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member of the Council at the time of his death, and on 
previous occasions has rendered services to the Society. Mr. 
Bresher was a member of the University of Cambridge, where 
he graduated in honours in the year 1850, shortly after which 
date he settled in York, and for some years was Yice-Principal 
of the Training College, whence he was promoted by the Dean 
and Chapter of York to the Preferment which he held at the 
time of his death. Mr. Bresher always took a lively interest 
in the welfare of the Society, and died universally respected. 
The Council proposes for election as new members of Coun¬ 
cil, in room of the four who retire by rotation, the following 
members of the Society : The Town Clerk, Mr. Greorge Oldfield, 
Mr. Pichard Pearson, and Mr. Henry Cowling; and the Pev. 
H. Lowther Clarke and Mr. Clark of the Friends’ School, 
Eootham, for one year in the room of the Pev. Mr. Bresher, 
deceased, and the Pev. T. B. B. Ferris, who has left York. 
The two latter will be re-eligible for election next year. 
METEOEOLOGY. 
In its long duration of genial weather, the past year has not 
been equalled since 1871; nevertheless, the total amount of 
bright sunshine has been less than in 1883, as will be seen by 
the percentages given upon the table. 
The distribution of sunshine is clearly of more importance 
than the total, whilst our records fail, of course, to give any 
sign of the enormous volume of the sun’s heat imported by the 
moist south-west winds. 
We may note that the bright sunshine in the Channel 
Islands was half as much again as with us ; in North Ireland, 
one-sixth less. 
Pain fell on 166 days, against 212 days in 1883, the total 
being under 20 inches as compared with over 33 inches. 
Nearly one-sixth of the fall took place upon four days in July; 
apart from this, the aggregate for the last eight months was 
barely eight inches. October, the wettest month, had a 
rainfall of only three-quarters of an inch. 
The Barometer has had a very great range, the extreme, 
