BY THE KEV. K. F. WHEELER, M.A. 283 



who have taken no active interest in the science of Meteorology, 

 they contribute their full share towards this much to be desired 

 end. The Tyneside Club now numbers, as the editor believes, 

 a much larger number of effective meteorological observers than 

 any other body in the kingdom which does not profess to make 

 Meteorology its sole work. 



It is now ten years and more since our old and valued friends, 

 Mr. Sopwith and Mr. Glaisher, in two admirable addresses, 

 urged upon the members of the Club the practical utility of this 

 study, especially to farmers and to those who "go down to the 

 sea in ships, that do business in great waters." There needs 

 no argument to prove that the seed then sown has indeed borne 

 fruit. 



The editor cannot draw this report to a close without express- 

 ing his hope that each succeeding year's report may become 

 more valuable and more interesting than its predecessor. Still 

 less can he do so without expressing his thanks for the hearty 

 assistance rendered to him by the numerous friends and members 

 of the Club, who take the very great trouble to record the obser- 

 vations which are summarised in the yearly Meteorological Re- 

 port. It would be invidious to name any particular helpers ; but 

 amongst the returns received are some which would do credit, 

 even to professional observers, for both accuracy and fulness of 

 detail. Others which, though not so full, are so not from any 

 lack of vfill or ability, but simply for want of the necessary time 

 to render them more complete, and, in some instances, the lack 

 of the necessary instruments. The cost of meteorological in- 

 struments is very high, and quite beyond the means of some who 

 desire and are able to render the Club true and good service in 

 this department of its work. 



Attention has been publicly called by Mr. Allnatt, the well- 

 knovi^n observer, to this subject. There cannot be any doubt 

 that the sums charged for many instruments are altogether be- 

 yond any ordinary profit on the cost of construction, but at 

 the same time it must be remembered that the demand is but 

 small. It is to be hoped that as time rolls onward, and the 



