the 28th the wind veered to S.E., the temperature rose 15 degrees 
and the remaining days were very mild, but the sky generally over- 
cast. Rain fell on 17 days during March, and exceeded the 
average by 7-lOths of an inch. 
April. 
April commenced with very fine mild weather, with light variable 
winds, high barometric pressure, and a mean temperature of 
50.9 for the first nine days. On the 8th a rapid fall in the 
barometric pressure commenced and continued to 29.165 on 
the 10th; attended by strong S.W. and S. gales on the 9th 
and 10th, and also by a great fall in the temperature. 
On the 8th tho thermometer registered 65.0, but on the 11th 
the maximum was only 43.0, and on the 13th only 39.5. The 
mean temperature from the 1 0th to the 17th was 41.5; frequent 
showers of snow, hail, and sleet were recorded. A severe snow r 
storm occurred early on the 13th, and at 9 a.m. the snow was 3 in. 
deep. The barometric pressure increased to 30.308 on the 15th 
with N.E. winds, followed by a fall to the unusually low reading 
of 28.925 on the 19th, with light S.E. and S.S.E. winds; this was 
succeeded by a rise to 30 in. on the 23rd, after which no unusual 
oscillation was recorded. Rather milder weather ensued from the 
18th to the 29th, the temperature averaging 49.3, but the sky was 
generally overcast and cloudy ; frequent showers of rain were 
recorded, and a thunderstorm with hail occurred on the 25th. On 
the 29th of April the wind veered to X., and the last day of the 
month was very cold and cloudy, the maximum temperature only 
45.5. The total rainfall in April was 1.29 in. above the average 
of the last thirty-five years, and has only been exceeded in three 
years during that period. 
May. 
This month was unusually dry, with cold, gloomy weather, 
and the mean temperature about 2 degrees below the average : 
this deficiency occurred in the day temperatures, which averaged 
4 degrees too low ; the night temperatures were about the 
usual mean ; only one night of frost was recorded. The first 
three days were very cold and cloudy, with X.N.W. winds; 
the thermometer fell to the freezing point on the night of the 3rd. 
