Thwaite ; G. V. Vernon, ;\liinchester (to whom the compiler desires to express his sincere tlianks for the time, etc., they have devoted to the subject)-from the quarterly returns of the Society, from the m-eekly returns published by Nr. E. ,J. Lowe, and various other sources. Newspaper reports have not been inserted without corrohntive evidence of their veracity.The stations are inserted in the order of latitude, with a few exceptions where ~i variation showed the storm's progress more clearly.The name oaly of a place being inserted in the niaps indicates that a storm occurred there on that day. If the time of coinmencenieiit and ending are known, both are given ; if not, the time on the niq) iiidicates the time at which the storni ivas at its height, escept in No. 3, where the times arc those of coniineiicenient riut in the Qzcnrlsrly J u u i~~i d . only. The initial letters S indicating a storm or both thunder and lightning, T ,, thunder only, L ,, lightning only, are nsed throughout for the sake of brevity. Tlie red spots on the maps indicate injury beiiig caused by lightiiing ; the arrow-heads indicate the directions in which the storim are recorded to have moved. REMARKS ON THE STORMS OF Riaric~ 81, APIIIL 12, AUGUST 13 AND 14. ilIa,zh 31 (1).The ciirves and times given in this storm appear (with the exception of Crewe and Warrington) t o indicate most clearly a division of one storm into two branches, the point of separation being near Wakefield. Tlie curve a t Thwaitc, combined with its non-observation farther soutli, almost appears an evidence of cyclonic action.April 1 2 (2).The striking uniformity in the tinies and points of the compass assigned to this storm from the three stations of Uckfield, London, and Nottinghani apparently demonstrates the visibility of a storm over a line of conntry 159 miles in length, and therefore the altitude of the electrical discharges mnst hare been great.Auyzut 1 3 tt?ld 14 (3 and 4).The immense extent of these stornis prevented any determination of the clirectiou in which they moved; they appear, however, to have commenced earliest by about two hours at tlie extreme southern stations ; the mid-day storin was