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DIVISION XXII. — (IRELAND) CONNAUGHT. 



Meteorological Observations on the Year 1879 from Galway, 

 Mayo and Sligo. 



Galway. Great absence of sun during the summer; very dry 

 after Sept. (Gregg Pk.), Spring and winter, the driest seasons (Kil- 

 connel). Summer cold and wet (Tuam). Min. rainfall, Tuam, alt., 

 136 ft. ; ht., 6 ft. 3 ins. ; 33-34 ins. : max., Clifden, alt., 105 ft. ; 

 ht., 1 ft. ; 75-92 ins., on 23G days. Min. tern})., Ballinasloe, alt., 

 161 ft.; Dec. 5th, 12°: Galway [alt., 30 ft. ?], Dec. 5th, 19°. 



Mayo. Remarkable absence of heat in sum. and aut. ; harvest, a 

 month late (Westport). Min. rainfall, Hollymount (Cloona 

 Castle), alt., 120 ? ft. ; ht., 2 ft. ; 37-50 ins. : max., Crossmolina, 

 (Enniscoe), alt., 50 ? ft. ; ht., 11 ins. ; 51-31 ins., on 238 days. 



Sligo. Rainfall, greatest in sum. months ; Nov. the driest 

 (Markree Castle). Min. temps., Markree Castle, alt., 132 ft.; Dec. 

 2nd, 16° : Mullaghmore, alt., 36 ft. ; Dec. 5th, 28°. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—28 (1), 26 (2), 6 (3), total at 1 place. 



Reports. 



1. Sligo — Collooney, Markree Castle. — Mr. J. Mcphail. 

 Gen. Char, of Soil — A great variety, but in and about the garden, 

 a stiff calcareous loam on limestone rock. 

 .4ft.— 132 ft. 



Rainfall, 1879 — 30-85 ins. [Markree Obs., alt., 110 ft. ; ht., 6 

 ins. ; 39-71 ins.]. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — Occasionally, from Sept. 

 24th to June 11th, 1880. 



Min. Temps, and Dates — [Dec. 2nd, 16° : Mullaghmore, dist., 

 20 ms., N. ; alt., 36 ft, ; Dec. 5th, 28°]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80 ^28(1), 26 (2), 6 (3)— Almond, 2. 



