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In the case of India, for instance, the area called Konkan 

 and Ghats, on the west coast, is represented by the mean 

 readings of seven rain-gauges ; while the Deccan, another 



1870-0 



18800 



INDIA 



PRESSURE 



BOMBAY 



(..INVERTED) 



RAIN TAL I 



BOMBAY DISTRICT , i0 . 



(7 STATIONS) 

 RAINF ALL 



SOUTH DECCAN 



(A STATIONS) 



AUSTRALIA 



PRESSURE 



ALBANY 



( INVERTEO) 

 RAINFALL 



ALBANV 



RAINFALL 



PERTH DISTRICT 3o 



{i. STATIONS) 



20 



ENGLAND 



PRESSURE 



OXFORD 70 



(INVERTED) 



2975 



RAINFALL 35 



MIDLAND COUNTIES 



( 10 STATIONS) 30 



RAI N FALL 



SOUTH ENGLAND 30 



( 7 STATIONS ) 



25 



I 1 I 1 I I I 1 I I I I I I I I I I i I I i I I I I I 



1870-0 5 1880-0 s 1890-0 s 



900-0 



Fig. 2. 

 Curves to illustrate the close association of increase of rainfall with decrease of pressure for 

 areas widely separated. (The peaks of the pressure and rainfall curves denote excess 

 low pressure and abundant rainfall respectively.) 



region, is the mean value from four other stations. The way 

 all these curves change together demonstrates conclusively 



