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During May, rain appeared only in passing showers, but the fine' 
and warm weather which set in on the 12th caused vegetation to- 
advance rapidly. At the end of this month the prospects of the 
hay crop were bad. 
The prolonged drought continued through June; the temperature' 
till towards the end of the month was generally high. On heavy 
soils the crops were promising ; forage was scarce and dear ; hay- 
making began in the middle of June, but the crop was the lightest 
for many years past. The potato crop was spoken of satisfactorily. 
The mean temperature of the air in the three months ending May, 
constituting the three spring months, was 47-3°, being 0-8° higher 
than the average of 99 years. 
Wlieat was in ear on the 4th" of June at Hull ; on the oth at 
Strathfield Turgiss ; on the 6th at Cardington ; on the 8th at Wey- 
bridge Heath ; on the 12th at Helston ; on the 15th at Hawarden;' 
on the 16th at Miltown ; and on the 20th at Llandudno. 
Wheat was in flower on the 12th of June at Taunton and Wey bridge 
Heath ; on the 17th at Helston ; on the 19th at Cardington ; on' 
the 20th at Boston ; and on the 21st at Hawarden. 
Barley was in ear on the 6th of June at Cardington ; on the 7th at- 
Weybridge Heath ; on the 18th at Helston ; on the 25th at Llan- 
dudno ; on the 26th at Hull ; and on the 29th at North Shields. 
Barley was in flower on the 20th of June at Taunton and Llan- 
dudno ; and on the 23rd at Cardington. 
Oats were in ear on the 16th of June at Helston ; on the I9th at 
Hull ; on the 27th at Llandudno ; on the 29th at North Shields ; 
and on the 30th at Miltown. 
Quantities of Wheat, Wheatmeal and Flour, Baeley, Oats, Peas and 
Beans, Imported into the United Kingdom in each of the first Six 
Months of the Year 1870. 
1870. 
Wheat. 
Wheatmeal 
and Fluur. 
Barley. 
Oats. 
Peas. 
Beans. 
January 
February .. 
ISlarcii 
April .. 
Way .. 
June .. 
cwts. 
2,910,167 
2,273,080 
2,291,368 
1,853,755 
2,5/0,455 
1,944,299 
cwts. 
502,5 20 
264,574 
428, no 
429,800 
465,096 
386,092 
CWt3. 
649,838 
636, 788 
566,634 
865 ,809 
652,479 
452,674 
cwts. 
713,218 
301 ,270 
298,931 
692,516 
1,257,520 
1,204, 178 
cwts. 
126,616 
16,979 
38,092 
97,069 
297,697 
302,972 
cwts. 
134,568 
92,651 
162, 160 
123,971 
122,821 
131,831 
Total inl 
Six 
Mouths ) 
13,843.124 
2,476,192 
3,824,222 
4,467,633 
879,425 
768,002 
Note. — The average weights per quarter of corn, as adopted in the office of the 
Inspector-General of Imports aud Exports, are as follows: — For wheat, 485^ lbs., 
or 4j cwts.; for barley, 400 lbs., or 3| cwts.; for oats, 308 lbs., or 2f cwts. Corn 
has been entered and charged with duty by weight instead of measure since Sep- 
tember 18G4. 
