16 
REPORT OF THE 
COMPAEATIYE PEEYALENCE OF WINDS. 
K.X.E. 
N.E. 
E.X.E. 
E. 
E.S.E. 
S.E. 
S.S.E. 
70 
4 
15 
8 
19 
8 
6 
8 
s. 
s.s.w. 
s.w. 
w.s.w. 
w. 
w.x.w. 
N.W. 
x.x.w. 
61 
9 
30 
14 
60 
13 
24 
16 
The following observations made at Langton, Malton, have 
been kindly supplied by the Eev. A. Sbadw^ell, M. A. 
Mean of Barometer corrected, 30'04 inch. Eainfall 2*310 
inches over average of 25 years. Very dry July, exceedingly 
wet August, only surpassed by 1857 with 6*435 inches. Highest 
flood on record on November 18, 14 ft. 7 in. above summer 
level. 
Mean temperatrme 0^*36 below average. 
January, 3°*20, February, 3°*54, July, 2°*42, in excess. 
June, 2°*90, November, 4°*40, December, 12°, in deflciency. 
Highest in shade, July 18, 82°*5. 
Lowest in shade, December 25, 3°. 
It will be in the remembrance of many of the Members of 
the Society that in the year 1867, Mr. Dallas resigned the 
Office of Keeper of the Museum, on his appointment as 
Secretary to the Oeological Society. Since that date the oflB.ce 
has remained vacant. 
For the reasons stated in the report of 1870, the Council did 
not think it advisable to All up the appointment. In that year 
Mr. Baines, who for upwards of 40 years had discharged the 
duties of Sub-Cm*ator of the Museum and Orounds, from old 
age and increasing infirmity, placed his resignation in the 
hands of the Council. The Council allowed him to retme on a 
pension of £100 a year with the use of the Sub-Curator’s 
residence house for life. The Coimcil also at the same time 
granted to James Davison, one of the gardeners, who had been 
in the Society’s employ for a similar period, a pension of £25 a 
year, and vnth these heavy charges on the Society’s income, 
the Council did not feel justifled in electing to the vacant office 
of Keeper of the Museum. The Council, however, retained the 
