132 ‘METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
amounts recorded. In 1870 it was as low as 30°181 in., while 
in 1877 it reached the large total of 55:235 in., and in 1872 
53°708 in. It is only what might be expected when we find that 
these were the years in which the mean barometrical pressure was 
the lowest, although in point of temperature they were decidedly 
above the average. In these yeurs the number of rainy days 
greatly exceeded the average. The mean over the whole period 
was 172, while in 1872 it was 214, and in 1877 it was 212. In 
1872 the excess was chiefly in the month of January, June, July, 
August, September, and October, indicating a very rainy summer 
and harvest. In 1877, again, there was a similar excess in Janu- 
ary, which was repeated in July and August, and in October and 
November. The warmest years of the period were those of 1868, 
with an annual mean of 48:5 deg., and 1872, with a mean of 
of 48:1 deg.; and the coldest occurred in 1879, with a mean of 
44 deg., and in 1881—mean, 44:3. The observations do not 
record any temperature below zero, and only twice—in 1867 and 
1881—did the protected thermometer fall to that point. From 
the table of monthly means it appears that the warmest month 
was July. it had the highest mean maximum, the highest mean 
minimum, and also the highest monthly mean, viz., 59°5 deg. 
The next highest was August, with a mean of 58-2 deg; and the 
next June, with 56°8 deg. The coldest month was January, with 
amean of 34:6 deg. ; and the next December, mean, 36 deg. The 
extreme range of temperature was from 94 deg. in 1876 to Zero in 
1867 and again in 1881. The mean annual range was 76-2 deg. 
The driest month was April, with a mean of 2°103 in., and 11 days 
on which rain fell; and March and May came next in point of 
dryness, with 12 and 13 days of rainfall. The wettest month was 
September, with a mean of 4252 in.; but January and October 
did not fall much short, with 16 and 17 days of rainfall. 
Il.—Report on the Herbarium. By Mr Georce F. Scorr- 
JDRITOM, IESG, IIS: 
During 1894 and part of 1893 and 1895, it has not been pos- 
sible for me to pay the amount of attention to the increase of the 
Herbarium which I should have wished. During my absence the 
work has been, however, most thoroughly carried on by Miss 
Hannay and her sister, Miss Jane. The total of plants now repre- 
