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the 9th it remained low, with air-frosts from the 20th to the 25th. The 
minimum on the 23rd was the lowest recorded since November : 21.5 Q 
being registered at Coston Rectory, 23.6° at Hodsock, 25.0° at Lough¬ 
borough, and 26.7° at Strelley, where the thermometer on the grass 
fell to 18.3°. These low temperatures were very injurious to the fruit 
crops, especially that of the 23rd, following a slight fall of rain. The 
highest temperatures recorded were lower than those of March. 
Maxima were registered as follows:—On the 3rd, Loughborough, 66.2° ; 
Hodsock, 64.9 9 ; Strelley, 64.1 9 ; and on the 2nd, Coston Rectory, 64.8 9 . 
Rainfall was slightly above the average, but less than two inches in the 
aggregate, and was fairly distributed through the month. Sunshine 
was below the average. Lightning was seen at Loughborough on the 
evening of the 2nd. Thunder was heard at Hodsock on the 28th, 
accompanied by a sharp hailstorm. Aurora was seen on the evening 
of the 24th. Northern winds, of moderate force, prevailed from the 
7tli. The cuckoo was heard in various places before the end of the 
month. Wm. Bereidge, F.R.Met.Soc. 
12, Victoria Street, Loughborough. 
MIDLAND UNION OF NATUKAL HISTOBY SOCIETIES. 
The Seventh Annual Meeting will be held at Peterborough on 
Wednesday and Thursday, the 25th and 26th of June instant. 
PROGRAMME FOR WEDNESDAY. 
The Council will meet at 12-45. 
The Annual Meeting will be held in the Fitzwilliam Hall, Peter¬ 
borough (kindly lent for the occasion by Mr. Alderman Nichols), on 
Wednesday, June 25th, at three o’clock, the President of the Union 
(the Very Rev. the Dean of Peterborough) in the chair. The President 
will open the meeting with an address. 
Reception Room. —A Reception Room will be provided at the School 
of Art, in the Minster Close, for Members of the Union and other 
Visitors, and letters may be addressed there. An Arrival Book will 
lie on the table, and it is hoped that all Visitors will enter their names 
and temporary addresses in it, for the information of friends who may 
desire to communicate with them. The same room will also serve as 
a News Room, and will be supplied with newspapers. 
Conversazione.— A Conversazione will be held in the Fitzwilliam 
Hall on Wednesday Evening, June 25tli. There will be an exhibition 
of objects of general scientific interest, Microscopy, the various depart¬ 
ments of Natural History, Art, and Archaeology, especially of Relics 
from the Fenland and of Saxon and Roman Remains from Castor 
(the Durobrivae of Antoninus) and the neighbourhood, Members of 
Societies in the Union and Friends willing to contribute specimens, or 
to exhibit or lend microscopes, will oblige by at once communicating 
with Mr. J. W. Bodger, 18, Cowgate, Peterborough. During the 
evening short Addresses will be delivered by the Rev. Canon Ayles ; 
