132 Meteorological Obsekvations. 



amounts recorded. In 1870 it was as low as 30' 181 in., while 

 in 1877 it reached the large total of 55'235 in., and in 1872 

 53-708 in. It is only what might be expected when we find that 

 these were the years in which the mean barometrical pressure was 

 the lowest, although in point of temperature they were decidedly 

 above the average. In these years the number of rainy days 

 greatly exceeded the average. The mean over the whole period 

 was 172, while in 1872 it was 214, and in 1877 it was 212. In 

 1872 the excess was chiefly in the month of January, June, July, 

 August, September, and October, indicating a very rainy summer 

 and harvest. In 1877, again, there was a similar excess in Janu- 

 ary, which was repeated in July and August, and in October and 

 November. The warmest years of the period were those of 1868, 

 with an annual mean of 48-5 deg., and 1872, with a mean of 

 of 48-1 deg. ; and the coldest occurred in 1879, with a mean of 

 44 deg., and in 1881 — mean, 44-3. The observations do not 

 record any tempei-ature below zero, and only twice — in 1867 and 

 1881 — did the protected thermometer fall to that point. From 

 the table of monthly means it appears that the warmest month 

 was July. It had the highest mean maximum, the highest mean 

 minimum, and also the highest monthly meaTi, viz., o9*5 deg. 

 The next highept was August, with a mean of o8-2 deg ; and the 

 next June, with 5G'8 deg. The coldest month was January, with 

 a mean of 34-6 deg. ; and the next December, mean, 36 deg. The 

 extreme range of temperature was from 94 deg. in 1876 to zero in 

 1867 and again in 1881. The mean annual range was 76'2 deg. 

 The driest month was April, with a mean of 2-103 in., and 11 days 

 on which rain fell ; and March and May came next in point of 

 dryness, with 12 and 13 days of rainfall. The wettest month was 

 September, with a mean of 4-252 in. ; but January and October 

 did not fall much short, with 16 and 17 days of rainf;ill. 



II. — Report on the Herbarium. By j\Ir Geoiigk F. SCOTI- 

 Elliot, B.Sc, F.L.S. 



During 1894 and part of 1893 and 1895, it has not been pos- 

 sible for me to pay the amount of attention to the increase of tiie 

 Herbarium which I should have wished. During my absence the 

 work has been, however, most thoroughly carried on by Miss 

 Hannay and her sister, Miss Jane. The total of plants now repre- 



