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Register.—Meteorological Report. ^August
London, Corn Exchange, August 4.
Wheat, per qr. s. s. Select samples 104 to 106 White runs 55 to 100 Red ditto 50 to 95 Rye 40 to 54 Barley English 28 to 45 Malt 60 to 86 Oats, Feed (new) 17 to 34 Fine 35 to 39 Poland (new) 17 to 37 Fine 38 to 41 Potato (new) 37 to 45 Old 0 to 0 Foreign 17 to 41 Beans, pigeon 40 to 48
Beans, old s. s. per quarter 58 to 62 Tick 58 to 42 Old 48 to 56 Pease, boiling 40 to 45 Gray 48 to 48 Brank 40 to 55 Flour, per sack 0 to 90 Second 75 to 85 Scotch 70 to 80 Pollard, per qr. 22 to 28 Second 14 to 18
Bran 8 to 10
Quart, loaf, 15½d.
Seeds, &c.—August 4.
Mustard, brown, s. s. Old, per bush. 14 to 18
London Markets continued.
New ditto 10 to 16 Old White 8 to 10 New ditto 5 to 8 Tares 8 to 10 Turnip, green round 14 to 16 White 10 to 14 Red 12 to 15 Swedish wh. 0 to 0 yellow 0 to 0
Canary, per qr. 75 to 80
New 45 to 56
Hempseed 115 to 126
Hempseed, new s. s. per quar. 96 to 105 Cinquefoil 28 to 35 Rye-grass (Pacey) 28 to 34 Common 10 to 25 Clover, English, Red, per cwt. 42 to 98 White 42 to 95 For. red 40 to 92 White 40 to 90 Trefoil 6 to 27 Rib grass 12 to 40 Carraway (Eng.) 48 to 60 Foreign 45 to 54 Coriander 8 to 14
New Rapeseed, per last, £30 £32 to £56.—Linseed Oil-Cake, at the mill, £10, 10s. per thousand'—Rape-Cake, £9 to £10.
Liverpool, August 9.
Wheat, s. d. s. d. per 70 libs. English 8 0 to 13 0 New 0 0 to 0 0 Scotch 0 0 to 0 0 Welsh 0 0 to 0 0 Irish 6 0 to 7 6 Dantzic 12 0 to 13 0 Wismar 10 6 to 11 0 American 12 6 to 13 0 Barley, per 60 libs. English 5 0 to 7 0 Scotch 5 0 to 6 6 Irish 5 0 to 6 0 Malt p. 9 gls. 12 0 to 13 6 Rye, per qr. 35 0 to 40 0 Oats per 45 lb. Eng. potato 4 6 to 5 common 4 0 to 4 6 Irish potato 4 3 to 5 0 common 4 0 to 4 9 Welsh potato 0 0 to 0 0 Foreign 4 0 to 4 6
Rapeseed, p. l. £38 to £40 Flaxseed, p. hd. sowing £0, 0s. Beans, p. qr. s. d. s. d. English 45 0 to 65 0 Foreign 0 0 to 0 0 Irish 0 0 to 0 0 Peas, per quar. Boiling 50 0 to 60 0 Rice, p. cwt 30 0 to 34 0 Flour English, p. 280 lb. fine 0 0 to 0 0 Seconds 0 0 to 0 0 Irish, p. 240 bl. 0 0 to 0 0 Ameri. p. bl. 48 0 to 50 0 Sour do. 38 0 to 40 0 Clover, p. bush. White 0 0 to 0 0 Red 0 0 to 0 0 Oatmeal, per 240 lb. English 46 0 to 48 0 Scotch 0 0 to 0 0 Irish 0 0 to 0 0
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
The remarks made in our last number on the month of June, are in many respects applicable to the month of July. In point of temperature, as well as moisture, there is a sinking similarity between July 1816 and July 1817. The mean height of the Thermometer, during the former, was 55.6, and during the latter 56—nearly the quantity of rain in the first, 3.8 inches, in the last, 3.2. But the most striking fact in the Meteorological history of the two seasons, and what may perhaps surprise some of our readers, is the comparative quantities of rain that fell during the three months of May, June, and July, taken collectively. The quantity in 1816 amounted to 7.7 inches, but in 1817 it is 10.6. It is at the same time an obvious fact, that vegetation has made much more rapid progress this season than it did last; but it is a fact for which it would perhaps be difficult to account, unless it be supposed that the unusually high temperature of the spring months raised the temperature of the ground so much as to influence the vegetation of the succeeding months. This appears to us a very important point, and one which we apprehend might easily be determined by keeping a regular register of a Thermometer, sunk two or three feet below the surface of the ground.
METEOROLOGICAL TABLE,
Extracted from the Register kept on the Banks of the Tay, four miles east from
Perth, Latitude 56° 25′, Elevation 185 feet.
July 1817.
Means. THERMOMETER. Degrees.
Mean of greatest daily heat, 62.935
cold, 49.226
temperature, 10 A. M. 58.226
10 P. M. 53.425
of daily extremes, 56.080
10 A. M. and 10 P. M. 55.830
4 daily observations, 55.955
BAROMETER. Inches.
Mean of 10 A. M. (temp. of mer. 60) 29.574
10 P. M. (temp. of mer. 59) 29.590
both, (temp. of mer. 60) 29.582
HYGROMETER (LESLIE'S.) Degrees.
Mean of 10 A. M. 23.774
10 P. M 9.839
both, 16.806
Rain in inches, 3.200
Evaporation in ditto, 2.235
Extremes.
THERMOMETER. Degrees.
Greatest heat, 25th day, 66.500
Greatest cold, 20th, 44.000
Highest, 10 A. M. 1st, 64.000
Lowest ditto, 15th, 53.000
Highest, 10 P. M. 3rd, 58.000
Lowest ditto . . 19th 49.000
BAROMETER. Inches.
Highest, 10 A. M. 24th, 29.885
Lowest ditto, 2d, 29.185
Highest, 10 P.M. 23d, 29.950
Lowest ditto, 1st, 29.200
HYGROMETER. Degrees.
Highest, 10 A. M. 19th, 40.000
Lowest ditto, 2d, 6.000
Highest. 10 P. M. 24th, 25.000
Lowest ditto, 1st, 2.000
Fair days 13; rainy days 18. Wind West of meridian, including North, 18; East of meridian, including South, 13.