English Translation

9 181 In the past month, storms, hail and cloud breaks caused millions of damage. On May 9, the Pilgramser area was affected by a hail-bound cloud break, a strip in a width of 1/a - 1 km, which includes about 25 municipalities and 3a00 hectares of arable land, 230 hectares of meadows and 8 hectares of gardens. Due to the flood, the crop was swept away from the fields and the grain was damaged by 55% on the root crops of 40% on the forage crops of 30% and 40% on fruit. The total damage is 8,500,000 K. In order to partially compensate for the damage, l6o q oat seed, 40 q clover seeds and 40 q ammonium sulphate have to be procured. On the same day a catastrophic hail strike occurred in the area around Suchental, district Wittingau. On the fields and meadows in the north-western part of the cadastre of the municipality Suchental on the Lainsitz the harvest was destroyed to loo%, in the rest of the cataster to 75%. On 27 May, the municipalities of Mecherschish, Klein-Slivno, Ober-Slivno, Unter-Slevno, Strieschowitz, Potschatek and Kropatsch - 33 Wrutitz in the district of Jungbunzlau were affected by a hail strike and cereals and fodder fruits were destroyed by 50 - loo%. Likewise, a thunderstorm occurred over Böhmisch-Brod, which caused significant damage. The rye was destroyed to 70%, Lucerne clover and clover almost to lo0%. Damaged were about 450 hectares of soil, and the total damage is about 1,oo0.o0o K. From the terassen-like fields lying on the slopes, field crumbs, cultivated potatoes and sugar beet were washed away. From this district road the prepared gravel piles were swept away by the flood. In the ditches of the district road ./.