SHORT NOTES ON PROFESSIONAL SUBJECTS. 
43 
AUGUST, 1867. 
a 
o 
Date 
Thermometer 
Wind. 
i—l 
nj II. 
g&'S 
Rain. 
Remarks. 
and 
m 
hour. 
Dry. 
Wet. 
> 
o 
CD 
9 a.m. 
O 
O 
in. 
1st 
69 
69 
S.E. 
1* 
1-9 
Raining. 
2nd 
71 
70 
S.E. 
0-6 
0-9 
Fine morning, sunny. 
3rd 
76 
72 
S.E. 
0-3 
1-65 
n Thunder storm overnight. 
4th 
70 
69 
1* 
2-48 
Rain from midnight till morning. 
5th 
69 
69 
s.w. 
1- 
2-5 
Rain and mist. 
6th 
68 
68 
s. 
1* 
3-0 
Drizzle. 
7th 
69 
69 
s. 
1- 
2*1 
;/ 
8th 
70 
70 
S.E. 
1* 
5-0 
n steady rain all night. 
9th 
70 
69 
S. 
r 
1-85 
// 
10th 
70 
70 
S. 
i* 
1-45 
Rain from midnight; distant thunder. 
11th 
71 
70 
E.S.E. 
i* 
0-07 
Bright morning, clouding over. 
12th 
71 
E.S.E. 
0-8 
Very hazy all day. 
13th 
73 
70 
S.E. 
0-1 
Breeze, fine; morning overcast. 
q5 
Q) 
14th 
68 
67 
S. 
0-1 
0-9 
Rain from 10 p.m. 
*5* 
15th 
66 
65 
S.E. 
1* 
1-75 
Rainy evening, mist. 
§ 
16th 
67 
66 
S.S.W. 
1- 
2-5 
Rain all night. 
Ah 
17th 
68 
67 
s.s.w. 
1- 
2-7 
Raining. 
03 
18th 
71 
70 
0-9 
0-9 
Raining all night; clearing up. 
CD 
19th 
70 
68 
1- 
0-02 
Fine in early morning. 
o 
20th 
69 
69 
S.E. 
1- 
2-2 
Drizzling, rain, gleams of sun; light clear 
PVAniu cf 
21st 
69 
69 
S.E. 
0-9 
1-75 
C V CLHIIP • 
Rain off and on all night; gleams of light. 
22nd 
69 
68 
S.S.E. 
0-9 
0-85 
Thin mist over plateau, with a drizzle 
occasionally. 
23rd 
70 
70 
w.s.w. 
1* 
6-4 
Very heavy rain and strong wind ; light¬ 
ning about 1 a.m.; wind and rain up 
till time of observation. 
24th 
72 
70 
w. 
0-9 
1*7 
Raining great part of night. Fine, clearing. 
25th 
70 
69 
S.W'. 
1* 
2-4 
Rain since early morning. 
26th 
70 
69 
S.S.E. 
1* 
31 
Rain all night. 
27th 
69 
68 
S.S.W. 
1* 
4-4 
" „ 
28th 
73 
70 
S.W. 
0-7 
0-3 
Fine morning. 
29th 
75 
73 
S.S.E. 
0-9 
0-5 
a Thunder and torm in night. 
30th 
70 
70 
1- 
0-2 
Drizzle. 
31st 
73 
71 
S.S.E. 
0-8 
1-45 
Fine morning. 
Total rainfall for August=56-92 in. 
The rainfall for the present month up to date has been 34*4 in. 
39. Retirement from the Non-Purchase Corps of Royal Artillery, 
Royal Engineers, and Royal Marines. 
Although no decision has yet been come to regarding the future system of 
retirement in the non-purchase Corps, it will no doubt be interesting to those 
Officers who have not access to the Report of the Select Committee on Army 
(System of Retirement), to know the recommendations the Committee have sub¬ 
mitted to the House of Commons. They are as follows :— 
(a) That the present system of retirement, on annuities of £600 or £400 a 
year, or on permanent half-pay after 25 years’ service, and the practice of pur¬ 
chasing commissions by means of the Army Reserve Eund, be discontinued. 
( b) That at the age of 60 every Colonel of Artillery or Engineers be placed on 
a reserved list, and while on that list, be considered ineligible for ordinary regi¬ 
mental duties, but eligible for staff or special employments, if selected by the 
military authorities. That an officer so removed should receive the pay of a Major- 
General, and retain his right of succession to the Major-Generals’ establishment 
and to the command of a battalion, 
