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reading of 30.775 was recorded ; a fall to 29.8 on the 22iid followed, 
succeeded by a rapid fall on the 25th and 26th to 28.817 ; after 
which the pressure quickly increased, and 29.8 was registered on 
the 28th. The temperature for the first and last weeks of March 
was high, averaging 40.9 and 41.7 ; the two intermediate weeks 
were cold, the mean being only 36.6 and 36.8. The rainfall was 
slightly in excess of the average. A severe E.N.E. gale occurred 
on the 15th and 16th, when the daily velocity was 334 and 358 
miles. The prevalent winds for April were JST., causing the tem- 
perature to average low, but it was a month of considerable alter- 
nation of temperature. The mean for the first five days was 47.0 ; 
from the 6th to the 13th 42.0 ; a considerable increase of temper- 
ature followed, the thermometer registering 63.5 and 62.5 on the 
15th and 16th, and the mean from the 14th to the 22nd was 48.4. 
This was followed by a long period of cold weather, the mean for 
the remaining days being 40.9, and for the month of May only 48.0. 
The velocity of the wind on the 27th of April was 414 miles from 
the N.W. The rainfall was .49 deficient in April, and .67 in May. 
A N. gale was recorded on the 17th, 18th, and 19th of May, when 
the daily velocity was 325, 299, and 345 miles respectively. June 
was a fine, dry month, the winds for the first week N. and E., 
remainder of the month chiefly S. and W. ; only .92 in. of rain 
fell until the 29th, when .99 in. fell between 8 p.m., the 29th, 
and 1 a.m., the 30th, this was the greatest fall for the year. The 
temperature for the first nineteen days of July was rather low, 
averaging only 59.3. The maximum on the 19th was only 67.2 ; 
the thermometer rose 13 degrees the next day, and was followed 
by three excessively hot days, the maximum of which was 86.0, 
86.5, and 92.0. On the 24th and 25th 76.5 and 80.5 were regis- 
tered, and on the 26th only 67.0. The winds were light, chiefly 
from the S., S.W., and W. ; the rainfall amounted to 1.98, 9-lOths 
of which fell on the 13th, the monthly fall was 4-lOths deficient. 
August was a fine month, with rainfall 4-lOths deficient. The 
month was remarkable for the alternation of the day temperature, 
although there was little variation in the direction of the wind, it 
being W., S.W., and S., on twenty-seven days. The maximum 
temperature on the 1st was only 69.5 ; on the 8th it rose to 82.5 ; 
but on the three following days the thermometer only registered 
66.0. On the 16th 81.5 was recorded, and on the 19th only 62.0 ; 
