it appears that the highest temperatures of the air were at Leeds, 94°.0; Cardington, 93°-4; Royston, 92°-4; Marylebone, 92°-2; Wilton, 91-5; and Camden Town, 91°-0. The lowest temperatures of the air were at Carlisle, 28°.5; Lampeter, 30°-2; Marlborough College, 31°.9; Hull, 32°0; and Strathfield Turgiss, Gloucester, and Miltown, 33°.0. The greatest daily ranges of the air were at Wilton, 25°.0; Streatley Vicarage, 24°3; Lampeter, 23°2; Strathfield Turgiss, 22°3; Aldershot Camp, 22°1; and Gloucester and Cardington, 21°-2. The least daily ranges of the air were at Guernsey, 10°-5; Hawarden, 11°6; Otley, 12°6; Worthing, 13°0; North Shields, 14°0; and Llandudno, 14°.2. The greatest number of rainy days were at Allenheads, 57; Culloden, 56; Stonyhurst, 54; Eccles, 48; York and Bywell, 44; Truro, Barnstaple, and Cockermouth, 43; and Carlisle, 40. The least number of rainy days were at Cardington, 24; Osborne, 25; Aldershot, Royal Observatory, and Norwich, 26; and Strathfield Turgiss, 27. The heaviest falls of rain were at Stonyhurst, 14-4 in.; Lampeter, 11.9 in.; Allenheads, 11.7 in.; Cockermouth, 11.1 in.; Eccles, 10-4 in. ; and West Harptree, 100 in. The least falls of rain were at Cardington, 3-4 in.; Guernsey, 3.7 in.; Sidmouth, 3.8 in.; Taunton, 4.3 in.; Royston, 4.4 in.; and Eastbourne, 4.8 in.

Fourth Quarter (October, November, December).-The warm period, which set in on 4th September, continued till 16th October, the average excess of mean daily temperature for the whole period of 43 days was 3°4, and of the first 16 days in October was 3°.7. On 17th October the weather suddenly changed and became cold and of a wintry character, with sleet, hail, frost, and snow, with strong north winds; this severe cold weather continued with but slight variation to the end of the month. At the beginning of November the weather was mild for a few days, then cold again, and thus alternated above and below the average for two or three days together, those of low temperature predominating. During the month of November a remarkable change of temperature took place, the 10th, 11th, and 12th days were of a wintry character, with very low temperatures, whilst those of 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th were of very high temperatures with heavy gales of wind. Cold weather again set in on the 17th; from this time, with the exception of the period from December 10th to 20th, which was warm, the weather was generally cold to the end of the year. The average deficiency of mean temperature from 17th October to 9th December was 3°.3 daily; and from 21st December to the end of the year was 3°3; the excess of temperature from 10th December to the 20th was 4° daily. Upon the whole quarter of 92 days, the temperature was below the average to the amount of 1°.15 daily.

During the month of October the readings of the barometer were generally high. From the 4th to the 14th they were remarkably steady, scarcely varying one-fifth of an inch throughout the period, and constantly above the average; on the 14th a decrease set in and lasted till the 16th, the minimum at that time, at the height of 160 feet above the mean level of the sea, was 29.13 in.; from the 20th to the end of the month the readings were with but two exceptions above the average. During the early part of November low readings generally were recorded, followed by an increase on the 10th, and the readings then continued above the average till the 21st, when a very rapid fall took place, from 30·18 in. to 29-03 in. on the 22nd; this was followed by a gradual increase, but with one exception the mean daily values remained in defect of the average till the end of the month. The mean pressure of the air for the month was that of the average. The oscillations of the barometer during December were very large, and succeeded each other rapidly, especially between the 8th and 28th. The principal movements were as follow:-A decrease from 30-40 in. on the 6th to 29-02 in. on the 13th, an increase to 29-57 in., and a decrease to 29.18 in. on the same day; several small movements then occurred, and 29.65 in. was reached on the 16th; a rapid fall then ensued, and 28.77 in. was registered at 10h. P.M. on the 16th; the readings then increased to 29-75 in. by 9h. P.M. on the 17th, and again decreased to 29·17 in. on the 19th; between this date and the 31st several increasing and decreasing readings took place. The range of readings during the month amounted to 1.62 in.

