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REPORT OF THE 
items contained in the International sheets. The Sunshine 
returns and maximum of the Barometer are additional; the 
latter must be subject to some error in the absence of a 
recording instrument. We have to thank B. Thompson, Esq., 
for a series of returns, including those from Oswaldkirk, on 
the southern slope of the Hambletons, about 25 miles N.E. 
from York. It will be noted that less sunshine is recorded each 
month from May to October, but more in the Winter and 
Spring, a condition of things almost exactly reversed in the 
rainfall. This may be accidental, but it is worth bearing in 
mind for further investigation. 
The Society has lost by death during the past year ten 
Members and two Lady Subscribers ; and nineteen Members, 
nine Lady Subscribers, and three Associates by resignation; 
whilst thirteen new Members, six Lady Subscribers and 
one Associate have joined the Society during the year. 
Amongst those whom the Society has lost by death dming 
the past year are the following Members 
W. H. Budston-Bead, Esquire, M.A., E.L.S., William 
Atkinson, Esquire, and Thomas Ellis, Esquire. 
Mr. Budston-Bead, who at the time of his death was one of 
our honoured Yice-Presidents, appears first to have joined the 
Society in the year 1846. 
Mr. Budston-Bead, in the early years of his life, v/as an 
ardent naturalist, and he had formed with great taste and at 
considerable cost, a valuable collection of British birds. This 
collection, one of the chief ornaments of our Museum, and a 
most important aid to the study of British Ornithology, he 
generously gave to our Society, together with a considerable 
donation towards the expense of the cases required for its 
display. From the commencement of his membership, to 
within a year or two of his death, Mr. Budston-Bead always 
took a lively interest in all that concerned the welfare of the 
Society. 
It was chiefly by his aid and active exertions, in obtaining 
contributions, that the three large rooms which form the 
northern side of our Museum, were built some years ago, and 
