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REPORT OF THE 
Museum, also, brought back with him a few specimens from 
the Tyrol. A gap in the Rock Collection has been filled up by 
the presentation of a series of Antrim Rhyolites from Miss 
Andrews, of Belfast. The Phonolites, Gfabbros, and Diabases 
are, however, still poorly represented. 
Conchology. —Owing to the long continued illness of the 
Curator, little work has been done in this Department. The 
collections have been enriched by specimens of about thirty 
new species, chiefly land mollusca, from the collection of the 
late Rev. Richard Brook, of Grateforth. 
Library. —A glance at our lists of donations will show that 
the Library continues to receive numerous and valuable 
accessions, apart from books and various publications purchased. 
Unfortunately, the space required for the accommodation of 
these additions is rapidly becoming inadequate. Unless fresh 
cases can be provided, our Library will in a short time become 
a mere store-room in which systematic arrangement is 
impossible. The Librarian ventures to express a hope that 
before long steps may be taken that will enable him to keep 
pace with the rapid expansion of this department. 
Meteorology. —The prominent features of 1896 weather 
were the mild winter months, with an almost entire absence of 
snow, the dry and brilliant Spring and early Summer, and the 
dull and drenching Autumn. To the meteorologist, however, 
the most noteworthy event was the unprecedented height of 
the barometer on January 9th, when, for the first time in our 
records, it rose above 31 inches. 
Temperature , as given by the mean of the maxima and 
minima, was more than a degree above the average, working 
out to 48 , 9°. Compared with the records taken at 9 and 9, this 
is higher, which is the average divergence found in previous 
years. The table of differences shows a considerable monthly 
excess in August. There was a recovery in September, but 
October was more than four degrees below the average, 
although there was no frost until the 20th, and then nothing 
to compare with the severe visitation of the previous year. No 
