AVERAGE. AVIARY. 
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1767 o7 4 27 11 1843 —; oO 
1768 03 9 32 3 1844 : 51 3 bhai 
1769 40 7 29 10 1845. . 09 10 aie Sa 
1770 43 6 23 4 | : Ke ‘ 
1771 48 7 31 6 The following are the official average prices of 
1772 52 3 33 8 wheat in France for the month of December in each 
1773 52 35 8 ear, from 1819 to 1838, the whole reduced into 
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1774 ab 1B} 391] English measure and money :— 
1775 49 10 33 Il 
ns itre. Quarter, 
i 39 4 27 6 119°. dE Bic. Tone chaia gt 
1777 46 11 22 4 1820 i 0 PaaS $5 1 
1778 43 3 23 9 gee J a 
2 1779 54 8 21 10 eon Tones en dicts 
1780 36 9 i9 4 1s2t Do is ot 
1781 46 0 24 9 1326 15 90 7 36 5 
1782 49 3 26 3 2 3 4 
He eke ee 302 7 oe Wok ae eed RIAA Edo 
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1832 18 0 = eg 
jee oe . ie 1533 M4 87 = 3 1 
‘ Seta 34 5 62 = 5 
1788 46 4 29 | 1335 i 68 = 33 3 
1789 52 9 43 8 36 DY es oR 3 
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1792 43 0 29 0 The average of the whole period is 17f. 94c. per 
1793 49 3 32 O hectolitre, which is equal to 4ls. ld. per quarter. 
1794 5263 36 0 To compare the average prices of wheat in France 
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i 4. ad( | per cent. to the latter for ailrerence in 1€ 
1797 53 9 SB | quality of the wheat and the difference in the mode 
1798 51 10 32 10 of taking the averages. 
hee i is 7 " AVERRUNCATOR. A pruning instrument. 
1801 — 119 6 78 11 Two blades are fixed on the end of a rod; and, 
1802 69 10 53 5 by means of a line attached to one of them and 
1803 58 10 46 3 pulled by the operator, they act like scissors. 
1804 62 3 533 f 
1805 20 6 69 10 AVIARY. Astructure devoted to the feeding 
1806 m 58 6 and propagating of birds. It ought to be spa- 
1807 75 A mate cious enough to allow the birds a considerable | 
1808 81 4 — freedom of flight, and turfed to prevent the ap- 
iG Aas 4 42 10 pearance of foulness on the floor. “ The site of 
181] - Be 2 a 5 an aviary,” says a writer in the Quarterly Jour- 
| 1812 126 6 nal of Science, vol. xxv., “ should be facing the | 
1813 109 9 Bitd a south or west, and sheltered from the north and | 
aie a 3 ne : east. It should be principally open to the air, 
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and should be constructed of wire almost entirely; 
1816 5 : Bie aaciRe gue ; 
1817 ts i af 5 but there is no objection, indeed it is rather de- 
1818 z 86 3 64 7 sirable, that some parts of it should be covered 
1819 74 6 43 9 with a roof affording shelter in winter, and shade 
Het os 19 Be 2 in summer. A constant supply of fresh, and, if | 
igo 447 29 | possible, running water, is exceedingly necessary 
1823 53 4 2% 8 for the health and comfort of the little inmates. 
1824 63 11 22 9 The aviary should be well covered all over with 
ee - G ee si turf, excepting the walks, which should be gravel. 
a The perches should be most of them over the 
182 58 | sa : 
ee 60 " a i } walks, for the facility of cleaning ; and ample 
1829 66 3 47 1 cover should be afforded by evergreens, such 
1830 64 3 42 2 as the phyllerea, ilex, holly, laurel, Portugal 
en ne ‘ BS 3 laurel, laurustinus, yew, box, cypress, &c. If de- 
1833 52 11 30 7 ciduous trees be planted, the leaves will soon be 
1834 46 2 27 6 picked off, and the buds destroyed. If it should 
1835 39 4 23 8 be intended to include foreign as well as native 
ieee Be ie 28 11 birds in the aviary, it should be so constructed 
1838 64 F Py as to be capable of being heated in the winter ; 
1839 70 8 46 5 and the best mode of doing this would be to have 
1840 66 4 50 10 the aviary fronted with glass four or five fect 
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a e 4 51 4 from the wires, and the space between orna- 
aT mented with plants, both because they would — 
