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as sheet 2 T, ending with No. 26,240 of the Catalogue. 3. That 

 the whole will be ready for publication before the next meeting of the 

 Association. 



Lacaille. — 4. That the whole of Lacaille's Stars have been re- 

 duced. 5. That the Catalogue is printed, and there remains to be 

 prepared the Preface and Notes, both of which have been delayed by 

 the lamented decease of Prof. Henderson. 6. That this Catalogue 

 will also be ready for publication before the meeting in 1846. 

 7. That the balance of the Government grant of 1,000?. for printing 

 these Catalogues was, at the previous meeting, 934?. 2s., out of which 

 there has been paid to the printer, on account, 300?. ; leaving 

 a balance of 634?. 2s., the whole of which will be required before the 

 next meeting. 8. That the appointment of a committee to continue 

 the printing of these works is necessary. 



W. S. Stratford. 



f On a new Anenometer, by Mr. Goddard ; ' [see a letter from 

 Mr. Goddard, Ath. No. 882.] 



' Meteorological Observations made at Huggate, Wold, Yorkshire,' 

 by the Rev. T. Rankin. Mr. Rankin exhibited tables. The chief 

 results were : — 



The elevation was about 700 feet above the level of the ) 



[ 0*850 

 sea. The greatest monthly range of the barometer was ) 



Greatest daily range 0-290 



The highest barometer, February 24th 29-950 



The lowest, May 15th 28-240 



The highest thermometer, July 25th 74° 



The lowest, February 23rd 20° 



Greatest monthly range of thermometer (May) .... 34° 



Greatest daily range, May 9th 29° 



The deficiency of rain for the year was 10 inches. In the month 

 of December, Millington Springs, in the adjoining parish, and which 

 flow from the top of a bed of clay lying below a chalk rock, above 

 200 feet thick, were as low as in the summer of 1826. 



