REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR I915. 
XI 
eight years, and entered on his duties here with enthusiasm, 
making a commencement on that huge undertaking—the 
preparation of an index to our annual reports from their 
commencement in 1823. But on October 29th, he left to 
enlist, and it was decided to leave the selection of a temporary 
assistant to a later date. 
Serial works subscribed for during 1915 :— 
Archaeological Association, Journal of the British. 
Archaeological Journal, Yorkshire. 
Birds, Thorburn’s British. 
Charters, Farrer’s Early Yorkshire. 
Connoisseur. 
Geological Magazine. 
Mammals, History of British. 
Mollusca of the British Isles, Monograph of the Land 
and Freshwater, by John W. Taylor. 
Museums Journal. 
N ature. 
Natural History, Annals and Magazine of. 
Nautical Almanack. 
Numismatic Chronicle. 
Palseontographical Society, Publications of the. 
Palseontologique Suisse, Memoires de la Societe. 
Parish Register Society, Yorkshire. 
Ray Society, Publications of the. 
Surtees Society, Publications of the. 
Thoresby Society, Publications of the. 
Wild Life. 
Meteorology.— Statistics of Station. —Longitude, 1 5' W. ; 
Latitude, 53 5 f N. ; height above mean sea level, 56 feet. 
The year 1915 was, in respect of its weather, an irregular 
year, for April and July might well have been interchanged. 
The unreliability of averages could hardly be better illustrated 
than by those of the year. There is also to be recorded a 
shifting of the c.q. of the rainfall system from the western to 
the eastern sides of these islands. 
Temperature ranged in 1915 between 24 F., which was 
recorded on March 30th, and November 15th, 29th, and 84° F., 
which was the reading for June 8th, the range of temperature 
—6o° F.—being 8° F. less than for 1914. 
