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55° was 8*2 inches, against 6*3 and 6"6 inches in the corresponding 
periods of 1874 and 1875. Between latitudes 54° and 55° the 
average rainfall was 9 - 5 inches, whereas between 51° and 52° it 
did not exceed 7*0 inches. The rainfall in the 13 weeks ending 
1st April in those of the twenty largo English towns for which 
returns are furnished, ranged from 4'7 inches in Sunderland to 11*6 
inches in Bristol. 
Leaf-buds first appeared on the Sycamore, on the 27th of February 
at Strathfield Turgiss. 
Leaf-buds first appeared on the Horse-chestnut, on the 26th of 
February at Helston ; on the 7 th of March at Strathfield Turgiss ; 
on the 12th at Caterham; on the 20th at Guernsey; and on the 
27th at Weybridge. 
Leaf-buds first appeared on the Hawthorn, on the 1 5th of February 
at Weybridge. 
Field Elm in leaf, on the 8th of March at Helston. 
Hawthorn in leaf, on the 9th of March at Oxford ; on the 10th at 
Helston ; on the 20th at Guernsey ; and on the 24th at Weybridge. 
Pear in blossom, on the 22ud of February at Helston ; and on the 
21st of March at Llandudno. 
Peach in blossom, on the 23rd of February at Helston ; on the 
14th of March at Oxford ; and on 26th at Wisbech. 
Plum in blossom, on the 17th of March at Strathfield Turgiss; on 
the 24th at Llandudno ; and on the 28th at Oxford. 
Wryneck arrived, on the 31st of March at Guernsey. 
Woodcock departed, on the 25th of February from Strathfield 
Turgiss. 
Second Quarter (April, May, June). — The warm weather which set 
in on 28th March continued until 9th April, the mean temperature 
of the first nine days of the quarter being in excess by 5J°. A 
severely cold period commenced on 10th April and lasted until 
19th. During this period snow fell generally throughout the 
country, and the heaviest snow-storm of the whole winter occurred 
on 14th. The average daily deficiency of temperature from 10th 
to 19th April was 4£°. From 20th to 29th April the weather was 
moderately warm, but a long cold period set in on 30th, which 
continued, with few exceptions, till 18th June. The weather was 
cold during the greater part of May ; the direction of the wind 
was principally E. and N.E., snow fell occasionally up to 14th, 
and no rain fell between the end of April and 21st May. The 
average daily deficiency of temperature during the 50 days ending 
18th June was nearly 3i°. From 19th to the end of June the 
temperature was, for the most part, warm, and showed an average 
daily excess of 2\° 
