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along the lower cloud edge at 20” altitude, rosy at 40" shading 
upwards into purple. This from 60" to the zenith, beyond 
which, it was then almost black, assumed the magnificent 
imperial purple ” hue, which was so conspicuous after the 
Krakatao eruption in 1883, hut which has not been observed 
here since 1884. This lasted until 6-5 whilst the lower cloud 
edge was still lit up at 6-40, an indication of its vast altitude. 
Henry Richardson, Esq., has again kindly supplied additional 
returns from Cherry Hill, York, and Cherry Bank, Ilkley, and 
Richard Thompson, Esq., has done the same for Oswaldkirk. 
At the latter place the sunshine was more than at York by 86 
hours, a difference chiefly due to the winter months. This is 
specially noteworthy in December when fog and haze weakened 
the solar rays so much at York, that only one hour was 
recorded against 18| on the slope at Oswaldkirk. But York 
only shared the fate of most larger places. In Westminster 
no sun was recorded for more than a month. 
Photographic Section. —This Section now numbers forty- 
one Members. Meetings have been held monthly during the 
year, at which the attendance has been satisfactory ; papers on 
technical subjects, as well as on the principles of art as applied 
to photography, have been read by the Members. Exhibitions 
of lantern-slides have formed a feature of special interest, and 
Members have had an opportunity of seeing and criticising 
the work of some of the best manipulators in this branch of 
the Art-science. 
There have also been on view, on several occasions, the 
“ Amateur Photographer ” Prize Competition prints, thus 
enabling Members to examine the work of many photographers 
distributed widely throughout the United Kingdom, and so 
form a fairly correct estimate of the progress of photography. 
A photographic survey of this City and of the immediate 
neighbourhood has been commenced during the year, and a 
considerable number of views of historical buildings, street and 
village scenes, have been contributed by those Members taking- 
part in this work, thus forming a nucleus which iu its growth 
will become more valuable by lapse of time, and remain a 
permanent record of the changes taking place in the district. 
