Rainfall for December. 



121 



OBITUARY.— Jonathan Thohnton. — On the 11th of Januarj^ by the 

 death of Mr. J. Thornton, at the advanced age of 86, the Huddersfield 

 NaturaHsts' Society lost another of its earliest and oldest members. 

 Though he never made any pretension to being a scientific naturalist, he 

 ■was formerly an ardent collector of botanical specimens, and his kind and 

 genial disposition gave him a large circle of intimate friends : and, some 

 years ago, his fellow-members of the Huddersfield Naturalists' Society 

 showed their appreciation of his worth by electing him their president. 





Height 



of 

 gauge 

 above 

 sea 

 level. 



Rain- 

 laU. 



No. 



of 



Total Fali, 

 TO Datjs. 



Date of 

 heaviest 



Amount 

 of 



Heaviest 

 i'cill. 





Days 



1883. 



1882. 



Fall. 



HUDDEKSFIELD (Dalton) ... 



(J. W. Eobson) 



Ft. 



350 



In. 

 1-67 



17 



37-06 



*33-74 



14 



0-24 



Leeds ... (Alfred Denny)... 



183 



1-06 



13 



28-80 



24-99 t 



" 



0-22 



HoESFORTH ... (James Fox) 



350 



1-43 



14 



34-31 



32-93 t 



15 



0-35 



Halifax... (F. G. S. Eawson) 



365 



370 



21 



49-96 



55-25 



11 



0-69 



Baensley ... (Dr. Sadler)... 



350 



0-86 



18 



31-84 



35-71 



11 



0-18 



Ingbiechwoeth (Mr. Taylor) 



853 



1-84 



18 



46-23 



51-02 



11 



0-30 



Wektwoeth Castle (Mr. 



Fisher) 



520 



1-07 



14 



34 91 



37-41 



11 



0-29 



Goole , , . (J. Harrison).. 



25 



1-36 



19 



28-22 



34-44 



16 



0-58 



Hull (Derringham) (Wm. 



Lawton) 



10 



1.24 



22 



23-04 



§ 27-21 



16 



0-24 



ScAEBORO' (A. Eowntree)... 



130 



2-19 



23 



27-99 





15 



0-46 



Thirsk...(TV. Gregson) 



100 



1-22 



... 











■* Average to date for 17 years, 1866-82. 

 t Average of 29 years, 1853-63, & 1865-83. J Average of 14 years, 1870-83. 



II Average of 17 years, 1866-82—29-74. 

 § Total fall of the year, 27-21 inches on 201 days. Maximum fall 10th Sept., 

 1'15 inches. 4*35 October fall should have been 3 -1^5, and 1"11 greatest on the 1st, 

 should have been -73 on the 14th. 



Barnsley Naturalists' Society. — Meeting Nov. 4:th, the president, 

 Mr. T. Lister, in the chair. — He gave a paper on " The Birds of Canada 

 which occur in Britain," with reference to the British Association 

 Meeting at Montreal in 1884. 



Meeting,- Nov. 18th, Mr. F. Batley in the chair. — The secretary laid 

 on the table books, reports, &c., received from the Scientific and 

 Naturalists' Societies connected with the British Association. A very able 



