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REPORT OF THE 
of November it fell to the unusually low point of 28*581, 
accompanied with a fall of nearly three quarters of an inch of 
rain.* A thunder storm of unusual violence hurst over the 
city on Thursday, the 8tli of August, between 6 and 8 p. m. 
The Diocesan School, and the Homan Catholic Chapel in 
Walmgate, were struck by the electric fluid. The diminution 
of the usual amount of rain was equally distributed over the 
first and the last six months of the year, the defect in the first 
six being 3.65 inches, and in the last six 3*13 inches. Of the 
two months in the year in which the drought would have been 
most apparent, one, July, had an excess of *38 of an inch, and 
the other, August, a defect of *38 of an inch. 
The Library has received valuable donations from various 
learned Societies and private individuals, and some original 
works have been presented by their Authors: among which 
the Council notice with pleasure the donation from M. Boucher 
de Perthes, of Abbeville, of a Work on Geology and Antiquities, 
in 4 vols. and avol. of the Memoires de la Societe d 5 Emula¬ 
tion of Abbeville. 
The reading of papers at the Monthly Meetings of the Society 
was interrupted by accidental causes, during the spring of last 
year, but was resumed in the autumn, and the Council trust 
that this source of much valuable information to the Members 
of the Society will be continued. 
Several parties have been admitted as Associates of the 
Society during the year 1850, under the Pule passed at the last 
Annual Meeting, and the Council trust that the increased 
facilities of enjoying the advantages afforded by the Society 
have proved beneficial. 
The Swimming Baths have this year failed to be a source of 
profit, because, owing to circumstances connected with the 
establishment of the New Water Company, the usual supply of 
water was suspended during a great part of the bathing season. 
To explain this occurrence it is necessary to notice arrangements 
entered into long ago, and more particularly an Agreement 
* On the 12th of March the mercury rose to 30'626 inches, so that the range 
of the year was 2'04 inches. 
