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part with chalk and in part with red clay. The chalk contained 
numerous foraminifera, and the clay contained spicules of 
sponges. 
The Rev. Hy. Brass, M.A., read a paper on 
Tun GroLocy OF THE ISLE OF PORTLAND. 
The paper was illustrated by a large collection of fossils and 
fragments of rock. 
Mr. W. H. Tyndall read his 
Revorrt oF THE MurnoroLocy oF REDHILL for 1895. 
THE BAROMETER. 
In the month of January the pressure was low, only three 
times reaching to 30 inches, and those times the last three days 
of the month. On the 14th the pressure fell to 28°99 inches, 
and this was the lowest recorded in the year. The average of 
the month was 29°70 inches, being the lowest monthly average 
in the year. 
In September the pressure was never under 30 inches, the 
minimum being 30°01 inches, and the average of the month 
30°22. The maximum during the year was 30°57 inches, on 
the 2nd of May. In the twelve months the pressure was 30 
inches and above, 176 times ; 188 times, 29 inches and upwards; 
and once under 29 inches. 
TEMPERATURE. 
The year ushered in cold. On 23 nights in January the 
temperature fell below freezing and on ten days it did not rise 
above the freezing-point. The average of the month was 3219, 
being 3°75 below the average of 16 years. February was re- 
_markable for its extreme severity. On 23 days the temperature 
fell below freezing, and on the other five days of the month the 
maximum reached only just above the freezing-point. The 
coldest night was the 6th, when the glass fell to 4°°5 (or 27°5 
below the freezing-point). The next night it was half a degree 
