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stories," in Mr. Collenette's case about the weather, grew up 

 round nis name, one of the best tnat I can remember being 

 to the effect that as long as the Almighty kept the control 

 of the weather in His own hands we had something like a 

 decent climate, but since entrusting it to Mr. Collenette, 

 well — what could you expect ! 



Adodphusi Collenette's local work in meteorology can- 

 not be over-estimated. Through his exertions and colla- 

 borating with the late Dr. Samuel Elliott Hoskins, M.D., 

 F.R.S., who on January ist, 1843, founded the first 

 Meteorological Station on the island (in New Street, St. 

 Peter-Port J, Guernsey possesses an invaluable and un- 

 broken series of observations covering 80 years. This 

 record of the meteorological elements of climate in the 

 island was carried! on single-handed by Dr. Hoskins up to 

 the close of the year 1879. I n 1880 Mr. Collenette asso- 

 ciated himself with Dr. Hoskins (1) , and presumably on April 

 ist, 1 88 1, took over the full charge of the Station which 

 was, apparently at this date, moved to Le Hechet, Ruettes 

 Br ayes. 



For the next 22 years (1881-1902) Mr. Collenette car- 

 ried on the Station at his own expense when, it becoming 

 known that for private reasons he could no- longer continue 

 to> do> so, the States of Guernsey, in tardy acknowledgment 

 of the importance of the work, made a grant-in-aid of £50, 

 and the continuance of the records was thus fortunately 

 secured. This grant was voted on December 17th, 1902, 

 was renewed yearly afterwards and increased to £100 in 

 February, 1920. 



In 191 7, Mr. Collenette, feeling the time had come for 

 making the necessary arrangements to secure the continuance 

 of the work when he should be no longer able to carry it on, 

 approached the States with an offer to pass the effects of the 

 Station and records over to that body by sale. This the 

 States, on October 31, 19 17, wisely decided to do, for the 

 sum of £150, and the transfer was effected as from January 

 ist, 1918. This was followed on June 20, 1921, by the trans- 

 port of the Station after a permanency of close on 19 years 

 at the St. Martin's road, to the garden of Lukis House, 

 Grange Road, St. Peter-Port/^ where a building had been 

 converted into an observatory with rooms for the housing of 

 the records and work of the Station. To this end the States 

 on February 11, 1921, had voted the sum of £716 to effect 

 the necessary alterations and additions to the original build- 

 ing in order to adapt it to its new use. At this time, too, an 



(1) Dr. Hoskins died in the autumn of 1888, aged 89 years. 



(2) Mr. Collenette commenced observing at Le Hechet, top of Les Ruettes 

 Brayes, in, apparently, April, 1881. In December, 1892, he removed to Hauteville 

 and from there to the Fort Road on October 1st, 1902, finally moving the Station 

 to Lukis House in June, 1921, as stated above. 



