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Bishop of Norwich) having read from the chair the above Statement 

 on the part of the Council, some of the Fellows who had been Mem- 

 bers of the Councils of the Royal and Geological Societies stated 

 their opinion of the inconvenience and injurious tendency of the 

 aw^arding of medals in those Societies, and their inutility for the 

 promotion of science ; after which the Resolution proposed by the 

 Council was unanimously approved and adopted. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR DEC. 1846. 

 Cliiswick. — December 1, 2. Foggy. 3. Cloudy : frosty 4. Sharp frost : fine. 

 5. Cloudy : clear and fine : overcast. 6. Clear : cloudy. 7. Fine : cloudy. 



8. Cloudy : fine. 9. Slightly overcast ; drizzly : slight rain. 10. Rain. 11. 

 Frosty: snowing: clear and frosty. 12. Frosty: cloudy: clear and frosty. 

 13. Frosty: cloudy: severe frost at night. 14. Severe frost: clear and frosty 

 throughout. 15. Severe frost : densely overcast : clear and frosty. 16. Sharp 

 frost: clear and cold: frosty. 17. Densely overcast: fine : slight snow. 18. Sharp 

 frost : clear : overcast. 19. Rain : foggy. 20. Rain : cloudy. 21. Rain: clear 

 and frosty at night. 22. Slight frost and fog : fine : clear. 23. Rain. 24. Foggy. 

 25. Frosty : clear. 26. Clear and frosty. 27. Frosty : cloudy : clear and frosty. 

 28. Frosty and foggy. 29. Slight frost : overcast. 30. Densely overcast : frost 

 at night. 31. Sharp frost: foggy. 



Mean temperature of the month 31°'26 



Mean temperature of Dec. 1845 40*41 



Average temperature of Dec. for the last twenty years 40 -04 



Average amount of rain in Dec I '58 inch. 



Bostoii. — Dec. 1. Fine: snow on the ground. 2. Cloudy: snow on the ground. 

 3. Fine : snow on the ground. 4. Cloudy : snow on the ground. 5. Fine : snow 

 on the ground : rain p.ji. 6. Fine. 7. Rain. 8. Fine: rain r.M. 9. Cloudy: rain 

 P.M. 10. Fine. 1 1, 12. Snow: snow on the ground. 13 — 16. Cloudy: snowon the 

 ground. 17. Cloudy : snow early a. jr. 18*, 19. Cloudy : snowon the ground. 

 20. Fine : snow on the ground. 21. Cloudy: snow on the ground. 22. Fine: 

 snow nearly all gone : melted snow. 23. Cloudy. 24. Snow : snow on the 

 ground. 25, 2C. Fine : snow on the ground. 27 — 30. Cloudy : snow on the 

 ground. 31. Cloudy : snow on the ground : melted snow. 



Saiidwick Manse, Orkney. — Dec. 1 . Showers : clear. 2. Bright : sleet-showers. 

 3. Hail-showers : sleet-showers. 4. Bright : showers. 5. Showers : sleet- 

 showers. G. Sleet-showers : cloudy. 7. Rain : clear. 8. Drizzle : cloudy. 



9. Drizzle: shower: clear : aurora. 10, 11. Snow-showers: snow-drift. 12, 13. 

 Snow-drift : snoiv-showcrs. 14. Snow-showers. 15. Snow- showers : snow-drift. 

 16. Snow-showers. 17. Snow-showers : snow : clear. 18. Thaw : qm'ck thaw. 

 19. Frost ; showers. 20. Bright : clear : hoar-frost. 21. Rain : showers. 22. 

 Hail-showers: frosty. 23. Hail-showers : clear : aurora. 24. Hail-showers: 

 cloudy. 25. Clear : cloudy. 26. Bright : cloudy. 27. Bright : rain. 28, 

 Bright : drizzle. 29. Drizzle : clear. 30. Fine : clear : halo. 31. Drizzle. 



Applegarlh Manse, Dumfries- shire. — Dec. 1. Thaw. 2 — 4. Hard frost. 5. 

 Wet. C. Frost : clear. 7. Frost. 8. Frost, but dull. 9. Frost, slight. 



10. Thaw: slight snow. 11 — 14. Keen frost. 15. Keen frost: slight snow. 

 16. Keen frost: sleet. 17. Keen frost : slight snow. 18. Frost a.m. : rain p.m. 

 19 — 21. Wet. 22. Frost, keen. 23. Frost, keen : slight snow. 24. Frost, keen : 

 more »now. 25, 26. Frost, keen. 27. Thick fog : frost. 28. Thaw : fog: rain. 

 29. Thaw : thick fog. .30,31. 'niaw:fog. 



Mean temperature of the month 33°'5 



Mean temperature of Dec. 1845 39 '5 



Mean temperature of Dec. for twenty-three years 38 "3 



Mean rain in Dec. for eighteen years Sinches. 



• Not so cold a day in December since 28th December 1829, which was 16°*5. 

 Not so cold a month of December for twenty years at least : December 1829 was 

 very cold— average 33°' 1, 



