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months of August, September, and October, were lower than 
for 1899. 
A Mean Pressure of 29*885 inches has been recorded as 
against 29*949 inches for 1899, February and November being 
lowest with 29*546 and 29*877 inches respectively, and Sept¬ 
ember highest with 30*081 inches. The extreme range of 
pressure is 2*236 inches as against 2*385 inches for 1899. 
Rain or Snow (0*005 inches or over) fell on 193 days or 19 
above the average. The total fall of 25*76 inches being 3*36 
inches more than 1898. The highest fall was on October 26th, 
when 1*31 inches fell. The second half of the year, except 
September, was marked by a heavier rainfall and a higher 
temperature than usual. May, last year the wettest month, 
was this year the driest, and although August held its place 
as the wettest month of all, it was closely followed by February, 
October, January, indeed on the comparison of a 30 day month 
February would be the rainiest month. The cumulative totals 
since 1841 are now:—August 163*00 inches, October 161*24 
inches, July 153*71 inches. 
The Photographic Section. —The average attendance 
and the interest displayed in the meetings of the year are 
very encouraging compared to the two or three previous years. 
The advantages of joining the Photographic Section deserve to 
be more widely known to many members and associates of the 
general Society who practise photography without belonging 
to any Photographic Society. The Section now does not 
depend only upon the work of its own members for furnishing 
objects of interest at its meetings, but enjoys the further 
substantial advantage of being one of the affiliated Photo¬ 
graphic Societies, so that the work in the shape of prints, 
transparencies, and papers, contributed by the numerous other 
Societies that belong to the Affiliated Societies, is generally 
available at the Section’s meetings. The Lantern night in 
the Museum Theatre, given in the spring by a few members 
of the Photographic Section before the Philosophical Society, 
always seems to be popular, and the good audiences give 
proof of the interest prevalent in its work. 
