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BULLETIN OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
1900. During the first half of the month local frosts were reported 
at intervals, with freezing temperatures in some places. A south- 
east gale, with velocity of fifty miles an hour at Point Lepreaux. 
occurred on the morning of the 27th. Highest temperature, 
seventy-nine, at Moncton, on the 24th ; lowest, thirty-two, at Dal- 
housie, on the 12th. 
October . — During the first ten days, bright, dry and almost 
summer-like conditions prevailed, while with a few exceptions the 
weather of the remainder of the month was mild, dull, wet and 
windy. Freezing temperatures were locally recorded on the 20th 
and 2 1st, and generally on the 30th and 31st. The water in lakes, 
rivers and streams was unseasonably high. There was a south- 
west gale on the 17th, and a northwest gale on the 26th, the latter 
being the heavier, with an hourly velocity of forty miles at St. 
John, and forty-four at Point Lepreaux. The highest temperature 
was eighty, at St. Stephen, on the 9th ; lowest, twenty-two, at 
St. Stephen, on the 21st and 31st. 
November . — Extremely mild and unsettled conditions prevailed 
throughout the month ; fair and foul days being about equally 
divided, with temperature much above the average; the St. John 
River and its tributaries were absolutely free of ice, and greatly 
above the seasonal level; in southern New Brunswick, the snow- 
fall was abnormally light, and at the close of the month the ground 
was everywhere bare of snow ; there were northwest gales on the 
18th, southwest on the 23rd, and southeast on the 25th; more 
than half the total precipitation occurred during the period covered 
by the last two gales. The highest temperature was sixty-seven, 
at Moncton, on the 3rd ; lowest, thirteen, at Dalhousie, on the 
4th and 1 6th. 
December . — Phenomenally mild weather in all localities pre- 
vailed till the 27th, when a change to decidedly colder conditions 
occurred. The St. John River closed on the 12th, a remarkably 
late date, and the Miramichi on the 26th, making one of the longest 
periods of navigation on record. Near the coast line the ground 
was practically bare of snow until the 26th, while on the north 
shore, and in the interior, sleighing was good during the last half 
