10 REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR igo8. 
Botany.— No additions have been made to the Herbarium, 
but the specimens are in good condition. 
Entomology. —No additions of importance have been made 
to the Society’s collections during the past year. The cabinets 
have been duly inspected, and the specimens have been main¬ 
tained in good condition. 
Geology. —During the year Mrs. John Francis Walker has 
presented to the Museum an extensive and valuable selection of 
fossils collected by our late Vice-President. They till six cases 
and comprise several hundred well preserved specimens, most 
of which are already labelled. While they cover most of the 
English strata, they are especially fine in Trigonia, Ammonites 
and Echinoids, obtained from Yorkshire exposures. They 
are being listed and arranged. 
Library. —The Society is indebted to the Rev. Dr. T. G. 
Bonney, F.R.S., for a series of the “ Philosophical Transac¬ 
tions.” This is an especially useful donation, as it brings our 
set of these publications, which had previously stopped at 
1866, up to date. In other respects the growth of the Library 
has been normal, but every year makes the space question a 
more acute one. 
Meteorology. —Statistics of Station : —Longitude, 1 5' W.; 
Latitude, 53° 57' N.; height above mean sea level, 56 feet. 
Temperature ranged in 1908 between I3°F. and 84 F., the 
average mean temperature for the year being 48*8° as com¬ 
pared with 47*2° for 1907. The lowest temperature was 
recorded on December 30th, when the absolute minimum 
thermometer read I3°F., whilst the highest reading was taken 
on July 2nd, when the reading was 84°F., an advance on 1907 
of 8°F. 
The outstanding features of the weather were the abnormally 
high temperature prevailing from September 29th to October 
4th ; the reading for October 1st being 78 C F., and the sudden 
intense cold which marked the end of the year. 
A Mean Pressure of 29*984 inches at normal temperature and 
mean sea level has been recorded as against 29*923 inches for 
1907. March being lowest with 29*811 inches, December next 
