REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR JQI 2 . 
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Library.— The Hon. Librarian reports that nothing of great 
importance has been done in this department during the past 
year. An attempt has been made to replace by order the 
chaos into which the recent building operations had thrown 
the Library. The room has been decorated and furnished, 
and it is hoped that these changes may cause a few more 
readers to attend. 
Meteorology.— Statistics of Station :—Longitude i 5' W.; 
Latitude 53° 57' N. ; height above mean sea level, 56 feet. 
The unusual features of the weather of 1912, are an almost 
rainless April, and a summer of persistent rain which tried the 
the temper of every class of the community. Yet gross results 
appear to have been good. 
Temperature ranged in 1912 between 12F. and 83°F., the 
average mean temperature for the year being 48*8 F. The 
lowest temperature was recorded on February 4th, when the 
absolute minimum thermometer registered 12F., whilst the 
highest reading was observed on the 12th of July, the record 
being S^°F. Although the range, 71 , is the same as for 1911, 
the average is 1*3° lower, and the year must be regarded as 
one of low temperature throughout. 
A Mean Pressure of 29*889 inches lias been recorded as against 
29*969 for 1911. March was lowest with 29*618 inches, and 
February next with 29*656 inches, and April next with 30*174 
inches ; September was highest with 30.191 inches. The 
extreme range of pressure was 1*81 inches, as compared with 
2*006 inches in 1911 and 2*070 inches in 1910. The highest 
reading, 30*63 inches, was taken on October 4th, at 9 a.m., 
and the lowest, 28*82 inches, on June 6th, at 9 p.m. 
Rain or Snow (0*005 inch or more) fell on 200 days, 17 days 
more than in 1911, our “ dry ” year, and 25 days fewer than in 
1909 ; the total amount for the year being 33*01 inches, as 
against 25*06 inches for 1911 and 24*64 inches for 1910. This 
increase of 31*7 °/ Q for the year corresponds with the feelings of 
depression and despair with which our farmers regarded the 
so-called summer season. June, July, and August received 
14*38 inches of this excessive fall, as compared with 6*36 in 
1911. These were our wettest months, while April took only 
