Meteorology records and analysis of the observatory records for December 1866 in conjunction with those of births, deaths, &c

Abstract

Meteorological records recorded at the Observatory, Hobart Town. Includes leafing, flowering, and fruiting of a few standard plants in the Royal Society's Gardens during the month of December, 1866. While December, 1865, had the smallest mortality for any December of the last ten years, the present month's deaths were more numerous than any, except 1862 and 1859, and exceeded last year's by upwards of 66 per cent, and the average of the previous nine years by about 15 per cent. In the analysis of the different meteorological phenomena of the present month, contrasted with December, 1865, it will be seen, that atmospheric pressure, wind movement and its purity, heat of the sun, elastic force of vapour, were all less favorable to health than in 1865. The weather generally, however, was both pleasant to the feelings, and conducive to vegetation.