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and lightning on 10th, 17th and 18th. Winds N. E. and S. W, 



Max. Med. Min. Max. Med. Min. 



Therm. 78 621 46 Barom. 30.35 30.021 29.70 



November.— -Twelve fine days, twelve cloudy, six rainy, viz. 3d, 4th, 

 22d, 23d, 29th and 30th (full moon) ; much lightning and thunder on 

 evening of 22d at first quarter of the moon ; winds N. E. and S. W. 

 Therm. 93 711 54 Barom. 30.25 30.021 29.80 



December. —Box and dry, with the exception of 10th, 22c!, 23d, 24th 

 and 28th, on which days rain fell in slight showers. The thermome- 

 ter at 103° in the shade, and 123° exposed to the sun's rays on 17th. 

 Winds N.— N. E. and S. W. 



Therm. 103 8U 62 Barom. 30.20 30.00 29.80 



The prevalent diseases of this year were dysentery, opthalmia, fever, 

 catarrhs and scurvy. A mild form of dysentery was the disease most 

 commonly met with; cases have occurred in each month, but it prevail- 

 ed most in April, after the weather began to break, with heavy rains, 

 thunder and lightning : the medium range of the thermometer for the 

 month being 681, that of the barometer, 29.95. 



1831. — The character of the seasons was, on the whole, milder in 

 1831, than in 1830; the winter more temperate, the rains more equally 

 distributed through the seasons, and the winds more moderate. No 

 severe gale occurred ; during the summer the heat was less 

 oppressive, and the medium range of the thermometer for the month of 

 December five and a quarter degrees lower than the corresponding 

 month of last year. 



January.— Hot and dry, except on the 5th, 13th and 14fch, when 

 some slight showers fell, at the changes of the moon ; the 22d, 23d 

 and 24th were very sultry, the thermometer rose in the shade to 102°, 

 104, and 106 at 2 p. m. on these successive days ; and when exposed to 

 the sun to 123, 127 and 130. The wind was from the north the greater 

 part of the month : this is the hot wind of the colony ; while it 

 prevails, the weather is very sultry. 



Therm. 106 82| 68 Barom. 30.10 29.9I| 29.72^ 



Prevalent disease dysentery. During the month of February the re- 

 gular land and sea breeze occurred almost daily ; thunder and light- 



