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been enriched by numerous specimens principally from the 

 gault and chalk of the South of England, presented by Wm. 

 Reed, Esq., and also by a series of fossils from the red chalk of 

 Speeton, presented by Mr. E. Tindall, of Bridlington. The 

 latter were of particular importance, as the Society's collection 

 was previously almost destitute of fossils from the red chalk. 

 The collection of Minerals presented by Mr. Roundell was 

 accompanied by a few fossils, chiefly from the oolites of the 

 South of England. 



The Curator of Entomology reports, that the Entomological 

 collections are on the whole in good condition, though requir- 

 ing more time for their re -arrangement than it has yet been 

 found practicable to bestow upon them. No additions of im- 

 portance have been made during the past year. 



The report of the Curator of Botany states, that the only 

 addition to the collections under his charge is the valuable Bri- 

 tish Herbarium of the late Mr. Samuel Hailstone, a deservedly 

 renowned Yorkshire Botanist. In presenting it to the Society, 

 his family expressed a wish that it should be kept separate 

 under the name of the " Hailstone Herbarium." It is arranged 

 according to the Linngean system ; the Society's Botanical col- 

 lection, including the combined Herbaria of Middleton and 

 Dalton, has been arranged in accordance with the Natural sys- 

 tem of De Candolle. The Hailstone Herbarium, besides being 

 a good general collection, is peculiarly rich in the genera Itosa 

 and Ruhus, to which it is well known that Mr. Hailstone paid 

 great attention. The Curator proposes, when suitable arrange- 

 ments can be made for that purpose, to render this Herbarium 

 available as far as possible for the use of the members. 



The Curator of Meteorological Instruments has furnished 

 a table containing the results of observations made in 1859, from 

 which it appears that the rain-fall has again been below an 

 average by 2*9 inches. The temperature also has been below a 

 mean of 20 years by 1° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, but pre- 

 cisely the same as that of 1858, namely, 46-6° F. The range 

 of the barometer has been extraordinary. In November the 

 mercurial column rose as high as 30-718, and fell in the same 

 month as low as 28*464, a difference of 2^ inches. The tem- 



