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62-0° at Coston Rectory ; and 6P9° at Strelley ; on tlie 16th upwards of 
109° was recorded in the rays of the sun at Loughborough and Hodsock. 
The lowest minimum temperatures were 304° at Strelley on the 
lltli; 29’8° at Loughborough, and 29 , 5 9 at Coston Rectory on the otli; 
and 29 - 6 9 at Hodsock on the 9th. On the grass 24-2 9 was recorded at 
Strelley on the 13tli, and 25 ’6° at Hodsock on the 9tli. Rainfall was 
decidedly below the average, and less than the amounts registered in 
October since 1879. At Strelley the total fall was only 0'88 of an inch ; 
at Hodsock, 1-00 inch ; at Loughborough, 1T1 inches ; and at Coston 
Rectory, 1-21 inches. These amounts were distributed over from 
sixteen to eleven days. Some snow (with rain) fell at Loughborough 
on the 10th. Westerly gales were experienced towards the end of the 
month. Sunshine was below the average. A lunar halo was seen at 
Loughborough on the evening of the 29th. 
Wm. Berridge, F.R. Met. Soc. 
12, Victoria Street, Loughborough. 
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. 
A meeting of the General Committee of the British Associa¬ 
tion, adjourned from Montreal, was held in the Lecture Theatre 
of the Royal Institution, Albemarle Street, on Tuesday, 11th 
November last, at three o’clock in the afternoon, Lord Rayleigh, 
the President, in the chair, to determine (inter alia ) upon the place of 
meeting for 1886. There was a large attendance. Invitations were 
submitted from Birmingham, Manchester, Bournemouth, and Mel¬ 
bourne. The deputation from Birmingham consisted of the Mayor 
and Town Clerk (representing the Town Council), Professor Haycraft, 
Professor Lapworth, and Professor Tilden (the Mason College), Mr. 
Councillor R. F. Martineau, and Mr. C. J. Woodward (the Midland 
Institute), the Rev. Dr. Crosskey, Mr. William Mathews, and Mr. 
Councillor Lawson Tait (the Philosophical Society), Mr. W. R. Hughes, 
Mr. George Maw, Dr. Norris, and Mr. Charles Pumphrey (the Natural 
History and Microscopical Society). The proposition that the Meeting 
of 1886 should be held at Birmingham was moved by Sir Frederick 
Bramwell, seconded by Mr. William Pengelly, and supported by 
Colonel Ratcliff. The Mayor, Professor Tilden, and Mr. Councillor R. F. 
Martineau having previously spoken in its favour (Manchester, which 
was represented by Sir Henry Roscoe and Professor Boyd Dawkins 
having gracefully withdrawn its claim and the other towns not having 
