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REPORT OF THE 
present valuable publications, but no additions have been 
made requiring special notice. The want of space is becom¬ 
ing acute, and it is almost impossible to find room for fresh 
accessions. 
Mineralogy. —Few specimens have been added during the 
past year, but the fine collection is in excellent condition. 
Meteorology. —Statistics of Station : —Longitude, i° 5' W. ; 
Latitude. 53 0 57' N. ; height above mean sea level, 56 feet. 
Temperature in 1907 ranged between 19 F. and 76 C F., 
the average mean temperature for the year being 47*2° as 
compared with 48*2° in 1906. The lowest temperature was 
recorded on January 25th, when the absolute minimum 
thermometer read 19 F., whilst the highest reading was taken 
on two occasions, May 12th and July 16th, a coincidence 
which explains the falling off in temperature of our summer. 
The highest reading, 76F., is i6 r F. behind the high record of 
the previous year. The general public believe the summer to 
have been cold and wet, and the season generally unfavourable 
to health. The absence of sunlight in months usually the 
hottest not only helped to establish this belief, but gave rise 
to gloomy predictions regarding the general health of the 
people, which have been only too well verified. 
A Mean Pressure of 29^23 inches at normal temperature and 
mean sea level has been recorded as against 29.934 inches for 
1906, October being lowest with 29T32 inches, December next 
with 29720 inches, January being highest with 30'26 i inches, 
followed by September with 30‘i28 inches. 
The extreme range of pressure was 2'47o inches as compared 
with 2'i47 inches in 1906, and 2'ii7 inches in 1905; the 
highest reading being taken on January 23rd at 9 a.m., and 
the lowest on December 13th at 9 p.m. 
Rain or Snow (o'oo5 inches or more) fell on 211 days, 12 
more than in 1906, and 40 more than in 1905, the fall for the 
whole year being however only 25'6o inches, i.e., I'l inches 
above the average 247 for the last 65 years. The combination 
of cold and wet days in the summer gave rise to the feeling of 
continuous winter. 
