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Square, where the fall was the heaviest, 3'23 inches ; at Muswell 
Hill, 28 inches; at Chiswick, 2 3 inches; and Mr. G. J. Symonds 
states that 2^ inches out of the 3-23 inches fell in 12 hours. This 
unusual fall of rain caused very heavy floods at low-lying places 
south of the Thames. In May, rain fell on nearly every day from 
the 6th ; there were many heavy rainfalls between May 6th and 
May llth; the heaviest was at Bath, viz., 2 inches on the 10th, 
causing serious floods in the city. On the same day rain exceeding 
an inch fell at Wilton and Wrottesley; on the llth the fall was 
1"8 inch at Gloucester, and nearly 0'9 inch at Marlborough, and 
moderately heavy falls on this day occurred in Cornwall and Devon- 
shire. On the 7th there was nearly an inch at Ramsgate ; an inch 
or more at Eoyston, Cardington, Cambridge, Somerleyton, and more 
than half an inch at many places. On the 8th more than an 
inch fell at Leicester ; and on the 9th the fall exceeded half an inch 
at many places. At Greenwich, on the 7th, the fall was 1-6 inch, of 
which one inch fell between 6 h. p.m. and 6 h. 50 m. p.m. On June 23rd 
a second almost unprecedented local fall of rain occurred in the 
London district ; but it was chiefly confined to the north of London. 
At Camden Square, Mr. Symonds measured 3*28 inches of rain, as 
falling between 1 h. 32 m. p.m. and 3 h. 2 m. p.m., and he remarks that 
no rain fell between 2h, 12 m. and 2 h. 46 m., so that this large 
amount of rain actually fell in 56 minutes. The area over which 
this heavy rain fell was small ; there was no rain at Kew ; at 
Blackheath the fall was 0"58 inch ; and at most places within a few 
miles of London, the fall was a few tenths of an inch only. This 
heavy fall of rain caused the streets in the north of London to be 
as running rivers, and very much damage was done ; a main drain 
near Camden Square burst. 
The readings of the barometer were generally below the average 
throiighout the quarter, and showed the greatest depression in 
May. 
The number of hours of bright sunshine measured during the 
quarter at the Greenwich Observatory was 500, against 486 in the 
corresponding quarter of last year. June was esjjecially sunless. 
The earlieat. The latest. 
Field elm in leaf, April 21st, at Oxford and May 1st, at Osborne. 
Guernsey ; 
Wych elm „ „ 21st „ Oxford ; „ 7th „ Torquay. 
Oak „ „ 21st „ Strathfield ; „ 7th „ Torquay. 
Lime „ „ 9th „ Strathfield ; April 27th „ Guernsey. 
Sycamore „ „ 1st „ Strathfield; „ 23rd „ Torquay. 
Horsechcstnut „ 7th „ Osborne; „ 20th „ Torquay. 
Common poplar „ 10th „ Strathfield ; May 13th „ Llandudno. 
Hawthorn „ „ 1st „ Osborne; „ 5th „ Silloth. 
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