( V ) 
In July the mean reading of the barometer was remarkably high, 
laeing 29"928 in. Only two instances in the preceding 20 years are 
recorded when such high readings in July were observed, viz. in 
1S59 and 1863, on which occasions 29-937 in. and 29-961 in. were 
registered. In August the mean reading was still higher, being 
29-968 in. ; only one reading approximated to it during the pre- 
■ceding 20 years, viz. in 1864, when it was 29-918 in. In September 
the reading was very low, viz. 29-642 in., and during the preceding 
20 years the only instances when the mean readings for September 
were about the same, were in 1841 and 1866, viz. 29*624 in. and 
29-575 in. respectively. During the periods of great barometric 
■depression in September, violent gales raged from the south-west, 
which caused great destruction of life and property. 
The mean temperature of the quarter was 61°-4, or l°-9 above 
the average of 98 years. In July it was 3°-l higher than the 
average ; in August 0°-l higher ; while in September it was 2°-5 
liigher. The rainfall for the quarter amounted to 4-9 in. or 2-5 in. 
below the average of the season ; in September it was 0-7 in. in ex 
cess of the average. 
Harvest-work began in the South of England early in August, and 
became general towards the end of the month ; by the end of Sep- 
tember it was completed except in the North-west of Ireland, and 
an the Scottish Highlands. Opinions as to yield and quantity were 
very conflicting ; the barley crop was said to be the best, while the 
wheat and oat crops were spoken of as being below the average. 
Beans and peas were both short crops. 
Wheat icas cut on the 22nd of July at Guernsey and Weybridge ; 
■on the 24th at Streatly ; on the 27th at Worthing and Over Court ; 
■on the 28th at Hawarden ; on the 29th at Eastbourne and Oxford ; 
and on the 31st at Osborne. On the 2nd of August at Strathfield 
Turgiss and Cardington ; on the 3rd at Helston ; on the 9 th at 
Llandudno ; on the 10 th at Little Wratting and Boston ; on the 
14th at Somerleyton and Hull ; and on the 18th at Miltown. 
Barley was cut on the 2nd of August at Llandudno ; on the 7th at 
Weybridge ; on the 9 th at Strathfield Turgiss and Cardington ; on 
the 10th at Helston; on the 14th at CuUoden; and on the 19th at 
Somerleyton. 
Oats were cut on the 22nd of July at Weybridge ; on the 23rd at 
^\'orthing ; on the 24th at Streatly and Hawarden ; on the 26th at 
Boston ; and on the 28th at Over Court. On the 2nd of August 
at Strathfield Turgiss ; on the 10th at Helston and Culloden; on 
the 11th at Eastbourne; on the 16th at Llandudno: on the 25th at 
Miltown ; and on the 27th at Hull. 
Prom observations collected from about 50 meteorological stations, 
