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October. 
The weather during the first week was fine, winds light from 
the N.E. and E., with high barometric pressure ; the very unusually 
high reading of 30.G83 being recorded at 9 a. 111 . the Gth. The 
barometer fell from 30.489 at 9 a.m. the 7th to 30.098 at 9 a.m. 
the 8tli, attended by a strong N.W. and N.N.W. gale from 2 a.m. 
until 10 p.m. on the 8th. On the 10th the wind changed to S.W., 
and a week of cloudy squally weather with W. and S.W. winds 
was recorded. The barometer fell from 29.802 at 9 a.m. the 14th 
to 29.553 at 9 a.m. the 15tli, attended by a strong S.S.W. gale 
from 1 a.m. to 8 a.m., and S.W. from 8 a.m. to noon on the 15th. 
The barometric pressure increased quickly to 30 inches at 9 a.m. 
the 1 Gth, and remained high and steady until the 22nd. The last 
nine days were very wet, with light S. and S.W. winds, and con- 
siderable variation in the barometric pressure. The unusual amount 
of 0.84 inch of rain fell between 9 a.m. and G p.m. on the 29th. 
The total rainfall for the month was 0.89 inch below the average. 
November. 
This month was most remarkable for the sudden barometric 
oscillation and low mean pressure, which was 2-10ths below the 
usual value. The month commenced with a fall from 30.3G9 on the 
1st to 29.909 at 9 p.m. the 2nd, with slight oscillations during the 
following week, and winds chiefly from the S. and S.S.W. On 
the 11th the barometer fell quickly from 29.303 at 9 a.m. until 
about 2 a.m. the 12th; the lowest reading recorded was 28.871 at 
9 p.m. the lltli. This low pressure was attended by a strong 
S.S.E. gale from 9 a.m. the 11th until 2.30 a.m. the 12th; the 
velocity of the wind from G p.m. until 2 a.m. averaged 25 miles 
per hour. The storm ceased most remarkably at 2.30 a.m. on the 
12th, the velocity in the next hour being only 7 miles. A very 
rapid rise in the barometer was next recorded, the readings 
increasing from 28.930 at 9 a.m. the 12th, to 30.271 at 9 a.m. the 
15th; on the 16th the wind veered to N.W., and the barometer 
reached 30.400 inches. This was followed by another fall to 
29.471 on the 20th with S.W. winds. During the last ten days 
very great variations were recorded in the barometer, the chief 
being a fall from 29.753 at 9 a.m. the 21st, to 29.007 at 9 p.m. 
the 22nd, followed by a rise to 29.G45 at 9 p.m. the 23rd, and 
