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January of the current year, the maximum temperature was as 

 follows on the days specified : — 



As was remarked respecting the barometer, this work is also 

 tabulated for every hour, and entered on paper ruled for the 

 purpose. 



Nearly all the work is tabulated twice, in order to detect in- 

 accuracies. The whole is carefully examined at Kew, and 

 portions are again tabulated there so as to test their accuracy, 

 and remove, if possible, all doubts of their correctness. 



Thus, these observatories supply hourly records of the rate 

 and direction of the wind, the pressure of the atmosphere, the 

 temperature of the dry and wet bulb thermometers, and (as soon 

 as the gauge is in working order) the quantity of rain — together 

 with many subsidiary records and observations of the clouds and 

 state of the weather, made several times in the course of the 

 day. Such a mass of valuable and reliable data can hardly fail, 

 in the course of a few years, to fix meteorological science on a 

 firmer basis, and to establish more definite laws for forecasting 

 the weather. It is to be hoped that the Eoyal Society, which is 

 devoting so much time and attention to this subject, will see 

 abundant fruits of their labours. The [Meteorological Committee 

 have issued Quarterly Weather Eeports for 1869, in which the 

 curves of pressure, temperature, and wind, as sent in from the 

 seven observatories, are lithographed and accompanied with 

 many illustrative and valuable remarks by the Director, Eobert 

 H. Scott, Escp, F.E.S. The same is in course of preparation for 

 1870. 



The lecturer made some remarks, in conclusion, upon the 

 value of meteorological pursuits to young persons,' not simply on 

 account of the science itself, but because the observations, if 

 they are to be worth anything, must be made with great care 

 and truthfulness, with strict punctuality and untiring persever- 

 ance. Thus the cultivation of sound moral habits would go 

 hand-in-hand with the pursuit of useful knowledge and physical 

 science. 



The President made a few remarks at the close, and a vote of 



