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making it binding on every proprietor of pastoral land to plant five 

 trees for every hectare (equivalent to two trees for every acre). H.M. 

 Vice-Consul is also informed that the Government School of Agronomy 

 will be put in a position to supply trees for those who require them. 



British horticultural firms who might wish to supply part of the 

 demand thus created should put themselves in communication with 

 Senor Pablo Varzi, Presidente del Consejo de Administracion y Patro- 

 nato, Escuela de Agronomia, Montevideo. 



The outstanding feature of the weather during May was the unusual 

 warmth experienced over the whole country in the last three weeks. 



This high temperature was in no case accom- 

 Notes OH the panied by heavy rainfall, and in the western 



Weather in May. districts of England and Scotland the fall dur- 

 ing the last two weeks was uniformly light. 

 Notwithstanding the warm weather and lack of heavy rainfall, the 

 amount of bright sunshine recorded varied greatly at different times 

 and in different districts, and in many cases, owing to cloudy condi- 

 tions, unusual temperature was accompanied by scanty sunshine. 



During the first week (April 30th to May 6th) the earlier days of 

 the week were more or less rainy over Great Britain generally, but 

 although the conditions over England soon became finer and drier, 

 occasional rain continued in most of the western and northern districts 

 until the end of the week. In England N.E the rainfall was "light," 

 in England S.E., E., Midland Counties, and in Scotland E. it was 

 "moderate," and elsewhere it was "heavy" or "very heavy." Warmth 

 was everywhere "moderate." 



The weather in the second week, after being fair to bright very 

 generally during the greater part of the week, became changeable and 

 thundery, at first in the south, and finally in the north also. Some 

 localities, however, experienced neither rain nor thunder. Warmth was 

 "very unusual " except in Scotland N. and E., where it was " unusual " ; 

 the excess above the average temperature amounted in several districts 

 to more than 5 0 , and in Scotland W. to more than 6°. Rainfall in the 

 Midland Counties was "light," and elsewhere "moderate." Bright 

 sunshine was just equal to the average in the Midland Counties and 

 above it in other districts. - 



At the commencement of the third week the weather was rainy 

 over the major portion of Great Britain, but was subsequently mostly 

 dry, though seldom very bright. Taking the week as a whole, the 

 rainfall was "moderate" in England E., N.E., and Scotland E., and 

 "light" in other parts. Warmth, except in Scotland E. and N., was 

 again "unusual." Bright sunshine, on the other hand, was "scanty" 

 in England E., N.E., and Scotland E., and "very scanty" in England 

 S.E. and the Midland Counties. 



Generally fair or fine weather was experienced in the fourth week, 

 but in nearly every part the conditions were at times unsettled. 

 Thunderstorms, accompanied in many instances by extremely heavy 

 falls of rain, occurred at a few places in the south of England on 

 Thursday, and over a large portion of the country on Friday and 

 Saturday. Temperature still continued "unusual" or "very unusual," 

 and increased during the week. Rainfall was less than the average 



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