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Notes on the Weather and Crops. 



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The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries are of opinion that 



the administration of the provisions of 

 Advisory Committee ^ Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act> 



on Regulations under ^ wouM be mate rially assisted by 

 the Fertmsers and the exerdse of the pQwer tQ make 



Feeding Stuffs Act. regulations as to the manrier in which 

 analyses are to be made, which is conferred upon them by 

 Section 4 (1) (c) of the Act. 



With a view to framing such regulations the Board have 

 obtained the assistance of a committee of representative 

 chemical experts to advise them as to the nature of the regula- 

 tions to be made, and to prepare a draft for their consideration 

 and approval. 



The Committee will consist of the following gentlemen, 

 viz. : — Dr. T. E. Thorpe, C.B., F.R.S. (Chairman), E. J. Bevan, 

 Esq., F.I.C. and Dr. J. Clark, F.I.C., F.C.S. (both nominated by 

 the Society of Public Analysts), Dr. B. Dyer, F.I.C, F.C.S., 

 A. D. Hall, Esq., M.A., Professor E. Kinch, F.I.C. (nominated 

 by the Chemical Society), Dr. J. A. Voelcker, B.Sc, F.I.C. 

 Ernest Garnsey, Esq., M.Sc, will act as Secretary to the 

 Committee. 



During the first week in April the temperature was again above the average over 

 Great Britain. In all the districts of England and Scotland an " unusual " amount 

 of warmth was registered. The rainfall was less than 

 Notes On the Weather ^ e norrna l m England E. and the Midland counties ; 



. but over the whole Kingdom generaUy the quantity 



and Crops m April. which fell during the latter half of the period exceeded 



the average for the week. The precipitation experienced 

 in the South during the early hours of Sunday the 7th, which was mostly composed 

 of snow and sleet, equalled about half an inch over a large area. Bright' sunshine 

 was " abundant " in many districts. 



In the second week the weather was generally unsettled, with more cloud and rain 

 over the Kingdom, as a whole, than for a long time past. Thunderstorms, or thunder 

 alone, occurred in nearly all English districts and in the south of Scotland. The 

 amount of warmth was "moderate" in all districts, while the rainfall was in excess 

 of the average, except in England N.W. and Scotland N. and W. Over the southern 

 and south-western counties of England the excess was large, the return from the latter 

 district being " very heavy." Bright sunshine was generally " scanty." 



The general character of the third week was fair, the rainfall being slight and 

 infrequent and the intervals of sunshine very considerable. The temperature, how- 

 ever, was below the average in all districts, being "deficient" in England and 

 Scotland, except in the eastern, midland, and south-western counties of England, 

 where it was " moderate." 



In the fourth week the general condition was unsettled. The warmth was 

 "moderate" in all districts of Great Britain, except England N.E., where it was 



