Ordinary Meeting, February 6th, 1866. 
J. P. Joule, LL.D., F.R.S., &c., Vice-President, in the 
Chair. 
The Chairman adverted to the loss the Society had expe- 
rienced by the unexpected death of Mr. Parry, who from 
the period of his election in 1833 had constantly promoted 
the success of the meetings by his intelligence and kindly 
intercourse with the members. 
Mr. Baxendell said that it might interest some of the 
members of the Society, especially those who had commercial 
relations with India, to hear that the system of forecasting 
the weather, and particularly the occurrence of cyclone 
storms, had been introduced into that country by Mr. Pogson, 
the government astronomer at the Royal Observatory, 
Madras. The first trial was made on the 25th November 
last, when the indications of a distant but approaching 
cyclone induced Mr. Pogson to send a notice to the Governor, 
Sir William Dennison, who promptly despatched a number 
of mounted -sepoys to convey the information to various 
officials and direct them to prepare for the coming storm. 
Next day, uprooted trees on shore and disabled ships in the 
roadstead showed that the indications had been rightly inter- 
preted. On the 4th December the weather had again a very 
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