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PROCEEDINGS, 
The following papers were read — 
1. “ The Weather of the year 1910 in Hertfordshire. ” By 
John Hopldnson, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.R. Met. Soc., Assoc. Inst. C. E. 
(. Transactions , Yol. XIY, pp. 255-270.) 
The paper was illustrated by diagrams of the temperature and 
rainfall during the year, one of which showed the departure of 
the rainfall from the average for the 70 years 1840-1909. 
As in the last ten reports the average with which the rainfall 
was compared was that for the 60 years 1840-99, as given in 
our ‘ Transactions ’ (Yol. XI, p. 132), and the total for the year 
is slightly reduced and the figures for most of the months are 
altered by combining with that average the average for the 
10 years 1900-9, it may be well to give here, as an appendix 
to the paper, the newly worked-out results. For the 70 years 
the annual average is 26 - 05 ins., and for each month and season 
the average is as follows :— 
March 1'71 
April 1'69 
May 2'01 
Spring 5'41 
June 2'15 
July 2'46 
August 2'47 
Summer 7'08 
Sept. 2'22 
Oct. 2*96 
Nov. 2’47 
Autumn 7'65 
Dec. 2'09 
Jan. 2'16 
Feb. 1*66 
Winter 5'91 
The greatest rainfall in any year was 37'85 inches in 1903; 
the least rainfall in any year was 17*67 inches in 1854. 
2. “ Notes on Birds observed in Hertfordshire during the year 
1910.” By William Bickerton, F.Z.S., M.B.O.TJ. ( Transactions , 
Yol. XIY, pp. 271-286.) 
3. “ Report on Land and Fresh-water Mollusca observed in 
Hertfordshire in 1910.” By Charles Oldham, F.Z.S. ( Trans¬ 
actions , Yol. XIY, pp. 287-290.) 
4. “ Report on Phenological Phenomena observed in Hertford¬ 
shire during the year 1910.” By Edward Mawley, F.R.Met. Soc., 
F.R.H.S., Y.M.H. ( Transactions , Yol. XIY, pp. 291-297.) 
5. “ Notes on the Geology of Western Hertfordshire.” By 
Henry Kidner, F.G-.S. (: Transactions , Yol. XIY, p. 298.) 
6. “ On the occurrence of Cherries Godfreyi and other False- 
scorpions in Hertfordshire.” By Charles Oldham, F.Z.S. 
(.Transactions , Yol. XIY, pp. 299-300.) 
7. “ Botanical Observations in Hertfordshire during the 
year 1910.” By E. J. Salisbury, B.Sc., F.L.S. ( Transactions , 
Yol. XIY, pp. 301-302.) 
8. “ Report on the Conference of .Delegates to the 
British Association at Sheffield in 1910.” By John 
Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., etc. 
The Conference met on the 1st and 6th September, the 
Chairman, Dr. Tempest Anderson, presiding at the first meeting, 
and the Yice-Chairman, Prof. P. F. Kendall, at the second. 
Mr. Henry Kidner, F.G-.S., represented the Hertfordshire 
Natural History Society. 
