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Ten deaths were registered, 6 males 4 females ; 
under one year, 3 ; under five years, 8 ; 1 adult, 
consumption ; 1 natural causes. Births — 
males, 9 ; females, 7 ; total, 16. 
June. — This was a cool seasonable month ; 
light hoarfrosts on the nights of the 10th, 11th, 
12th, 13th, 21st, and 22nd, although the ther- 
mometer only registered below freezing point 
on the 11th, when it marked 31 degrees. The 
prevailing winds were W.S.W. to S.S.W. ; fine 
starlight nights, and heavy dew ; the last few 
days cloudy, with rain and S.E. wind, positive 
electricity throughout. Mean temperature of 
month, 56’4 ; mean temperature of month at 
Melbourne, 49 '7 ; greatest diurnal range, 38 7 ; 
highest shade, SOT ; highest sun, 102*0. Bain 
— '96 fell in two days. Health — Colds and 
influenza were common ; two cases of consump- 
tion ended fatally in persons from the south. 
Deaths — 11 were registered, 7 males, 4 females ; 
under one year, 4 ; under five years, 5 ; 1 ex- 
haustion after childbirth for want of proper 
attention. Births — boys, 22 ; girls, 13 ; total, 
35. 
July. — Foggy mornings with heavy dews 
were frequent ; slight hoar-frosts on the 18th ; 
wind, chiefly S.S.W. and S.W., and towards 
the end S.E. with heavy clouds ; mean tempera- 
ture of month, 58‘3 ; at Melbourne, 47*3 ; 
greatest diurnal range, 39*2; highest shade, 
78 ‘3 ; highest sun, 99*4 ; of rain, 49 hun- 
dredths of an inch fell in 7 days. Health : 
Influenza was so common that it might 
be considered epidemic ; several cases of 
measles and continued fever occurred ; sick- 
ness was above the average. Deaths : males, 9 ; 
females, 1 ; total, 10. Consumption, 3 ; dropsy, 
1 ; atrophy, 1 ; enlargement of heart, 1 ; fever, 
1 ; influenza, 1 ; drowned, 1 ; apoplexy, 1. 
Births — 20 males, 13 females ; total, 33. 
August. — The weather was very bad this 
month, with strong S.E. winds ; during the last 
week from the N.E. in the afternoon. Electri- 
city negative up to the 11th ; after that mode- 
rate positive electricity, and stronger on the 16th, 
17th, and 18th, during which three days there 
was beautiful clear weather, with starlight 
nights and heavy dews ; mean tempera- 
ture of month, 59 degrees ; at Melbourne, 
49 -4 ; greatest diurual range, 36*3 ; highest 
shade, 79*2 ; highest sun, 107*3. Bain, 12*39 
inches : this very large quantity fell in 
seventeen days ; more than three inches fell 
on ‘the day and night of the 10th. Health : 
There was very little sickness this month, with 
the exception of a few cases of influenza in 
children. Deaths : 8 ; 3 males, 5 females ; one, 
under 1 year ; three, under 5 years ; one child 
accidentally killed by a stick ; 1 puerpural 
mania. Births : 19 males, 14 females; total, 33. 
September. — This month the electrical state of 
the atmosphere was very much disturbed, as in- 
dicated by the electrometer, resulting in un- 
healthy unpleasant weather ; up to the 11th the 
electricity was negative, with easterly winds, 
heavy clouds, and lightning almost every night ; 
the latter part of the month finer, with wind 
chiefly from the S.W. and S.E., and the sea breeze 
in the afternoon with positive electricity and 
fine starlight nights ; squalls from S.W. on the 
evening of the 10th, with thunder, lightning, 
and rain ; Btrong W.S.W. gale on the 17th; 
mean temperature of month, 62*7 ; at Melbourne 
53.8 ; gi’eatest diurual range, 38T ; highest shade, 
81*9 ; highest sun, 110 ; rain, 4T8 inches fell 
in 14 days. There was much sickness this month, 
amongst children and adults ; cases of measles, 
hooping-cough, erysipelas, chicken pox, many 
of influenza, and severe colds were noticed. 
Deaths : Males, 7 ; females, 2 ; total, 9 ; under 
1 year, three ; under 5 years, four ; excessive 
drinking, 1. Births : 31 ; 16 males, 15 females. 
October. — This month the wind was easterly 
almost throughout, from S.E. to N.E. with 
heavy threatening clouds and frequent showers ; 
electricity positive up to the 8th, afterwards 
negative or very slightly positive with frequent 
thunder and lightning at night ; unpleasant 
oppressive weather, but colder than usual at 
this season ; a beautiful lunar rainbow was seen 
on the evening of the second ; a pale silver 
shade, the arc extending from W. to S., with a 
dense thunder cloud behind it ; heavy squall on 
the evening of the 20th, from S.W. ; strong wind, 
with rain, lightning and loud thunder ; the hail- 
storm which in 1859 did so much damage in 
and about Brisbane, occurred on the 20th of 
this month ; mean temperature of month, 67T ; 
at M., 56*7 ; greatest diurual range, 38T ; high- 
est shade, 91*2 ; highest sun, 116 ; rain, 3*35 
inches fell in twelve days. Health : Influenza 
continued prevalent, and there were many cases 
of hooping cough and measles, the latter prin- 
cipally at South Brisbane ; a case of cancrura 
oris after measles proved fatal. Deaths : 12 ; 9 
males, 3 females ; under one year, 4 ; under five 
years, 9 ; 2 adults, consumption ; 1, general 
debility. Births : 44 ; 22 males, 22 females. 
November. — On the 7th, 8th, and 12th, there 
was S.W. weather with strong positive electri- 
city and great evaporation ; during the other 
part of this month the wind was chiefly from 
the N.E. with heavy clouds, negative or rather 
slightly positive electricity, the last day of the 
month was very hot, the thermometer in the 
shade marking 97 and the black bulb 121 degs. ; 
frequent thunder with lightning at night during 
the last two weeks ; mean temperature of month, 
70 - 5; at Melbourne, 60 5; greatest diurual range, 
69 4 ; highest shade, 97; highest sun, 121*6 ; rain, 
3*69 inches in ten days. Health : The deaths 
were numerous, resulting from various sporadic 
causes ; several cases of convulsions in infants, 
proved fatal, and there were four violent deaths. 
Deaths : 24 ; 12 males, 12 females ; under one 
year, 8 ; under five years, 12 ; under six, 14 ; 1 
from exposure to sun ; 2 burned ; one from 
Gruinea worm in leg ; 1 thrown from a dray ; 1 
suicide. Births : 42 ; 16 males, 26 females. 
December. — There were many showers this 
month, with thunder and lightning in the even- 
ings. Barometer low throughout j southerly 
