72 



NOTES AND NEWS : RAINFALL. 



A fungus foray on a small scale, in the direction of which Mr. George Massee, 

 F.R.M.S., will take the leading part, will be held in the Selby district on 

 Wednesday the 22nd October. It is proposed to investigate the woods on the 

 East Riding side of Selby during the day, and to assemble for tea at that town in 

 the evening. It is expected that several of the leading botanists of Yorkshire will 

 take part, and Y.N. U. railway privileges are being asked for. The arrangements 

 are in the hands of Mr. W. Norwood Cheesman (The Crescent, Selby), to whom 

 persons desirous of being present should apply for information. It is hoped that 

 the botanists present will learn much, and that the gathering may be but a prelude 

 to a more important fungus foray in 1885. 



The first published report of the Malton Naturalists' Society shows it to be in 

 a very flourishing state. The monthly meetings are wel-l attended, and the annual 

 conversazione is much appreciated by the inhabitants of the town. The Society, 

 which was founded in 1880, and is the direct outcome of the stimulus which the 

 Yorkshire Naturalists' Union gave by meeting in the town in that year, possesses 

 an excellent little museum, housed in one of the rooms of the Literary Institute. 

 The Society now numbers about ninety members. Many of them have contributed 

 liberally to the museum, which, thanks chiefly to Mr. W. H. Hudleston, F.R.S., 

 the president, and to Mr. S. Chadwick, is particularly rich in the geological and 

 mineralogical department. The fittings for the museum were provided by means 

 of special subscription. The Society has never looked back since its formation, 

 and its present condition is highly creditable to its working members. 



RAINFALL FOR AUGUST 1884. 







Height of Rain-Gauge 

 above Sea-level. 





which 



Total Fall to Date. 



Heaviest 

 Single Day's 

 Fall. 



STATION & OBSERVER. 



Total Rainfall 

 Month. 



No. of Days on 

 Rain fell. 



<» 

 00 



Average of 

 Past Years. 



<u 



0 

 6 



Years of 

 Average. 



Amount. 



1! 



fi 



Derringham, Hull.--! 



Wm. LawtonJ 





Feet. 

 10 



Inches 

 1-62 



Days 



7 



Inches. 

 12-68 



Inches. 

 14-13 



No. 

 34 



Years. 

 1850-83 



Inches 

 0-99 



31st. 



GoOLE. — John Harrison. 





25 



I'I2 



4 



13-20 





9 



1875-83 



0-76 



31st. 



Scarborough.— 



Allan Rowntree 

 Baldersby, Thirsk. — 

 W. Gregson 





130 

 100 



1-54 

 1-44 



6 

 10 



13*94 

 19-38 



16-85 



18 



1866-83 



0-62 

 0-34 



nth. 

 29th. 



Masham. — Thos. Carter. . 



269 



I '62 



10 



21-08 









0-39 



27th. 



Shadwell, Leeds. — ) 

 Geo. Paul | 



500 



I '04 



9 



13-84 







f 1853-62 \ 

 \ 1865-84 1 



0-38 



27th. 



Leeds. — The Museum . 





183 



0-94 



II 



16-66 



15-60 



30 



0-36 



31st. 



Horsforth. — James Fo 



X 



350 



I "12 



8 



1 7 '93 



20-31 



15 



1870-84 



0*40 



31st. 



Barnsley. — Dr. Sadler. 





350 



1-83 





14-80 





2 



1882-83 



0-64 



31st. 



Wentworth Castle. 



Wm. Fisher 

 Ingbirchworth. — 



Mr. Taylor 

 Dalton, Huddersfld. 



J.W. Robson 

 Thorpe, Halifax. — 

 F. G. S. Rawson 



i 

 . 



520 



853 

 350 

 365 



1-84 

 1-36 



1*33 

 I •64 



10 

 12 

 8 

 10 



_ 



23-61 

 17-26 

 23-80 



20-41 



2 

 2 

 18 

 2 



1882-83 

 1882-83 

 1866-83 

 1882-83 



0-71 

 0-48 



0'4i 

 0-49 



31st. 

 27th. 

 31st. 

 27th. 



Naturalist, 



