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REPORT OP THE 
been enriched by numerous specimens principally from the 
gault and chalk of the South of England, presented by Wm. 
E-eed, Esq., and also by a series of fossils from the red chalk of 
Speeton, presented by Mr. E. Tindall, of Bridlington. The 
latter were of particular importance, as the Society’s collection 
was previously almost destitute of fossils from the red chalk. 
The collection of Minerals presented by Mr. Eoundell was 
accompanied by a few fossils, chiefly from the oolites of the 
South of England. 
The Curator of Entomology reports, that the Entomological 
collections are on the whole in good condition, though requir¬ 
ing more time for their re-arrangement than it has yet been 
found practicable to bestow upon them. No additions of im¬ 
portance have been made during the past year. 
The report of the Curator of Botany states, that the only 
addition to the collections under his charge is the valuable Bri¬ 
tish Herbarium of the late Mr. Samuel Hailstone, a deservedly 
renowned Yorkshire Botanist. In presenting it to the Society,, 
his family expressed a wish that it should be kept separate 
under the name of the Hailstone Herbarium.” It is arranged 
according to the Linngean system; the Society’s Botanical col¬ 
lection, including the combined Herbaria of Middleton and 
Dalton, has been arranged in accordance with the Natural sys¬ 
tem of De Candolle. The Hailstone Herbarium, besides being 
a good general collection, is peculiarly rich in the genera Rosa 
and RuhuSy to which it is well known that Mr. Hailstone paid 
great attention. The Curator proposes, when suitable arrange¬ 
ments can be made for that purpose, to render this Herbarium 
available as far as possible for the use of the members. 
The Curator of Meteorological Instruments has furnished 
a table containing the results of observations made in 1859, from 
which it appears that the rain-fall has again been below an 
average by 2*9 inches. The temperature also has been below a 
mean of 20 years by V of Fahrenheit’s thermometer, but pre¬ 
cisely the same as that of 1858, namely, F. The range 
of the barometer has been extraordinary. In November the 
mercurial column rose as high as 30*718, and fell in the same 
month as low as 28*464, a difference of 2^ inches. The tern- 
