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year was 4C'0°. The very long period of ■warm weather which had 
I^revailcd from .Tamiary 12th to September ;3()tli changed to cold on 
October 1st, and during the months of October and November the 
temperature of the air, with the exception of a few slightly warm 
days, was generally below its average for tlic season. For the 61 
days ending November oOth, the average daily deficiency of tem- 
perature was 2'-^. On December 1st the mean temperature was at 
its average; on the 2nd it passed above the average, and so con- 
tinued throughout the month — -with the exception of the 11th day, 
when it was slightly in defect, — and the excess of mean daily teni- 
perature was as largo as .5^° over the average of 50 years. Tlie 
average temperature of the excessively Avarm month of December 
was only exceeded twice iu the period of 98 years. The fall of 
rain was also exceptional in this month, the amount collected 
was nearly 5i in., being the greatest iu any December as far back 
as the record at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich extends. 
The swallows departed from Eastbourne, on the south coast, on 
October Gth ; and lingered at Osborne, in the Isle of Wight, until 
November I2th, at Holkliam, on the east coast, until November 
11 til. Woodcocks continued to arrive between October Gth and 
November 5th. 
COEN : Ijii'onTATioxs, Sales, and Prices. 
Quantities of Wheat, Wiieatmeal and Floue, Barley, Oats, Peas and 
Beaxs, Imported into tlie United Kingdoji iu the Yeae 1868 ; and in 
each of the Last Six Months of the Year 1SU8. 
1868. 
meat. 
Wheatmeal 
and Flour. 
Barley. 
Oats. 
Pons. 
Beans. 
In first Six) 
Months J 
cwts. 
17.696,503 
cwts. 
1,427,022 
cwts. 
2,586,529 
cwts. 
3,486,392 
cwts. 
396,801 
cwts. 
1,097,691 
July.. .. 
August .. 
September . 
October . . 
November . 
December . 
3,010,288 
2,012,374 
2,259,430 
2,686,613 
2,847,^:85 
2,127,275 
262,425 
134,931 
264,309 
336,921 
338,860 
328,554 
697,063 
564,324 
834,685 
839,727 
968,414 
985,482 
I 266,131 
1,037,314 
740,515 
512,167 
617,725 
452,319 
94,300 
73,232 
51,558 
118,887 
162,806 
218,662 
248,460 
191,871 
322,474 
347, 606- 
255,795 
183,493 
In last Six) 
Months J 
14,943,265 
1 ,666 ,000 
4,889,695 
4,626, 17 J 
719,445 
1,549,699 
Year .. 
32,639,768 
3,093,022 
7,476,224 
8,112,563 
1,116,246 
2,647,390 
Note. — The average weights per quarter of com, as adopted in tlie ofSce of the 
Inspector-General of Imports aud Exports, are as follows : — For wheat, 48.5J lbs., 
or 4; cwts. ; for barley, 400 lbs., or 3^ cwts. ; for oats, .308 lbs., or 2f cwts. Corn 
has been entered aud charged with duty by ivei<jht instead of measure since Sep- 
tember, ISili. 
