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• which fell in May. The amount of rain was 0-4 inch below the- 
average. 
Wlieat was in car on the 3rd June at Sfcrathfield Turgiss ; on the- 
5th at Cardington ; on the 6th at Taunton ; on the 8th at Somer- 
leyton; on the 9th at Helston; on the 14th at Ilolkham ; on the' 
16th at Over Court; on the 17th at Llandudno; on the li)th at 
Hawarden; on the 20th at Grantham; on the 21st at Weybridge ;■ 
on the 23rd at Hull ; on the 27th at Cockermouth ; and on the 30th 
at Hawsker. 
WJieat was in flower on the 14th of June at Marlborough ; on the 
15th at Helston ; on the 21st at Eastbourne ; on the 24th at Carding- 
ton ; on the 26th at Holkham; on the 28th at Strathfield Turgiss 
and Hawarden ; on the 29th at Weybridge ; and on the 30th at" 
Cockermouth. 
Barley loas in ear on the 6th of June at Taunton ; on the 9th at 
Strathfield Turgiss ; on the 14th at Cardington ; on the 23r(t 
at Cockermouth ; on the 24th at Weybridge ; and on the 25th at 
Helston. 
Barley was in flower on the 8th of June at Marlborough ; on the* 
17th at Strathfield Turgiss; and on the 26th at Cardington. 
In April there was a promise of abundant atitumnal fruit. In 
May damage was done to eai-ly potatoes, and to the fruit-trees ; at 
Hull swallows died in considerable numbers, perhaps owing to the- 
scarcity of insects, occasioned by cold weather. 
In the Quarter ending SOth June, the highest temperatures of the- 
air were at Weybridge Heath, 90°"3 ; Cardington, 90°-0 ; Camden 
Town, 89°-3 ; West Harptree Vicarage, 88°-6 ; and Taunton, Eoyal 
Observatory, and Boston, 87°'5. The lowest temperatures of the aii' 
were at Little Wratting and Lampeter, 26°'0 ; Battersea and Allen- 
heads, 27°-0 ; Osborne, 27°-2 ; and Wilton, 27°-5. The greatest dailj 
ranges were at Wilton, 23°-4; Taunton, 22°-2; Nottingham, 21°-1 ; 
Weybridge Heath and Eoyston, 20°-7 ; and West Harptree, 20°-5. 
The least daily ranges were at Guernsey, 11°-1; Otley, ll°-6 ; 
Hawarden, 12°-7; Liverpool, 13°-1 ; Sidmouth, IS'^-S ; and Bourne- 
mouth, 13°"6. The greatest number of rainy days were at Stony- 
hurst, 56 ; Allenheads, 53 ; Little Wratting, 49 ; Boston, 45 ; and 
Oxford, Grantham, and Eccles, 44. The least number of rainy days 
were at Battersea and Halifax, 26 ; Norwich and Otley, 27 ; and 
Strathfield Turgiss and Bradford, 30. The heaviest falls of rain: 
were at West Haiptree, 9*5 in. ; Allenheads, 8-8 in. ; Halifax, 8-4 in. r 
Hawarden, 8*3 in. ; and Osborne, Grantham, and Stonyhurst, 8*2 in. 
The least falls of rain were at Somerleyton, 4-4 in. ; Battersea, 
4-9 in. ; Carlisle, 5*1 in. ; Miltown, 5-2 in. ; Holkham, 5-4 in. ; and 
Eastbourne and Eoyal Observatory, 5-5 in. 
