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Truro, and at Falmouth. At the latter place, a great deal had 
been done under Mr. Dymond’s superintendence and direction ; 
but it seemed that the difference of the conditions of the obser- 
vations, especially those of the thermometer, at the two places, 
made them hardly comparable at present ; while fuller information 
was required before reliable deductions could be made with regard 
to sea temperature at Falmouth; and it had been thought un- 
desirable to introduce the subject formally, until it could be dealt 
with more thoroughly. Mr. Dymond was assiduously making 
observations on sea temperature; and his observations on land 
temperature were becoming more and more complete. 
Exhibiting a diagram of Rainfall in each month since the 
commencement, in 1838, of observations at Truro, Dr. BARHAM 
remarked that the month of May, 1871, was, with the one ex-. 
ception of 1844, the driest thus recorded ; and that in the months 
of January and February, 1872, taken together, there had been 
more rainfall than in the corresponding two months of any pre- 
viously recorded year. In London and the East of England 
generally the rainfall in January and February, 1872, was but 
little above the average. Mr. Glaisher had stated that he did not 
know any instance of so remarkable a cold period as that ending 
December 12th, 1871, being followed by so remarkable a warm 
one as that ending March 18th, 1872. As possibly bearing on the 
difference of rainfall in the East and West of England, it might 
deserve notice that the cold of December was much less intense 
in these parts than about London. 
The PRESIDENT announced that the Autumn Excursion had 
been appointed for the 19th and 20th of August, and its locality 
the neighbourhood of Newquay. 
On motion by Mr. Aucustus SMITH, seconded by Rev. 
H. 8S. Suieut, thanks were voted to the contributors of Papers 
and other communications, and to the donors to the Museum and 
the Library. Thanks were also voted to the President, on a pro- 
position by Rev. T. PHILLPoTTS, seconded by Mr. G. F. Remrry. 
