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_ barometrical depression first appears in Western Australia ; then it 
_ travels along the coast through South Australia and Victoria, and 
then it gets across to New Zealand. In most cases the storm 
centre seemed to travel along the south coast of Australia, and 
when the centre was about at Adelaide the weather here generally 
changed northerly or north-west, and then to the west or north- 
st, and the rain extended sometimes as far as the Lachlan, 
The recent storm did not appear on the south coast, and the first 
ae he Hon. Professor Surru asked whether any unusual solar 
'§ tad been observed during the recent storms. 
e earth’s atmosphere, and not as was sometimes salt, 
Spots themselves are the cause of our atmospheric disturb- 
es WEDNESDAY, 7 DECEMBER, 1881. 
| ©. Russert, B.A., F.R.AS., President, in the Chair. 
ee thirty-five and forty members were present. 
‘Minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 
