The weather in Auckland has been unprecedentedly dry and hot. The fruit season is magnificent, and the root crops have not been bad, but the hay harvest is likely to suffer from the drought. In spite of the close, damp heat, there is not any special sickness prevailing, probably on account of the coolness of the evenings. We observed, on glancing at the readings of the thermometer at the different telegraph stations of the colony, that on a recent occasion Auckland stood at 72°; Port Chalmers at the same time, 51°; and Dunedin at 57° - differences as great as might be supposed to exist between the temperature of Auckland and Borneo. But it is the character rather than the degree of heat which is chiefly to be considered; and Southerners visiting Auckland at this season find the dampness and heaviness of the air very trying. In the northern districts of Canterbury, owing to the hot weather, the grain in many instances is prematurely ripening.