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niiddle of the month, and little rain fell in England, but it fell 
almost daily in Scotland, sometimes heavily, where the crops were 
extensively laid and continued quite green. At the end of the 
(quarter the harvest in England was nearly completed, and also in 
Ireland, but in Scotland about one-third of the crops remained 
uncut. 
The hay crop was one of the heaviest and best secured for many 
years. The potato crop was large in bulk, but the disease much com- 
plained of, particularly in Scotland. 
Wheat was first cut on the 5th July at Silloth ; on the 2ord at 
Worthing ; on the 30tli at Eastbourne ; and on the 31st at Taunton. 
On the 2nd August at Oxford ; on the .Ird at Guernsey and Card- 
ington; on the 9th at Helston; on the 12tli at Boston and Kneb- 
worth ; on the 20th at Hull ; on the 24th at Korth Shields ; and on 
the 26th at Kipon. 
Oats were first cut on the 15th July at Hull; and on the 22nd at 
Taunton. On the 12th August at Eastbourne, Boston, and Kneb- 
worth; on the 21st at Eipon ; on the 24th at Hull; on the 2Gth at 
Cardington ; on the 28th at North Shields ; and on the 31st at 
Guernsey. 
Barley was first cut on the 20th July at Hull ; and on the 29th at 
Helston. On the 5th August at Knebworth ; on the 12th at Boston ; 
on the 14th at Cardington and Hull ; on the 23rd at North Shields ; 
on the 24th at Eastbourne ; on the 26th at Eipon ; and on the 31st 
at Guernsey. 
Fourth Quarter (^October, Novemher, December). — The weather was 
cold, with much fog from the 1st to the 13th October. From the 
latter day the weather was warm everywhere for five days, and 
rain fell daily ; during the rest of the month the weather was 
generally mild with frequent rain and dampness of the atmosphere. 
In November the temperature was sometimes above but chiefly 
below the average ; the month was one of the finest Novembers 
that have ever been known, with little fog, and with less rain than 
has fallen in that month for fifty years. A sudden change occurred 
in the tirst week of December. Eain, hail, sleet, and snow fell in 
various parts, and a hurricane caused great destruction by sea and 
land. On the lltli the frost vanished, and for seven d&ys the 
weather was very warm, and afterwards till the close of the year 
it was changeable, with clouds and fogs, and much rain all over 
the country. The mean temperature at Greenwich was below the 
average in each of the three months : that of the quarter was 42°*5, 
which is 2°"5 below the average of the same period in twenty-six 
years. The rainfall was 4°-5 inches, which is 2^-6 inches below 
