».-» . MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 
HE frofts and thaws during the. prefent month, though they have checked the too 
forward vegetation, in fome degreey have not been fufficiently fevere or continued for 
benefiting the more forward and luxuriant young wheats. ‘They have in fome meafure 
prevented the operation of the plough in-the ftiff old lays, and in fome cafes in the ftubbles. 
The prices of moft forts of grain are on the decline ; the average price of Wheat through- 
out England and Wales is sos. 2d 5 Rye, 32s. 7d.3 Barley, 22s rid.3; Oats, rgs. Tod. 3 
Beans, 33s. rod.; Peafe, 36s. rod. 
The prices of fat end lean ftock de not yet come. down fo much as’ might be expected. 
In Smithficld market, Beef yields from 5s. 4d, to: 5s. 8d. Mutton, 4s. $d. to 5s. 6d. 
Veal, §s. to 6s. and Pork, from 3s, 4d. to qs. In Newgate ane Leadenhall markets, Beef 
yields from 3s,/8d. ‘to 4s.°8d, Mutton, 3s. 8d. to 4s. 8d. Weal, 4s. 4d. to 6s, and Pork, 
38. gd. to 4s. 
The price of Hay is much the fame as in our laft. In St, James’s markef, Hay yields 
from 4]. to 51 ros. Straw, xl. 8s. to rl. 17s. At Whitechapel, Hay averages from ql. 
to sl. rcs. Clover, 5l. 10s. to 61, ros. Straw, 1. 8s. to rl. 16s. 
The weather has favoured the carrying owt of dung in moift fituatiens, and mutch hedging 
was done in the early part of the month, which the wetnefs of the laft month prevented.— 
Potatoes are unufually high, fo as to operate much againft the planting for this year. 
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METEOROLOGICAL. REPORT. 
Dijervations on the State of the Weather, from the 24h of Fanuary to the 24th of February, 
1804, inclujive, two Miles N.W. of St. Paul's. 
Thermometer. — 
Higheft 55°. Jan 30,31. Wind S.W._ 
~ Lowett 24°. Feb, 6, 7, 8: Wind N.E. 
Barometer. 
Higheft 30. 46. Feb.18,19,2c, Wind N.W. 
* Loweft 28. 98. Jan. 28. Wind S.W. 
% die of the day on | 8th inftant, the thermo~ . 
Greateft the 28th of January Greateft 2 _.._Jmeter ftood at 24°, and: 
ariation m } and the fame time | variation in * 129. < at the fame-hour on the » 
24 hours. ofan'y. on the zgth, the | 24 hours. 5 gth, it ftood-as high as 
mercury rofe from 438°. 
28,93 to 30 296 | 
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The quantity of rain fallen Gince the laft Report, is equal to 1.816 inches in depth. 
The average heat for this month is fomething lefs than that for the lat; excepting 
about fix days, the weather has, however, been very temperate for the feafon. The fro 
from the sth to the 8th inftant, and again from the 13th to the 16th, did confiderablé 
damage to the kitchen garden. ¥ 
The rife and fall of the mercury in the barometer -have been rapid feveral times doring: hy 
the month; the inftance to which we have referred above, is one of the moft remarkable we 
_ ever witnefied, namely, a rife of very nearly an inch anda quarter in the {pace of 24 hours. 
The mean height of the barometer for the whole month is little thort of 30 inches 5 for 
feveral {ucceflive days, the mercury was nearly at the p»int marked on our ‘inftruments 
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