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Bishop of Norwich) having read from the chair the above Statement 

 on the part of the Council, some of the Fellows who had been Mem- 

 bers of the Councils of the Royal and Geological Societies stated 

 their opinion of the inconvenience and injurious tendency of the 

 awarding of medals in those Societies, and their inutility for the 

 promotion of science ; after w^hich the Resolution proposed by the 

 Council was unanimously approved and adopted. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR DEC. 1846. 



CInswick. — December 1, 2. Foggy. S. Cloudy : frosty 4. Sharp frost : fine. 

 5. Cloudy : clear and fine : overcast. 6. Clear : cloudy. 7. Fine : cloudy. 



8. Cloudy: fine. 9. Slightly overcast : drizzly : slight rain. 10. Rain. 11. 

 Frosty: snowing: clear and frosty. 12. Frosty: cloudy: clear and frosty. 

 13. Frosty: cloudy: severe frost at night. 14. Severe frost: clear and frosty 

 throughout. 1.5. Severe frost: densely overcast: clear and frosty. 16. Sharp 

 frost : clear and cold : frosty. 17. Densely overcast : fine : slight snow. 18. Sharp 

 frost: clear : overcast. 19. Rain : foggy. 20. Rain : cloudy. 21. Rain: clear 

 and frosty at night. 22. Slight frost and fog : fine : clear. 23. Rain. 24. Foggy. 

 25. Frosty : clear. 26. Clear and frosty. 27. Frosty : cloudy: clear and frosty. 



28. Frosty and foggy. 29. Slight frost ; overcast. 30. Densely overcast : frost 

 at night. 31. Sharp frost: foggy. 



Mean temperature of the month 31''*26 



Mean temperature of Dec. 1845 ; 40 "41 



Average temperature of Dec. for the last twenty years 40 '04 



Average amount of rain in Dec 1*58 inch. 



Boston. — Dec. 1. Fine : snow on the ground. 2. Cloudy : snow on the ground. 

 3. Fine : snow on the ground. 4. Cloudy: snow on the ground. 5. Fine : snow 

 on the ground : rain p.m. 6. Fine. 7. Rain. 8. Fine: rain p.m. 9. Cloudy: rain 

 P.M. 10. Fine. 1 1, 12. Sr:ow: snow on the ground. 13 — 16. Cloudy: snow on the 

 ground. 17. Cloudy : snow early a.m. 18*, 19. Cloudy : snow on the ground. 

 20. Fine : snow on the ground. 21. Cloudy: snow on the ground. 22. Fine: 

 snow nearly all gone : melted snow. 23. Cloudy. 24. Snow : snow on the 

 ground. 25, 26. Fine : snow on the ground. 27 — 30. Cloudy : snow on the 

 ground. 31. Cloudy : snow on the ground : melted snow. 



Sand wick Manse, Orkney. — Dec. 1. Showers: clear. 2. Bright: sleet- showers. 

 3. Hail-showers : sleet -showers. 4. Bright : showers. 5. Showers : sleet- 

 showers. 6. Sleet-showers : cloudy. 7. Rain : clear. 8. Drizzle : cloudy. 



9. Drizzle : shower : clear : aurora. 10, 11. Snow-showers : snow-drift. 12, 13. 

 Snow-drift : snow-showers. 14. Snow-showers. 15. Snow. showers : snow-drift. 

 [6. Snow-showers. 17. Snow-showers : snow : clear. 18. Thaw : quick thaw. 

 19. Frost : showers. 20. Bright : clear : hoar-frost. 21. Rain : showers. 22. 

 Hail-showers; frosty. 23. Hail-bhowers : clear : aurora. 24. Hail-showers: 

 cloudy. 25. Clear : cloudy. 26. Bright : cloudy. 27. Bright : rain. 28. 

 Bright : drizzle. 29. Drizzle : clear. 30. Fine : clear : halo. 31. Drizzle. 



Applegarlh Manse, Dumfries- shire. — Dec. 1. Thaw. 2 — 4. Hard frost. 5. 

 Wet. 6. Frost : clear. 7. Frost. 8. Frost, but dull. 9. Frost, slight. 



10. Thaw: slight snow. 11 — 14. Keen frost. 15. Keen frost: slight snow. 

 16. Keen frost : sleet. 17. Keen frost : slight snow. 18. Frost a.m. : rain p.m. 

 19 — 21 Wet. 22. Frost, keen. 23. Frost, keen : slight snow. 24. Frost, keen : 

 more snow. 25,26. Frost, keen. 27. Thick fog : frost. 28. Thaw : fog: rain. 



29. Thaw : thick fog. SO, 31. Thaw : fog. 



Mean temperature of the month 33°'5 



Mean temperature of Dec. 1845 39 '5 



Mean temperature of Dec. for twenty- three years S8 '3 



Mean rain in Dec. for eighteen years 3inches. 



* Not so cold a day in December since 28th December 1829, which was 16°*5. 

 Not so cold a month of December for twenty years at least : December 1829 was 

 very cold— average 33°* 1. 