There were several very heavy gales of wind during the quarter, and pressures to the amount of 30 lbs. on the square foot took place, on October 16th and 19th, November 2nd and 4th, December 13th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, and 30th, generally with the wind from S.W., W.S.W., or S.S.W.

The highest temperatures of the air were at Lampeter, 81°.8; Hawarden, 81°0; Marylebone, 78°7; Osborne, 77°-7; Barnstaple, 77°-5; Strathfield Turgiss, 77°0; Wilton, 76°7; and Bristol, 76°.6. The lowest temperatures of the air were at Lampeter, 0°.0; Carlisle, 0°.8; Cockermouth, 4°.9; Allenheads, 9o.5; Truro, 10°.0; Miltown, 11°0; and Nottingham, 11°-8. The greatest daily ranges of the air were at Wilton, 16°-5; Nottingham, 15°-3; Marlborough College, 14°6; West Harptree, Lampeter, and York, 14°2; Aldershot and Gloucester, 13°-7; and Strathfield Turgiss and Carlisle, 13°5. The least daily ranges of the air were at Guernsey, 7°-7; Otley, 8°.0; Hawarden, 8°.1; Llandudno, 8°.8; Liverpool, 9°3; Helston, 9o·5; Hawsker, 9°6; and Little Wratting, 9°-9. The greatest number of rainy days were at Allenheads, 77; Stonyhurst, 76; Bywell, 66;

Hawarden, 63; Truro, Eccles, and Hull, 62; and Helston, Manchester, and York, 61. The least number of rainy days were at Strathfield Turgiss, 30; Osborne and Otley, 31; Royal Observatory, and Bradford, 37; Weybridge, Marylebone, and Wisbech, 38; and Cardington, 39. The heaviest falls of rain were at Stonyhurst, 17.8 in.; Allenheads, 16-6 in.; Cockermouth, 16′0 in.; Lampeter, 14.9 in.; Barnstaple, 14.1 in.; Truro, 12-7 in.; and West Harptree, 12.3 in. The least falls of rain were at Cardington, 5.9 in.; Bradford, 6-0 in.; Leeds, 6-2 in.; Weybridge and Royston, 6-8 in.; and Oxford, 6-9 in.

CORN IMPORTATIONS, SALES, AND PRICES.

QUANTITIES of WHEAT, WHEATMEAL and FLOUR, BARLEY, OATS, PEAS and BEANS, IMPORTED into the UNITED KINGDOM in the Year 1869; and in each of the LAST SIX MONTHS of the YEAR 1869.

NOTE. The average weights per quarter of corn, as adopted in the office of the Inspector-General of Imports and Exports, are as follow:-For wheat, 485 lbs., or 4 cwts.; for barley, 400 lbs., or 34 cwts.; for oats, 308 lbs., or 24 cwts. Corn has been entered and charged with duty by weight instead of measure since September, 1864.

COMPUTED REAL VALUE of CORN IMPORTED into the UNITED KINGDOM in the Four Years, 1866-7-8-9.

QUANTITIES of BRITISH WHEAT SOLD in the Towns from which Returns are received under the Act of the 27th and 28th VICTORIA, cap. 87, and their AVERAGE PRICES, in each of the LAST SIX MONTHS of the Years 1864-69.

AVERAGE PRICES of BRITISH WHEAT, BARLEY, and OATS per Quarter (Imperial Measure) as received from the INSPECTORS and OFFICERS of EXCISE according to the Act of 27th and 28th VICTORIA, cap. 87, in each of the last TWENTYSIX WEEKS of the Year 1869.