Transactions. “Dl 
Ith January, 1891. 
Mr James Barzour, V.P., in the Chair. 
New Members.—Mr Andrew Noel Agnew, Mr James H. 
Barbour, Dr Hugh Cunningham, Mr Joseph Duff, Mr Kevin 
Emmet O’Duffy, Mr Robert Threshie Reid, M.P. 
Donations.—Seven botannical papers by Mr Arthur Bennett, 
F.L.S., of Croydon, Honorary Member ; The Essex N aturalist, 
October and December, 1890 ; Stirling Natural History and 
Archeological Society’s report for 1889-90. On behalf of Mr David 
Matheson, Superintendent of the Savings Bank Department of 
the Canadian Post Office, Mr Lennox presented a pamphlet by 
the Rev. Dr Duncan, published in 1815, containing the rules and 
Regulations of the Dumfries Parish Bank. 
ComMuniIcaTIONs. 
I. Observations on the Meteorology of Dumfries Jor 1890. 
By the Rev. Wint1am Anpson. 
Barometer.—The highest reading of the barometer was recorded 
on the 23d February, when it rose to 30°724 inches, the highest 
reading for five years, with the exception of 5th December, 1889, 
when it was 30-725 in. The lowest reading was on the 6th 
November, a day of extraordinary rain and storm, when it fell 
to 28-600 in., the lowest reading since 3d N ovember, 1887, when 
28537 in. were registered. Between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. of the 
6th there was a fall of the mercury to the extent of fully an 
inch, from 29-637 in. to 28-600 in., and the rainfall was the 
heaviest recorded for the five years that observations have been 
taken at this station. The annual barometrica] range was 2-124 
in., and the mean pressure (reduced to 32 deg. and sea level) was 
29-899 in., which is slightly under average. There were four 
months in which the mean pressure exceeded 30 inches—viz., 
February, September, October, and December, and these were 
exceptionally dry and quiet months, during which anti-cyclonic 
conditions for the most part prevailed, with their usual accom- 
paniments of light winds and rainfall under average. The 
months in which the fluctuations of the barometer were greatest, 
with stormy and unsettled weather, were January, March, and 
November, 
