COUNCIL FOR 1849. 13 



COMPARATIVE PREVALENCE OF WINDS. 

 N. S. E. W. N.E. N.W. S.E. S.W. 

 28 lit 18 62 58 48 84 46 = 365. 



The temperature of the year 1849, (47''-05,) was nearly a mean 

 of 18 years, being ^o of a degree below that amount. The mean 

 height of the mercurial column was 29894 inches, being also 

 nearly the mean for York. On the 11th of February the 

 mercury attained the unusual height of 30'829 corrected for 

 temperature and for capillary attraction. 



The rain of the year, 23*63 inches, is almost exactly an 

 average quantity. 



The following accounts of the amount of rain fallen in the 

 year have been received : viz.^ 



Setde 36-88 



Ackworth 23-33 



Middleton, near Beverley . . . . 29-61 



Haggate 29-77 



Leeds 24-419 



Various interesting papers have been read at the usual 

 Monthly Meetings of the Society during the past year, some of 

 which, relating to the Natural History and Antiquities of 

 Yorkshire, may hereafter appear in the Proceedings of the 

 Society. 



The money received at the Gate during the year 1849 

 amounts to £189. lis. 2d., a sum less than in the previous year 

 by £47. lis. 9d. When, however, it is recollected, that in the 

 return for 1848 is included the sum of £62. 9s. 6d. paid by 

 visitors during the exhibition in York of the Royal Agricul- 

 tural Society, and that during the past year, the almost total 

 absence of railway excursion trains, and some other unfa- 

 vourable circumstances, have combined to lessen this source 

 of the Society's income, the Council cannot but feel convinced 

 that the new regulations adopted respecting the admission of 

 strangers at the beginning of 1849 have been attended with 

 success. 



The Swimming Baths have not been quite so productive during 

 the past year, as usual, but after deducting all expenses, (includ- 

 ing several which are not of annual occurrence,) the net profit of 



