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BULLETIN OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
it. In northern New Brunswick the snowfall was excessive 
and at the close of the month a considerable depth was still 
on the ground. Ice firm in the River. Highest temperature 
55 at Moncton; lowest 21 below zero at St. Stephen. 
April. — During the greater part of April fair, cold, back- 
ward and at times wintry weather prevailed, vegetation 
showing little sign of life. Rivers and streams wer^ unusu- 
ally late in opening and the spring freshets were checked 
owing to the lack of warm rains and seasonable temperatures. 
Roads bare of snow except near the North Shore where a 
heavy snowstorm prevailed on the 19th. Thunderstorms were 
fairly general on the 16th. St. John River opened on the 
19th. Highest temperature 70 at Moncton; lowest 5 at 
Dalhousie. 
May.— Mostly fair and comparatively dry weather was 
experienced up to the 22nd, but unsettled wet weather then 
set in and an excessively heavy rainfall occurred on the last 
three days, when in some localities over four and a half 
inches fell. A moderate southwest to northwest gale prevailed 
in the Bay of Fundy district on the 14th. Thunderstorms 
on the 24th and 25th were heavy and destructive in York 
County. Vegetation everywhere backward. Highest tempera- 
ture 84.5 at Chatham ; lowest 22 at Dalhousie. 
June. — Cold wet weather prevailed until the 18th, when 
fine and comparatively warm conditions set in, followed on 
the 80th by a return to cold with light frosts and flurries of 
snow in some localities. The total amount of rain recorded 
during the month was considerably less than the average. 
Severe frosts occurred on the 8th. Bright aurora on the 7th. 
Thunderstorms on the 21st and 26th. Highest temperature 
93 at Chatham; lowest 30 at St. Stephen. 
July. — During the first two weeks of the month the 
weather was generally fine, dry and extremely warm. In the 
interior and northern districts temperatures exceeding 95 
were recorded in some localities between the 4th and 10th, 
and during this period thunderstorms of marked severity 
