FRIDAY, September 14th.. Black Burn, Hartley Burn, &c. The committee were also instructed to endeavour to arrange for a special meeting in Teesdale early in July, to occupy two or three days. The following gentlemen were appointed Office-Bearers for the year 1860-1:— PRESIDENT. George Wailes, Esq., M. Entom. Soc., London, France, and The following gentlemen have been elected members of the Club during the past year : At the ANNIVERSARY MEETING, Edward Backhouse, jun., James W. Kirkby, and J. F. Lang, of Sunderland; the Rev. Robert Taylor, of Bedlington; C. H. Green, V. R. Perkins, Dr. Burnup, and T. P. Barkas, of Newcastle; and the Rev. Dr. Jarbo, of North Shields. At the FIRST FIELD MEETING, the Rev. James Dand, Dr. Bates, and Dr. Dodd, of North Shields; T. Oldman, of Tynemouth; A. C. Houen, and R. B. Bowman, of Newcastle; and Ralph Simey, of Sunderland. At the SECOND FIELD MEETING, the Rev. Frederick Gipps, of Corbridge; the Rev. Brereton E. Dwarris, of Bywell; the Rev. H. S. Dudding, of Seaham Harbour; E. C. Boville, Belmont Hall, Durham; Henry Dodd, the Riding, Hexham ; Robert Potts, Heaton Hall; Septimus A. Cail, M. Havelock, David Zenner, W. Waterfall, Newcastle; the Rev. C. A. Mackenzie, F. R. N. Haswell, H. Adamson, Charles Adamson, North Shields; Addison Potter, West Chirton; J. W. Barnes, Durham; H. H. Emmerson, Stocksfield; J. M. Maughan, Humshaugh ; John Ridley, Stagshaw House, Hexham; W. Smith, jun., Haughton Castle; R. A. R. Skipsey, Sunderland; George Lyall, South Shields. At the THIRD FIELD MEETING, J. B. Dale, South Shields; P. A. Dodds, Thomas Stephens, jun., Thomas Carr Leitch, North Shields; George Kewney and Edward Potter, Tynemouth. At the FOURTH FIELD MEETING, David Morrison, Pelton; John Fawcus, Christopher Hunton, and James Crawford, North Shields; James Wilkin, and Dr. Richardson, Newcastle. At the FIFTH FIELD MEETING, William Swanston, Newcastle; Dr. Banning, Gateshead. At the SECOND EVENING MEETING, the Rev. The Vicar of Newcastle, Thomas Hodgkin, John Stanger, John Brown, and William Mason, Newcastle; Rev. Thompson, North Shields; Dr. Parker, Sunderland; John Ridley, jun., Burswell House, Hexham. At the THIRD EVENING MEETING, Edward Lowrey, J. C. Eno, and J. W. Swan, Newcastle; John Dixon and W. Simpson, Sunderland. 2 E VOL. IV. PT. III. THE TREASURER IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TYNESIDE NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB. 1859. Dr. Cr. By M. & M. W. Lambert, Printing "Transactions" £31 8 6 Feb. 1.-To 262 Subscriptions, at 5s.......... 65 10 0 To Sale of "Transactions" and Balance in hand, February 1, 1860 ... 22 17 0 ...... XIX.-Notes on the Rain Fall for 1859. BY HENRY T. MENNELL. In presenting to the Club the accompanying digest of the rainfall for 1859, it is again my pleasing duty to acknowledge the kindness of those gentlemen who have obligingly furnished the Club with the results of their meteorological observations. They are as follow: ALLENHEADS......... BYWELL WYLAM DURHAM................ WASHINGTON NORTH SHIELDS NEWCASTLE........... .............................Mr. Thos. J. Bewick, Allenheads, Lead Mines. ...... Ditto. ..G. C. Atkinson, Esq., Wylam Hall. { .Mr. A. Marsh, Durham Observatory. Mr. J. Watson, F.R.A.S., Washington Chemical .........Mr. Robert Spence. ...Capt. C. O'Grady, R.E. STAMFORDHAM ....................................................... ...Rev. J. F. Bigge, Stamfordham Rectory. BISHOPWEARMOUTH...............Dr. Ogden. WHORLTON, Teesdale..............T. Dodgson, Esq., Stubb House, near Whorlton. DARLINGTON...............................................................Edward Pease, Esq., Southend. The almanacks mentioned last year have again been kindly attended to by the following gentlemen :-- |