REMARKS ON THE ST. MARTIN, ISLE JESUS, METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER Rain fell on 15 days, amounting to 9.913 inches-it was raining 72 hours 45 minutes, accom panied by thunder and lightning on 3 days. Most prevalent Wind, W. N. W., 360.20 miles. Least prevalent Wind, S., 2 miles. Most windy day, the 26th; mean miles per hour, 9.94. Least windy day, the 1st; mean miles per hour, 0.34. Most winday hour, from 6 to 7, p.m., on the 25th, 20.20 miles per hour. Total amount of miles traversed by the Wind, 2450.80; which being resolved into the Four Cardinal Points, gives, N. 621 miles; S. 242.30 miles; W. 1018.20 miles; E. 569.30 miles There were 269 hours and 20 minutes calm during the month. Two days cloudless during the month. Aurora Borealis visible on three nights. Occultation of Jupiter by the Moon, on the 19th, visible. Meteor in S., at 7.25 p.m., on the 26th passing from K to Y. Serpentis. The Electrical state of the Atmosphere has been marked by rather feeble Intensity. Ozone was in large quantity. The mean temperature of the month is 1°.64-less than that of last August. The rain exceeds 6.113 inches the rain of last August; and is the most rainy August on record. First Frost on the 26th. REMARKS ON THE ST. MARTIN, ISLE JESUS, METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER Rain fell on 14 days, amounting to 3.571 inches; it was raining 55 hours and 20 minutes-and was accompanied by thunder and lightning on 4 days. Most prevalent Wind, W by S. Least prevalent Wind, N E. Most windy day, the 29th; mean miles per hour, 31.99. Least windy day, the 3rd; mean miles per hour, 0.48. Most windy hour, from 1 to 2, p.m., on the 19th-26.2 miles. Total amount of miles-2799.5; resolved into the Four Cardinal Points, gives, N. 471, S. 589.5, W. 1249, E. 490. There were 243 hours 10 minutes calm during the month. There were 4 days perfectly cloudless. Aurora Borealis visible at observation hour on 4 nights. The electrical state of the atmosphere has been marked by moderate intensity. POSTSCRIPT. The Editor has to acknowledge various Works forwarded to him, from time to time, by the Publishers and others, and begs to state that all such donations are added to the Library of the Canadian Institute. These will accordingly be duly recorded, along with the other additions to the Library and Museum, purchased or presented during the Summer recess, in the Report annually submitted by the Council to the Institute, which will be printed in a subsequent number of the Journal. This number closes the first volume of the New Series of the Canadian Journal. With the commencement of the new volume it is purposed to record in each number, a list of Books and Periodicals received; reserving to the Editing Committee the further selection of those for special notice, which shall appear to them best suited for the objects aimed at in the issue of a Periodical for circulation among the members of the Canadian Institute. Reports of the Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Cheltenham; and of the Tenth Meeting of the American Association, held at Albany, N. Y., in August last, are unavoidably delayed till a future number, owing to the pressure on our available space, for Meteorological Tables and Index, to complete the concluding number of the volume. ERRATA. Page 357, line 11 from foot, for of an unit read of R 1 Report on Victoria Bridge; by R. Stephenson, M. P.. Acadian Geology Address, President's... Agriculture of the French Exhibition. Allan, G. W., President's Address, 1856.. Analytical Statics.... Anatomy of the Leech. Ancient Miners of Lake Superior.. PAGE 251 505 467 39 97 140 97 63, 299 27 225 Archæology, vide Scientific and Literary Notes. Bothwell, a Poem. Bovell, J., (M. D.,) Anatomy of the Leech, and Plate.. Brunel, Alfred (C. E.), Economy of Fuel in Steam Machinery.. Canada, Coleoptera collected in....... 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