TEE AQBICU LTU BAL JOURNAL. 



831 



Meteorological Returns, 



Meteorological Observations taken at Government Stations for Month of January, 1902. 



STATIONS 



Observatory 



Stanger. 



Verulam ... . ... 



Greytown 



Newcastle 



Estcourt 



Port Shepstone 



Umzinto 



Richmond 

 Maritzburg 



Bowick 



Ladysmith 



Dundee 



Weenen 



New Hanover 



Hillcrest 



Mapumulo 



Nongoma 



N'Kandhla 



Sudeni 

 mlalazi 



Hlabisa 



Melmoth 



Eshowe 



Nquta 



Lower Tugela 



Point ... 



South Coast Junction 



TEMPERATURE (In Fahk. Degrees). 



Means for Month. 



Maximum. Minimum. 



82- 7 



83- 9 

 86-4 

 85-9 

 94-8 

 85-2 



82- 3 

 81-6 

 76-5 

 81-7 

 801 



83- 9 

 92-3 

 85-3 

 73-7 

 85-9 

 79-5 

 75-0 

 723 

 85-5 

 81-0 

 817 

 7/-9 

 73-3 



84- 4 



66 5 



64- 6 

 67-3 

 Gl'2 



69- 



58- 6 



65- 6 

 6 18 



59- 4 

 6 1) 



61 U 

 57-9 

 60 6 

 59 6 

 61-3 



60- 3 

 6U-7 

 57-9 

 52-9 



70- 5 



62 5 



61- 5 



62- 5 

 58'9 

 65-7 



RAINFALL (IN INCHES). 



Maximum 

 Montli. 



Minimum 

 for 

 Montti. 



Total 

 for 

 Montli. 



] 



No. 

 of 

 Days. 



heaviest rainfall 

 in one day. ' 



Fall. 1 Day. 



I'cital for 

 I'ear from 

 Julv Isl, 

 1901. 



Total for 

 same period 

 from .Jiilv, 



1st, 1901)." 



92' 1 



56 4 







D DO 



Zo 



2-04 



30fch 



.31-87 



2r58 



104 







ZO 



2-68 



29 th 



31-04 



23-92 



100 



61 



oi 



1 u 



2-38 



30 th 



27-1 19 



•23-83 



95 



00 



oU 





•95 



30th 



27 14 





103 





1 1 



4 Ul 



1 n 



2-15 



24th 



•22.34 



22'06 



98 



00 



W 



10 



roj 



•23-26 



19-55 



19^32 



89 



01 



4 Ijo 



1 7 



130 



30th 



35 64 



2r23 



9 ) 



60 



4 56 



10 



1-55 



30th 



24 72 



17-94 



93 



OO 



u / 





•61 



29th 



25-30 



20-75 



98 



o4 



4 UU 



9(1 



69 



25 th 



20 85 



17-15 



97 



01 







•77 



2^ith 



•20 46 



13-08 



106 

 98 



44 



6 oi 



1 (i 



r65 



25th 







52 



() OO 





2-90 



25 'h 



25^54 





105 



56 



4-55 



13 



126 



29 th 



16-90 



n'j'i 



lOL 



5i 



4'85 



23 



1-15 



26tih 



23-47 



17 63 







6 58 



25 



1-43 



30th 



2J-18 



20 54 



101 



42 



5-80 



17 



1-60 



30:.h 



28-45 



19-94 



96 



57 



12-71 



11 



4-90 



27th 



28-89 





94 



50 



4 25 



16 



r(8 



•26 th 







89 



46 



9-84 



24 



1^72 



26th 



39'6j 





103 



51 



6-60 



8 



1-80 



10th 







9/ 



58 



710 



14 



1-40 



26th 



27-7b 





101 



56 



5 44 



18 



1-02 



•26th 



22 46 



20V8 



98 



57 



9-48 



18 



1-80 



30tn 



38'96 



31-54 



89 



51 



5-53 



22 



2 42 



25th 







lUi! 



61 



5-9U 



16 



2-17 



30th 









3 99 



14 



1-16 



29th 



2009 



15-2'2 







6-78 



24 



2^27 



30ih 



3172 





Market Reports. 



(ResponsihiUty for the accuracy of the Statements and Opinions oj the following Reports rests with 



the respective contributors ) 



MARITZBURG.- Messrs. W. H. Walker and 

 Co. write :— During the past fortnight we have 

 experienced real EUmmer heat, although trying 

 to residents in the City ; larmers assure us that 

 the heat has developed the crops to such an ex- 

 tent, that if the weather continues favourable 

 for a few weeks longer, there is every indication 

 of a record crop. This applies more par- 

 ticular to mealies. One hears of the usual 

 grumble against the block on the railway, but 

 the Commission appointed to investigate have 

 practically exonerated the managers of our 

 railway. 



Mealies. — The average price is about Us. 6d. 

 per muid. 



Forage.- Some splendid offered almost every 

 day at prices varying between 3s. 8d. to 8s. per 

 100 lbs. 



Hay.—VviQQ?, are high for the time of the 

 year. Whilst some samples have been down to 

 is. 9d. per 100 lbs., others have reached i2s. 9d., 

 2s. lid., and 3s. 6d. per 100 lbs. ; bedding from 

 16s. to 19s, 6d. per 100 lbs. 



Pototoes.— Market well supplied, and prices 

 have been everything between 3s. 3d. and 10s. 

 per 100 lbs. 



Mahele.—^iiW rules high, notwiths anding the 

 fact that the weevils are playing havoc with the 

 grain ; prices have ruled between 7s. 6d. and 

 Vs. 6d. per 100 lbs, 



Beans.— Yvom 6s. to lis. per 100 lbs. 



Tohucco.—Yrom lOd. to Is. p«r lb. 



t'jiions.— Market well supplied, and prices 

 ranged between 6s. 6d. aud 14s. per 100 lbs. 



Pumpkins.— Yvom. Is. 9d. to 5s. per doz. 



