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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR igOT. 
The extreme range of pressure is 1*954 inches as against 
2*236 inches in 1900, the highest reading being 30*643 inches 
on November 24th, the lowest, 28*689 on Christmas Day, 
accompanying the disagreeable cyclone. 
Rain ov Snow (0*005 inches or over) fell on 197 days or 23 
above the average, yet the total fall for the year is 5*42 inches 
below that of 1900. The heaviest fall of rain occurred on 
November 12th, when 1*60 inches fell, more by *29 inches 
than on any day of 1900. Up to the end of October, the rain¬ 
fall was abnormally small, but November and December 
together added 6*8 inches, or about 33% of the year’s fall. 
September and July proved to be our driest months, and 
August, for once, gave little rain. December took the first 
place with 3*46 inches. 
The cumulative totals since 1841 are now :—August 164*35 
inches, October 162*89 inches, July 154*69 inches. Observations 
of the winds show that our chief air-currents come from 
W. (151), S. (148), N. (114), N.W. (78), S.W. (70). 
It is impossible to show in the Report the interesting changes 
of barometric pressure, but the records of the barograph, in 
the Hall of the Museum, may be inspected. 
Photographic Section. —This section has continued in a 
state of healthy activity during the past year. The attendance 
of Members at the Monthly Meetings has averaged rather more 
than 10, or more than one third of the number of Members, 
while there has been an average of about 2 Visitors to each 
Meeting. In the Autumn half of last year a greater interest 
has been aroused in the Meetings owing to the establishment 
of occasional competitions, each being confined to a special 
line of work. Also a Special Committee has been appointed 
to get together a Collection of Lantern Slides by Workers in 
the section, and chiefly illustrative of York and neighbourhood, 
to be presented, when complete, to the Affiliated Photographic 
Societies, of which the Section forms a unit. They will then 
circulate among other Photographic Societies, from whom 
criticism is invited. Any Members, Associates, or Lady 
Subscribers, or Members of the Families of the former, may 
join the Photographic Section by paying a Subscription of only 
2/6 per annum, to the Hon. Secretary and Treasurer : 
H. Dennis Taylor, 
Stancliffe, Mount Villas, 
while others interested in Photography but not connected with 
the Y.P.S., may join the Section and attend their Meetings by 
paying an Annual Subscription of 5/- per annum. 
