42 METEOROLOGICAL REPORT, 1862. 
I11.—Meteorological Report for 1862. Hdited by Henry T. 
Mewne.., F.L.S. 
Tue collection of facts and statistics bearing on the meteorology 
and climatology of our district was originated by my predecessor 
in the secretaryship of the Club—Professor Oliver. He did not, 
however, remain long enough in the North to edit the record of 
the first year’s observations, and it therefore became my duty to 
undertake a task, which, or seven years, it has been not only a 
duty but a pleasure to fulfil to the best of my ability. In this 
however, as in all matters connected with the Club, I have owed 
much to the co-operation, always cordial and zealous, of my fel- 
low members. The list of contributors appended annually to 
these reports has not discharged my debt of acknowledgement, 
for to some of them I have owed far more than the mere facts 
with which they have supplied me. From these fellow-workers 
as well as from those readers who may have forgiven the man- 
ner for the sake of the matter, I cannot now part without regret, 
and I take this opportunity of expressing to the members of the 
Club my grateful sense of the kindness with which they have 
always seconded my efforts in the service of the Club. Let me 
assure them that the prosperity of the Club depends upon the 
continuance of that esprit de corps, that excellent feeling between 
officers and men, which in some little experience of public bodies 
I have nowhere found so healthy and vigorous as amongst our- 
selves. 
The value of the facts contained in these annual reports de- 
pends so much on the length of time over which they extend, 
that I trust nothing will interfere with their regular appearance 
for many years to come, and I would suggest the desirability of 
obtaining returns of the rain-fall from a greater number of sta- 
tions in our district. There are no doubt many gentlemen who 
possess rain-gauges and record the rain-fall regularly, who bave 
not furnished the Club with the result of their observations. Our 
country members might no doubt, by a little inquiry, ascertain 
whether such is the case, and press into the service of the Club 
unose who have hitherto held aloof. 
