( VIII ) 
Since 1771 the followmg bavo been the only instances in which 
the con-espouding temperatures for December have been lower, viz. : 
1784, 3l°-0; 1788, 29-0; 179G, 30°-4; 1799, 32°-8; 1840, 33°-3; 
1844, 33°-0; and 1846, 32^-9. 
The Aurora Borealls was seen on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 14th, 15th, 17th, 
18th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th (probably the most magnificent 
display seen for many years, it was seen at Malta, Italy, Syria, &c.), 
25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, and 30th of October; on the 7th, 14th, 17th, 
18th, 19th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 25th of November; and on the 
15th, 16 th, and 17th of December. 
COEN : Importations, Salks, and Pbices. 
Quantities of Wheat, Wheatmeal and Flour, Barley, Oats, Peas and 
Beans, Imported into the United Kingdom in the Year 1870; and 
ill each of the Last Six Months of the Year 1870. 
1870. 
AVteat. 
Wheatmeal 
and Flour. 
Barley. 
Oats. 
Peas. 
Beans. 
In first Six\ 
Months } 
cwts. 
13,843,124 
cwts. 
2,476,192 
cwts. 
3,824,222 
cwts.; 
4,467.633 
cwts. 
879,425 
cwts. 
768,002 
July.. .. 
August .. 
September 
October .. 
November 
December 
2,878,873 
3,056,936 
3,129.983 
3,060, 794 
2,511,726 
2,544,706 
363 ,012 
378,699 
352,697 
449,842 
360,562 
434,484 
614,192 
568,728 
45 1 , 102 
669, 190 
475,658 
640,689 
1,260,195 
1,509,685 
1,022,580 
745,398 
8x2,734 
1,042,370 
287, 164 
284,851 
88,820 
77,888 
81,348 
99,882 
134,211 
96,171 
85,291 
134,511 
152,842 
141,148 
In last Six"l 
Months / 
17,183,018 
2,339,296 
3.419,559 
6,392,962 
919.953 
744,174 
Year . . 
31 ,026, 142 
4,815,488 
7,243,781 
10,860, 595 
1.799.378 
1,512,176 
Note. — The average weights per quarter of corn, as adopted in the olBce of the 
Inspector-General of Imports and Exports, are as follow : — For wheat, 485| lbs., 
or 41 cwts. ; for barley, 400 lbs., or 3^ cwts. ; for oats, ,308 lbs., or 2j cwts. Corn 
has been entered and charged with duty by iceiglit instead of measure since Sep- 
tember, 1864. 
C'omputed Real Value of Corn Imported iuto the United Kingdom in each 
of the Foiu- Years, 1867-70. 
1867. 
1868. 
1869. 
1870. 
£. 
£. 
£. 
£. 
24,985,096 
22,069,353 
19.515,758 
16,340,557 
2.832,515 
3.799.527 
3.379.775 
2,872,602 
4,319,908 
3,875,929 
3,340,494 
4,393.591 
3,834,734 
4,838 ,012 
5.935.665 
5.794,838 
Other kinds 
1,778,954 
1.981,553 
1,376,087 
I ,402 ,878 
Wheat Flour .. .. 
3,519.577 
2,832,077 
3.792,939 
3,392.317 
Other kinds of Flour 
93,350 
23,839 
6,640 
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Total of Corn 
41,364,134 
39,420,290 
37.347.358 
34,196,783 
