METEOEOLOGY ; IMPOETATIONS OE GEAIN ; SALES OF 
BEITISH WHEAT ; PRICES OP CORN AND OTHER 
PRODUCE; AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS; AND STA- 
TISTICS OF DAIRY PRODUCE. 
{J7ie facts are derived chiefly from the Meteorological Beports of Mr. 
Glaishek, and the Eeturns of the Board of Tkade, and of the Inspector- 
Geneeal of Imports and Exports.] 
METEOROLOGY.— 1 875. 
First Quarter (January, February, March). — The period of severe 
cold whicli set in on the 21st November, 1874, ended on the 1st 
day of January, the mean temperature of which month was equal 
to 43°-4, and exceeded by 7° the average for the same month in 104 
years. Since the year 1771 there have only been three Januaries of 
higher temperature than that of this year. On the last day of 
January cold weather again set in, and lasted until nearly the end 
of the quarter. During 33 days of February and March the direc- 
tion of the wind was between N. and E. The mean temperature 
of February was 35° — 8°'4 lower than that of January, and 3°-6 
lower than the average in 104 years ; in March the mean was 
40°*2, and 0°*9 below the same average. 
TJie mean temperature of the quarter was 39°'5, and 0°'8 above the 
average. 
The fall of rain in the quarter at Greenwich was 4'4 inches, 
and 0-6 of an inch below the average ; the amount measured in 
January was in excess, whereas it was below the average both in 
February and March. The average rainfall at the several stations 
of observation between latitudes 50° and 55° was 6-6 inches ; be- 
tween 52° and 53° the fall was only 4'8 inches, while it was 8*7 
inches between 50° and 51°. The measured rainfall in the large 
towns of England and Wales ranged frona 3-5 inches in Sunderland, 
to 8-1 in Bristol. 
Second Quarter (April, May, June). — The temperature during 
April was remarkably changeable, and averaged 46°-3, or 0°-9 
below the average in the con'esponding period of 34 years. During 
May the weather was unusually warm, the mean temperature 
being equal to 55°-0, and exceeding the average by 2°-2. Tha 
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