METEOROLOGICAL NOTES. 
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I can now proceed to give a brief account of the results I have 
obtained from the investigation of the paper money. I have investigated 
the Himgarian bank and State notes, recent and old (from the years 
1848-49), also Russian rouble notes, and have found bacteria upon all 
of them, even upon the cleanest. 
On the surface of all the paper money is always to be found the 
special bacterium of putrefaction, viz., Bacterium Termo, Dujardin. 
In the thin incrustations on the paper money I ascertained the 
occurrence of starch-grains (especially those of wheat), linen and cotton 
fibres and animal hairs, and, in this deposit upon the florin State 
notes, the Blastomycete, Saccliaromyces cerevisiae, in full vegetation. 
Various Micrococci, Leptotriches (many with club-shaped, swollen 
ends), and Bacilli are also the most frequent plants in the deposit on 
the paper money. 
The two new species of algae described by Paul Reinsch are very 
rare on paper money. The green pleurococcus cells have been observed 
in some cases on 1 and 5 florin State notes, and the bluish-green minute 
Cliroococcus on the border of the 5-florin State notes. 
The vegetation of the paper money is, according to my researches, 
composed of the following minute plants :— 
1. Micrococcus (various forms); 2. Bacterium Termo; 3. Bacillus 
(various forms); 4. Leptotlirix (species?); 5. Saccliaromyces cere¬ 
visiae; 6. Chroococcus monetarum; 7. Pleurococcus monetarum. 
From a hygienic point of view, an investigation of the commonest 
household objects, and especially of books, &c., used by students may 
not be superfluous.— A. K., Klausenburg , Hungary , in “ Bulletin of the 
Torrey Botanical Club.” 
METEOROLOGICAL NOTES.— November, 1884. 
Barometric pressure was very unsteady throughout the month, and 
consisted of a series of fluctuations between 29 - 6 inches and 30 - 5 
inches. The mean was, however, above the average. Temperature 
was about the average. The range was greatest at the commencement 
of the month, least in the middle. On the 14th the range did not 
amount to 3 degrees. The highest maxima observed were 59°0 at Coston 
Rectory, on the 2nd; 58°6 at Hodsock, on the 1st; 58°2 at Lough¬ 
borough, on the 2nd; 57°1 at Strelley, on the 1st; and 57°0 at Henley- 
in-Arden, on the 5tli and 7th ; 101°2 was recorded at Hodsock in the 
rays of the sun, and 98°5 at Loughborough, on the 9tli. The lowest 
minima occurred on the 30tli, and were 20°0 at Coston Rectory; 21 C1 0 
at Henley-in-Arden; 21°8 at Hodsock; 22°1 at Loughborough ; and 
23°3 at Strelley. On the same date, the thermometer exposed on the 
grass, registered 17°9 at Loughborough; 18°1 at Strelley ; and 19 Q 5 
at Hodsock. The rainfall was again decidedly below the average, 
especially in the East Midlands, where the amount in no case reached 
1£ inches. At Henley-in-Arden the total value was 2-20 inches. Snow 
fell on the 30th. The prevailing winds were westerly, and generally 
light in force. Sunshine was deficient. Much inconvenience has been 
occasioned in several districts through the scarcity of water. 
Wm. Berridge, F. R. Met. Soc. 
12, Victoria Street, Loughborough. 
