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rain give 1,441 casks of sugar per acre, while 79 inches give 1,559, 

 or about one-tenth more. This means an increase in the value of the 

 sugar-crop alone of £100,000. 



Xor is the influence of rainfall on vegetable life alone to be con- 

 sidered, as is evident from the following data gathered by Wills con- 



Table Comparing Rainfalls, Water-levels and Commercial 



Crises. 



