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REPORT OF THE 
following Chalk Bivalves in the publications of the Palseonto- 
graphical Society— Pecten elongatus, Pecten asper, and Pecten 
beaveri. 
Library. —The additions made to the Library during the 
past year have been numerous and useful. We hail with 
special delight the gift of “The Summary of Progress of the 
Geological Survey of 1901,” presented to us by the Board of 
Education. Hitherto, the permanent officials of Governmental 
departments have been at no pains to make the results of our 
surveyors’ and explorers’ work accessible to the public. The 
Museums’ Association (founded in York in 1889) has made 
repeated protests on this subject, and remonstrances from 
isolated Societies and from private individuals have not been 
lacking. At last an effort has been made to let the public 
benefit by the labours of public officials, and we have good 
hopes that the donation of the useful little volume referred to 
may indicate the beginning of a new era. 
Meteorology. — Statistics of Station : Longitude 1 5' W.; 
Latitude 53 0 57' N.; height above mean sea level, 56 feet. 
Temperature in 1902 had a range smaller by 4 0 than that of 
the previous year, the mean annual temperature being lower 
by i*4° F., 47*3, as against 487. The lowest temperature was 
recorded on February 12th and 13th, when the absolute 
minimum thermometer read 18 0 'o F., whilst the highest 
reading occurred on June 28th, when a reading of S3 0 F. was 
taken. In order to account for the late season it may be 
pointed out that April and May were both colder than the 
average of these months. The mean temperature month by 
month, until October, is 4 0 and 5 0 lower, a fall which coincides 
with the general fall of surface temperatures observed in the 
Atlantic Ocean. Ample compensation, however, was made in 
the later months by a succession of S., S.W. and W. winds, 
and the mean of October, November, and December, shows an 
equivalent rise. 
A Mean Pressure of 29747 inches has been recorded as 
against 29735 for 1901, March and November being lowest 
with 29770 inches and 29*886 inches respectively; January 
and September being highest with 30*075 inches, and 30*060 
