Ixx. Proceedings. 



Lobster Fisheries, by the late Mr. Frank Buckland; History 

 and Description of the Devon and Exeter Museum, presented 

 by Mr. E. B. Sturge ; "Science Gossip " for March, by the 

 Publishers ; Notes and Observations on British stalk-eyed 

 Crustacea, by Mr. Lovett, by the author ; Proces verbal of the 

 Belgian Society, by the Society; The Weather of 1880, by 

 Edward Mawley, by the author ; Eaton on the average height 

 of Barometer in London, by the author ; Eighth Annual 

 Report of the New Cross Microscopical and Natural History 

 Societ}', by the Society. 



The President also announced that he hoped a room 

 would shortly be engaged for the exclusive use of the Club. 

 The matter was now in the hands of a sub-committee, and he 

 noped to report further next meeting. Also that at the April 

 meeting of the Club Mr. W. J. Nation would read a paper on 

 Gums and Resins. He also introduced to the members a 

 publication by Mr. H. E. Dresser, " A List of the Birds of 

 the Western Palaearctic Regions," which he considered would 

 be of use to many members. 



Mr. Baldwin Latham then read his paper, entitled " Ob- 

 servations on Rainfall," chiefly referring to the Croydon 

 district. 



This was followed by a paper by Mr. H. S. Eaton, on 

 " The best method of applying Meteorology to Field Observa- 

 tions in Natural History," after which a general conversation 

 ensued, in which the President, supported by Dr. Carpenter, 

 Messrs. Mawley, Stanley, Mitchiner, and others took part. 



Mr. Latham added some remarks in explanation of the 

 extent to which our water supply would be affected by the 

 Oxted Tunnel. He said that this tunnel has a fall from one 

 of the Croydon water areas into the weald and cuts the water 

 line, which was equivalent to taking two square miles out of 

 the water area : the tunnel was cut down the lip of the gault 

 which forms a basin, thus liberating the water of the drain- 

 age area. The tunnel was 2,500 yards long, and falls from 

 north to south, while the beds fall from south to north, and 

 the quantity of water flowing out of the south end of the 

 tunnel into the weald was rather more than i^ million gallons 

 per day. He also said that the question of meteorology was 

 one of considerable importance, and that his idea was to get 

 more stations. There was, however, much difficulty in get- 

 ting gentlemen to take the records. He thought that where 

 a rainfall station was most required was at the Norwood Hill, 

 for, no doubt, the rainfall was much greater there than in the 

 valleys. He considered it most essential that rain gauges 

 should be established on this hill and a proper record obtained, 



