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rain on that and the preceding day no less than 2. 12 in. M’ero 
gauged. It is soruewliat remarkable that two such lieavy falls as 
those of Septemher 4th and October 10th should have occurred 
in the midst of such a dry season. It is -worthy of notice that 
the barometer which stood at 30. 5G on the morning of the 5th, 
fell gradually and steadily for six days, the minimum of 29.28 
being recorded on the evening of the 10th during the heavy rain- 
fall above alluded to. Fine dry weather with variable winds and 
a medium temperature then ensued and continued to the end of 
the month, broken only by two days of Avind and rain on the 26th 
and 27th. Although eighteen days Avero Avithout rain, this was the 
Avuttest month of 1884, the total fall being 3.22 in. 
November. 
During the first nine days the Aveather was mild and rather 
unsettled, accompanied by occasional showers, but Avith an unusual 
amount of sunshine for the time of year. From the 8th to the 
20th the barometer remained aboA’o 30 in., a maximum of 30.48 
being recorded on the 14th day. During this period “anti- 
cyclonic” conditions Avere prevalent, accompanied by dry but 
sometimes foggy Aveather, the Avind being chiefly from the east 
and north. Temperature Avas not Ioav for the time of year, the 
thermometer being above 35 degrees all this period. A colder and 
rainy period then ensued, and heavy snoAvstorms occurred on the 
29th and 30th, the thermometer falling to 24 degrees on the night 
of the 29th, this being the sharpest frost registered here since the 
9th March, 1883. The month closed Avith Aveather of a more 
Avintcrly character than had been experienced for some time past. 
2.03 in. of rain fell during the month, 0.23 in. of this being 
melted snoAv. 
December. 
The Aveather of this month Avas of tAvo distinct types — a mild 
period Avith south-Avesterly Avinds from the 2nd to the 20th ; and 
a cold, dull and frosty period Avith north-easterly currents from 
the 21st to the end of the month. The cold Aveather Avhich 
closed November, continued during the 1st, Avhen snoAV fell almost 
incessantly, but at evening the Avind veered to the soutliAA-ard 
bringing heaA*y rain, and by the morning of the 2nd hardly any 
