viously taken in the group, it is perhaps worth insertion here:— I. Mean temperature in the shade, taken from daily observations made at 9 a.m.:— ° January 77.4 February 74.6 March 74.9 April 69.4 May 68.1 June 65.0 July 62.1 August 64.0 September 68.5 October 68.3 November 72.6 December 75.3 Mean for the year, 70°. II. Occasional readings of the thermometer taken at noon:— Shade. Sun. Jan. 3 85 107 " 5 87 110 " 15 88 104 " 16 89 Cloudy " 17 91 110 " 18 91 110 " 19 94 111 " 20 94 112 " 22 95 120 " 25 90 114 " 31 88 Cloudy Feb. 9 85 100 " 11 90 108 " 16 87 104 " 27 86 102 Mar. 16 85 101 " 20 87 100 June 14 70 90 " 22 70 89 July 1 69 87 " 29 67 90 Nov. 14 84 94 " 22 94 104 Dec. 4 85 102 " 12 83 106 " 19 87 102 " 24 84 100 " 28 89 100