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MR. A. W. FLUX, M.A., ON CITY GOVERNMENT AND

on the north-west comer of which one quarter of the city is located. Placed on the sea-coast, within easy reach by water or rail of the seaside resorts which stretch northwards along the Sound, residence in the Danish Capital has many attractions. In the easy access to abundance of woodland, to which the public has free admission, an important condition of healthy life is fulfilled. Of open. spaces in the city I shall speak later, but must here mention that besides those spaces and the cheap and con- venient access to woodland and seaside, a park of about 150 acres in extent, lying within the boundaries af a suburban local authority, is distant not more than about 1| or 2 miles from the most densely populated parts of the city, and is yet less distant from other parts. The more northerly situation of Copenhagen is one of the causes contributing to the difference between its climate and our own and to resulting differences in modes of life. Climate .— In the two points of temperature and rainfall, to which alone I shall refer, the marked difference of climate is seen.

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Average of 1886-97.

Average of 1891-98.

Temperature. Fahrenheit Degrees,

Temperature. Fahrenheit Degrees.

Rainfall. Inches.

Rainfall. Inches. 4'220 5‘413 8*441 6*535

Winter (Dec. to Feb.) ... 6 940 Spring (March to May) ... 5'923 Summer (June to Aug.)...10 985 Auturim (Sept. to Nov.)... 9*130

39*4 46*9 59*0 49*8

32*5 43*1 60*5 47*8

Tear. 46*0 I have given an example of recent years rather than for the long period of 1861-98, for which the record can be given for Copenhagen, in order to keep on a level of fair comparison with the other side of the table. Since 1860 the rainfall has yaried from about 14 inches to about 29 inches in individual- years, the average being about 22 inches. The winter temperatures, too, have not been as low in recent years as on the average of a long period. Even so, however, the precipitation is shown at only about three-quarters of that of Manchester. The range of temperature is eonsiderably greater than with us, and, in spite ......................... 32*978 48*8 24*609