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dissolved in benzole, as affording great facility in mounting. This led 
to a conversation on the comparative merits of these two preparations 
and pure thin balsam, in which it was shown there were advantages in 
the last-named over any other form. 
May 8TH. 
ORDINARY MEETING.—MR. F. E. SAWYER ON THE 
CLIMATE OF SUSSEX. 
Although many observations on this subject had been made and 
published, yet no reliable information had been published hitherto 
except Mr. Prince’s work on the “Climate of Uckfield,” and the 
“ Quarterly Reports of the Registrar-General.” The observations he 
had sifted out were from reliable sources. In considering the physical 
geography of the County, the Downs divided it into two districts— 
the Coast, or zzswlar, having an equable climate, an average humidity, 
a small daily variation of temperature, and a smaller rainfall ; and the 
Inland, or continental, with an extreme climate, greater daily ranges, 
and a larger rainfall. 
The highest temperature registered was at Uckfield, an z#land 
station, 98° on July 14th, 1847; and the lowest, 4° below zero, 
January 20th, 1838; giving an extreme range of 102 degrees. On the 
coast the highest was at Brighton, July, 1852, 90°, and the lowest at 
Eastbourne, January, 1867, 10°; giving a range of 80 degrees. Ex- 
treme ranges were considered trying to the constitution. 
Taking the mean temperature of the last five years at Worthing, 
Brighton, Eastbourne, and Hayward’s Heath, it was found that East- 
bourne was slightly higher than Worthing, Worthing than Brighton, 
and the last-named than Hayward’s Heath; but so closely did they 
run that a mean annual temperature was very fallacious ; for, com- 
paring the daily ranges, it was found that Worthing and Brighton 
were about the same, Eastbourne about two degrees higher, Hay- 
ward’s Heath still greater, and Uckfield half as much again as 
Brighton, 
