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Barometer.— The atmospheric pressure, co-incident with the 
extreme rain-fall, and the great prevalence of Southerly winds, 
has been less than that of any one of the preceding ten years, 
T6 inch below a mean. Once in November and four times in 
December the mercurial column fell below 29 inches. The 
lowest point in the year was 28*2 inches on January 24th. 
The highest point in the year was 30*49 in April, giving a 
range of 2’29 inches. 
In June, 1872, Eobert H. Scott, Esq., M. A., F. E. S., director 
of the Meteorological Office, Victoria-street, London (at the 
suggestion of Professor Phillips), entered into correspondence 
with the Curator of Meteorological Instruments. This resulted 
in a connexion with that Office. Mr. Scott came to York, 
examined our various arrangements for meteorological observa¬ 
tion, and, in order to secure standard accuracy, sent, free of 
expense, a supply of instruments. Barometer, Thermometers, 
Eain Gauge, &c., the errors of which were known and recorded. 
The only stipulation on the part of the Yorkshire Philosophical 
Society was to send free of cost, a telegram every morning, 
Sunday excepted, at 8 a. m. to the office in London, receiving 
in return each clay a chart of various Meteorological Phenomena 
in Great Britian, Ireland, &c., of the preceding 24 hours. Mr. 
Wakefield, by the direction of the Council, has performed the 
serffice to the satisfaction of the office in London, and with 
advantage to the Yorkshire Philosophical Society. 
Thunder and Lightning were of frequent occurrence in June 
and July. 
On the 13th of July a storm wns accompanied with a down¬ 
fall of 1*55 inches of Eain, and one on June 19tli by 1*37 
inches. There were displays of Aurora in February, April and 
August. 
Observatory. —During favourable vnather, Transits were 
taken with sufficient frecjuency to keep accurate time. The 
almost continuous covering of clouds in the last three months of 
the year, prevented frequent observation, but the known rate of 
the Sidereal Time Clock sufficed, in the absence of Sim and 
Stars, to keep the mean Time denoted with tolerable accuracy. 
