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only show a total of 127 days. The usual proportion of these 

 two classes of winds is in general similar to this. But owing to 

 the unusual prevalence of cyclones from the Atlantic during the 

 past year, it seems to me that the southerly and westerly have 

 had more than their ordinary share ; and this would only be in 

 correspondence with the fact of a temperature somewhat above 

 the average, and a rainfall much in excess of it. 



The Weather in Relation to Health. By Dr J. 

 Maxwell Ross. 



(From the Dumfries and Galloicay Standard. ) 



Dr Ross said that Mr Andson's paper showed the usual 

 painstaking work that had always characterised his contribu- 

 tions to the society. As they were aware, there were something 

 like sixty stations in Scotland accepted by the Scottish Meteoro- 

 logical Society, as well-equipped and from which observations 

 were made. There were only two in this county, one at which 

 Mr Andson procured his data, and one at Drumlanrig. Mr 

 Andson's inability to be present last month and read his paper 

 had afforded an opportunity of studying the observations taken 

 at some of the other stations, and it was rather interesting to 

 compare the results. At Drumlanrig, for example, some of the 

 observations were in close accord with those of Mr Andson, while 

 others were very different. Drumlanrig was situated 191 feet 

 above the sea level, and the station at which Mr Andson made 

 his observations was about 60 feet. That and other facts helped 

 to account for the difference. The mean barometric pressure at 

 Drumlanrig for the year was 29.593. ^^^ Andson's was 29.816, 

 so that the higher pressure was, of course, where they might 

 expect it. The mean maximum temperature at Drumlanrig was 

 53.4; the mean minimum, 39; and the mean temperature 46.2 

 ■degrees. These were rather less than Mr Andson's. The 

 number of rainy days was found by Mr Andson to be 237. At 

 Drumlanrig they were 240. The amount of rainfall at the latter 

 place was also considerably in excess of Mr Andson's observa- 

 tions, being 62.86, or at least 12 inches more. With regard to 

 •direction of winds, it had to be noted that formerly the observa- 

 tions were recorded daily, and Mr Andson continued that, giving 

 the prevailing wind for the 24 hours — probably the average re- 



