Some of the Ayriciillural Lessons of ISQS. 29 
EXGLAND AND WaT,FS. 
No. 
Division. 
Counties. | 
Reprciontcil by. 
1 
Central 
2 
S.E. 
Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hants., j 
Tunbridge Wells and Wortljiug. 
3 
S. Mid. 
IJerks, O.Ktbrd, ]?ucks, &c. .. 
Oxford. 
4 
E. 
llibbt-A., olltlOlUj XlUliUlK, XJlli" 1 
Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, &c. 
Norwich. 
5 
s.w. 
Sidmouth and Exeter. 
6 
W. Mid. 
Gloucester, Hereford, &c. 
Gloucester and Clifton. , 
7 
N. Mid. 
Derby, Stafford, Warwick, andl 
Derby and Highfield. 
■ 8 
N.W. 
Lancashire, Cheshire, &c. 
Eccles and Manchester. 
9 
York 
York. 
10 
N. 
Northumberland, Cumberland,"! 
&c / 
Cockermouth, Isle of Man^ 
and Silloth. 
11 
Wales 
Lampeter and Llandudno. 
In April, the first of the months to which the Tables refer, it. 
will be seen that at almost every station the weather was warmer 
than usual ; but that the rainfall, taking either its quantity or 
the number of days on which it fell, did not materially differ 
from the average. In May, on the other hand, the rainfall was 
considerably below the average ; and the temperature was from- 
4^ to 5° higher than usual. We had, in fact, one of the hottest 
Mays on record. It was a bright sunshiny month ; and much 
drier, in fact, than the figures indicate, because of the prevalence 
of clear skies and drying winds. June was again a remarkably 
dry month, with not one-third the usual number of rainy days, 
nor one-third the usual quantity of rainfall. The drought con- 
tinued during July ; shov/ers were merely local. At Camden 
Town and Greenwich, the rainfall was only 0 5 in. and 0'13 in., 
respectively. At Gloucester, Derby, and Manchester, it v/as 
0'8, 0"3, and 0*4 inches. The only rain-gauges on the list whicli 
contained much water were filled, for the most part, by thunder- 
showers, representing only local downfall of very little agricultural 
serviceableness. The number of rainy days was 3, 4, 5, in place 
of the usual 10, 12, 16. The temperature, too, was from 3° to- 
8° above the average ; so that, the evaporation being largely in 
excess, the little rain that fell did not penetrate the soil. During- 
August, notwithstanding heavy rains and a nearly average num- 
ber of rainy days, the soil had been so hot and dry that the rain 
could not sink into it. The temperature v/as still somewhat in 
excess of the average; and, though the rainfall was nearly as 
much as usual, and was sufiicient to sprout a good deal of out- 
lying barley in the West of England, yet August was felt in most 
districts to have been a dry month, and the ground broke up hard 
and lumpy under the plough. September was again a very hot 
month 
