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At the Second Evening Meeting, Mr. Jolm Watson F.R.A.S., 

 of Pattinsontown ; Mr. George Baker Foster, of Cowpen Cottage, 

 Blyth; Mr. James Clephan, of Gateshead; and Mr. B. Plum- 

 mer, jun., of Newcastle. 



At the Third Evening Meeting, Mr. W. Wrightson, of 

 Newcastle; Messrs, J. H. Cleasby, and Joseph Clephan, of 

 Gateshead; and Mr. James Hamilton, of Sunderland. 



At the Fourth Evening Meeting, Mr. Thomas Thompson, 

 of Winlaton; Mr. J. H. French, of Gateshead; Mr. Robert 

 Greenwell, of Newcastle ; and Messrs. W. F. Filter and R. M. 

 Tate, of North Shields. 



X. — Notes on the Rain-fall for 1858. By Henry T. Mennell. 



In presenting to the Club the accompanying digest of the 

 rain-fall, for 1858, my first duty is to acknowledge the kindness 

 of those gentlemen who have so obligingly furnished the Club 

 with the results of their meteorological observations. They are 

 as follows: — 



Allenheads Mr. Thos. J. Bewick, Allenheads, Lead Mines. 



Bywell Ditto. 



Wylam G. C. Atkinson, Esq., Wylam Hall. 



Durham.. Mr. A. Marsh, Durham Observatory. 



Washington {^^^' '^' Watson, F.R.A.S., Washington Chemical 



North Shields Mr. Eobert Spence. 



Newcastle =Lieut. O'Grady, R.E. 



Stamfordham Rev. J. F. Bigge, Stamfordham Rectory. 



LiLBURN Tower, near Aln- 

 wick, the seat of E. Col- 

 lingwood. Esq 



Roddam Hall, at the foot of "j 

 the Cheviots, the seat of 

 Wm. Roddam, Esq. ., 



HowiCK Hall, the seat of) 



Earl Grey J " " 



Bishopwearmoutii Dr. Ogden. 



Whorlton, Teesdale T. Dodgson, Esq., Stubbs House, near Whorlton, 



At the begining of last year, almanacs were distributed by 

 the Club to a number of stations in the two counties for the 

 purpose of having the number of wet and dry days recorded in 

 them; as it was believed that records of this nature, extending 



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