In tlio mouth of June I received a communication fr'om Mr. 

 Glaisher, requesting me to record all observations of seasonal 

 phenomena respecting the changes in the animal and vegetable 

 world, such as the period of leafing and flowering of trees, the 

 migrations of birds, the state of the crops, &c. This letter was 

 published in the local papers, and I soon after received from Mr. 

 WooDHOUSE, of Aymestry, a very obliging communication of the 

 obsei-vations he had made for several years past on this subject. 

 He also kindly promised to continue his observations and send 

 them to me from time to time. 



Last summer the Quarterly Eeports of the Registrar General 

 usually supplied to us gratis, were stopped by order of the Govern- 

 ment. Dr. Barker, of Bedford, took Tip the case on behalf of 

 the Meteorologists, and after extensiv^e correspondence, much 

 trouble and expense, he succeeded in obtaining for us a continuation 

 of the supply of their reports, which have since been regularly 

 forwarded. It has been proposed to present Dr. Barker with a 

 small testimonial, in the shape of a timepiece, as an acknowledgment 

 ol his exertions on our behalf, the subscription to be limited to five 

 shillings ; the greater number of observers have alreadj' paid their 

 subscription, and a proposition respecting this matter will be laid 

 before you to-day. 



J. E. SMITH, 



Meteorological Observer. 

 Hereford Infirmary, 



January, 1859. 



