METHODISTS. 



fall no* accurate observations were begun in 

 1867. U 34-4 inch**. and i fnirly well spread 

 over each month. A fall of 2*5 inches in a day 

 ooeuried onlr i 



In tho " Annals" of the French Meteorologi- 

 cal Offioa for 1890 M. Angot discusses the obser- 

 i tnkon niiniiltaneouslT during that yearat 

 the Onlral Meteorological Office and on tho 

 KiftVl Tower for the study of the variation with 

 height of the several netaorologiod elements. 

 The reduced barometric pressure was lower 

 every month on tho tower than <>n tho ground, 

 the probable cause being the great diff -n -n in 

 the Telocity of the wind at the t\v,. stations. 

 The observations made at the throe station- ,.i. 

 the tower allow the variations of temperature 

 with altitude to be studied with great detail, and 

 it was found that the rate of diminution was far 

 from being proportional to the height above t he 

 kT-'und. In all months, at the middle <>f the 



nighttime. the temperature increased with alti- 

 tude, the maximum difference occurring at a 

 . .. ,u t 500 feet ; it then decreased, 

 at first slowly, and afterward more rapidly. At 

 about 1.000 feet the mean rate of decrease 

 nted to 1-4* C. per 100 metres (328 feet). 

 Punng the middle of the daytime the decrease 

 of tem|MTature with height above 500 feet is 

 nearly uniform in all months, being about 1*6 

 each 100 metres. Between 500 feet and 

 the ground, however, the decrease showed a 

 marked annual variation. During the cold 

 season the difference was less than that observed 

 at the higher level, while in the hot season it was 

 much greater. The diurnal variation of vapor 

 tension at the summit of the tower exhibited 

 entirely different characteristics from those near 

 the ground. Generally speaking, there was only 

 one maximum near noon, and one minimum 

 between the evening and midnight. During all 

 months the vapor tension was less at the top of 

 the tower than near the ground. The diurnal 

 variation of the wind exhibited a marked mini- 

 mum at the top of the tower during the day- 

 time and a maximum at night, being the re- 

 Terse of what is observed at ground stations. 



MET II n I) I sTS. The summarized statistics 

 for 1895 of the several branches of the Methodist 

 Church in the United States are as follow: 



I. MethodUt Episcopal Church. The sta- 

 tttcaof thi* Church, published in the "Metho- 

 dist Yearbook for 189ft, give the following to- 



tals: Number of annual conferee 



Collf, ! . l|l>; ,,f |! 



isters in full connection und on in,-, 

 local preachers, 14,896: of member- in full. 

 645; of probationers (for member-! 



f members and probation 

 Sunday schools. 30.264. with :ti?.HM 

 teachers and 2,580,973 pupils; of elmrcl 



dued at $107,960.:!? 1: of ; 

 valued at $16.649,302; of bap 



SI of children and li'.'.i.'J.'iti of 

 f the mil. re recorde.: 



ive," 1,044 as M supernumerary." ',.',0:.? us 

 annuated," and l.itol > .n trial. The ii 

 of members and probationers during tl 

 was 76.506. The benevolent c,,ninl- 

 the parent Missiona 

 s and sundries). $1.1?} 

 ; i sion,$ 180,781; for the Sunday school. $M,. 

 065; for the Tract Society. > 

 Freedmen's Aid and Southern K<lu<-ati< 

 ciety, $98,104; for education. $1M.. 

 American Bible Society. - 

 an's Foreign Missionary Society, $ 

 the Woman's Home MiV 

 356. Total benevolent contributions, as r 

 from the conferences, $2.105,020. 

 contributions for ministerial supp. 

 bishops and presiding elders). $10.385,9' 

 conference claimants, $278,158; f: 

 and improvements, $4,379,307; for : : 

 edness on church pro|>erty, $1. 

 as the present indebtedness, 

 current expenses, $3,680,698. 



The Tract Society returned ii 

 year, including the balance from 

 year, as having been $20,554, and 

 tures as $19,022. The society ft; 

 various missions of the Church with fir 

 printing religious literature, suppl: 

 the Annual Conferences for use in t ) 

 sions, and distributes them to imn. 

 mates of hospitals, prisons, and 

 soldiers and sailors, and to pastor 

 regular work. One million fort v-four tl. 

 two hundred English and 200,000 Ge 

 were printed during the year. 



The year's receipts of th'e Sunday-school ' 

 as returned in its last published report, were $8,- 

 543 ; and its disbursements, $24,400. T 

 her of Sunday schools under its care was 21 

 of which, besides those in t i 

 899 were in Kurope, 2,35H in \ 

 120 in Mexico and South America. 

 among immigrants with 348,365 officers and 

 teachers, and i..*K.."i:{!i pn] 



The receipts of the Hoard of I 

 year ending Nov. 30, 1895, were $>' 

 amount of loans made for the fiscal 

 in July, 1895, was $70,V 

 loaned from the beginning in .1 

 1895, was $603,580; average am 

 beneficiary, $91. -M. 

 and ninety-three students wer- 

 beginning'in 1873 to the close of 

 in 1895; the whole number of stiul 

 during the last school year w.<< 

 ferent nationalities, in 134 



The 57 colleges and universit i- 

 seminaries for young women, 56 classical i 

 naries, 76 foreign mission schools, 4 



