Temperature of air and solar rays. Atmospheric moisture. Rain-fall. Strength and direction of wind. Clouds. Atmospheric pressure. Electrical condition of lower atmosphere. Ozone. Magnetic dip, variation and intensity. 2nd. The observations made at the Government Hospitals. These are, it is believed, rarely trustworthy, and it would probably be found desirable to restrict the records to the larger stations; and unless special observers are appointed, to limit the observations to those at the known hours of maximum and minimum, restricting the instruments to the thermometer (dry bulb), barometer and rain-gauge. By thus limiting the number and kinds of observations, it would probably be found practicable to give them a value, which for the most part they cannot be considered to have at present. 3rd. The observations recorded at Civil Stations, Prisons, and Police Stations. The majority of these are believed to have but little value, and the observers are rarely of sufficient education or intelligence 'to be entrusted with a register, in which accuracy cannot be ensured without constant intelligent supervision. There may be particular cases in which an educated Officer might take such interest in the subject of Meteorology that he would volunteer the superintendence of the observations. In this case, the offer might be accepted at the discretion of the local Reporter, and the requisite instruments furnished by Government. All such observers should be volunteers; it being unquestionable, that it is impolitic and disadvantageous to impose the duties of registration on those who take no personal interest in the work. At the discretion of the local Reporters, and with the approval of the Superintendent, a certain small allowance for writers should be made to observers of this class. Elsewhere, but little would probably be lost by the abandonment of this class of registers; if retained, they should be made for local record only, and should not be allowed to appear side by side with those of more value, upon which, such an association would only tend to throw discredit. 4th.-On Government ships. These are fairly trustworthy, and, with a little care and attention on the part of the Reporter, may probably be made more so. The barometrical observations so made are especially of value, and those on the direction of the wind; every encouragement should be given to the multiplication of this class of observations on the larger merchant ships and private steamers. A fifth class of observations may be recorded with advantage when obtainable, viz., those made by educated Planters, Engineers, anď others scattered through the country, not in Government service. Though these may be few in number, in certain cases they will be of a value fully equal to those made at the Central Observatories. The Society now receives a series of observations of this character from a gentleman in Ceylon, which, for accuracy, care and fulness, are surpassed by none in the country. Should any registers of this class be obtainable, it would clearly be advisable to afford the observers furnishing them every aid in the loan or repair of instruments, the supply of forms of registers, &c. The scheme thus submitted would involve an immediate maximum annual cost of about Rs. 67,000, including cost of instruments, office, travelling expenses for the Superintendent, &c., which may be divided as follows: The Committee believe that this scheme, without being very costly, would yield results which would amply compensate the expense. They would strongly urge as a general principle that any attempt to obtain Meteorological data on a cheap scale of payments will fail, as previous attempts have failed, and they believe that any expenditure INDEX I. NATURAL SCIENCE. Page Aitchison, J. E. T., on the Vegetation of the Jhelum district,... 290 ... ... Introduced at Society's meeting, ... ... Andamanese, memorandum on three, Authenticity of Liassic Ammonites from Spiti, ... ... 525 ... 31 Blanford, H. F., on a fossil amphibian from Central India,336, ... Note on a Hail-storm, Tank Section at Sealdah, Remarks on species, Spiti Fossils, ... Bombay (South), Meridional Series, G. T. S., Brooke, Col. J. C. on the mines of Khetree, ... ... Burmese Pulmonifera, new species described, Costello, Dr. C. P., on the Geology of Bunnoo and Shaikh Boodeen, ... ... Geckos, notes on Burmese and Andaman species of, ... 196 381 390 530 which is so incurred will prove a loss of money, entailing only On the proposition of the Chairman, it was resolved that, seeing |