14 
UEPORT OF TKE 
This almost invariable recurrence of storms, with only one 
exception in the course of ten years, all occurring within a 
limit of 8 days, is a fact of some interest. “ Thunder, lightning, 
and rain more or less, the day before or the day after.”* 
The statements of Accounts which follow will fully explain 
the condition of the Society’s financial arrangements, and will, 
the Council trust, prove satisfactory. 
The total annual expenditure has been kept within the 
income by above £62., notvAthstanding the extraordinary 
expenses attending the addition of new bookcases to the 
Library, and the completion of the communications between 
the baths, fountains, and hothouses, and the mains of the new 
waterworks, and although the general account has been 
necessarily charged this year wnth much larger sums than 
usual for painting and general repairs, and a large but long 
called for expenditure on the Observatory has been incurred. 
On this occasion the Council announce, with regret, the 
resignation of Thomas Meynell, Esq., the Treasurer, and one of 
the present Secretaries of the Society, a gentleman from whom, 
for many years past, the Society has received the most valuable 
and efficient assistance in carrying out the various objects that 
from time to time have occupied attention. The Council, 
however, are glad to find that the Society may still hope to 
enjoy the benefit of Mr. Meynell’s knowledge and experience, 
* Reports on tlie amount of rain fallen in the past year have been received as 
follows : 
1851. 
Mean of years. 
Settle. . .. 
36*28 
42*7 
10 
Huggate . 
28*75 
28*37 
7 
Middleton, near Beverley .. 
23*64 
21*77 
4 
Branshy . 
24*91 
, , 
Ackworth. 
20*13 
25*2 
10 
Doncaster. 
17*83 
24*6 
9 
Mr, Marshall of Kendal, who has registered the rain of that district for 30 years, 
states that the amount has diminished considerably; that in the first 15 years of 
that period the annual fall was 57*34; and in the last 15, 50*73. 
The mean rain fallen at York in the 10 years ending Dec. 31st, 1841, was 
21*145 ; and in the last 10, ending Dec. 31st, 1851, 24*244, indicating no tendency 
towards a diminished annual amount. 
