95 
WEATHER STATISTICS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 
OF CARLISLE. 
The Presidential Address given at the Annual Meeting of the Association 
at Carlisle, 
By R. A, ALLISON, Esq., M.P. 
I nave already protested in another place and on another occasion 
at the double impost which your President has to pay to your 
Chancellor of the Exchequer in the form of what is termed a 
second Inaugural Lecture. I propose on the present occasion, 
however—leaving to Mr. Wheatley the duty, which very fittingly 
falls upon him as president during the present year of the Carlisle 
branch, of welcoming you to the Border City—to say a few words 
as to a series of Weather Statistics which, during a period of twenty- 
five years, I have collected as to the climate in the neighbourhood 
of Carlisle. I began them at a time when I had not very much to 
do, rather with a view of cultivating habits of method and regularity 
_ by having some daily definite task to perform at a fixed time; and 
_ for such an object I can confidently recommend them. And 
though occupation has somewhat increased since then, yet finding 
_ that my interest in their collection had grown from year to year, 
they have been regularly carried on to the present time ; and now 
that they extend over so many years, afford some basis for an 
estimate of our climate, and considerable practice for one’s arith- 
metic. The instruments have all been verified, are properly 
exposed, and from time to time inspected from the Meteorological 
Office: and during my absence the records have been taken by a 
_ competent observer. 
