



553 Cases 



)) )) 



Veronica (Shrub) 



1 plant 



)5 1) 



Apples 



55 baskts 



J) 



Apples 



350 Cases 



„. 30 



Fruit Trees 



10 bales, 2,000 



Imported 



FROM. 



Melbourne 



Tasmania 

 Melbourne 



Wynberg, 

 Cape Colony 

 Melbourne 

 Cape Colony 

 Madeira 

 Melbourne 

 Albany 

 vladeira 

 Adelaide 

 I 'ape Colony 



Ship. 



Isle of Kent 



Aberdeen 

 Gulf of Siam 

 Aberdeen 

 Uunottar Castle 



Damascus 

 PembrokeCastle 



Wilcannia 

 )j 



PembrokeCastle 

 Ormidale 

 PembrokeCastle 



Remarks. 



Free of Pest. 



Agricultural Department. 



