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course, were siicli a bill enacted we should quickly find that its 

 jurisdiction would extend thus far. 



Our last year's journal, from circumstances, I need not repeat, 

 has only just been got ready for our subscribers. Since Dr. 

 Barham's contribution to it entitled "Eemarks on Surface 

 Temperature and the Effect of Shelter" has been, in the main, 

 written since ova' last year's meeting, I would call the attention 

 of our readers to it as a very instructive practical document. 



I may add that last year I alluded to some meteorological 

 remarks of Mr. W. W. Eundell, and that those who are interested 

 in such questions may find his views illustrated in a paper of his, 

 in the quarterly journal of the Meteorological Society, "On the 

 Diurnal Inequalities of the Barometer and Thermometer," 

 founded on observations made at the summit and base of Mount 

 Washington. N.H." 



I adverted at the same time to a paper under a similar title in 

 reference to the climate of Bombay, by H. Chambers. There is 

 in the last part of the Philosophical Transactions, a paper by 

 Mr. Blanford on the " Winds of Northern India in relation to 

 Temperature and Yapour-constituent of the Atmosphere," which 

 singtdarly affirms the comment I subjoined, as to the value 

 of steady climates in conveying to us elementary meteorological 

 knowledge. 



