332 Agrlcultnral Gazette of N.S.W. [April '1, 11)08. 



the ^\\■^t^nl Division, Xort li-wrst IMains, Rivei'iiia, jiml Nditli-west 

 Slope. riic liiL;lic>t were rc|i<iii(i| I'loni ilif western di.striets, wliere 

 Menimlic Inadcil the list with llO iIcl; rres, followeil l)y I'^ustoii with 100 

 degrees; Dunili'|iiiii, in 11 iveii na, with 10.1 desji'i'es : and Hav, 101 

 degrees. On the (ith, Hoiiilxc had 1".") degrees, and Muunt Hope and JJre- 

 warrina 101 degrees each. 



At !) a.m. on the .'^th, an energetic high pressure was situated over the 

 .south-west half of the c'ontineiit, with a cent?l'al barometric value (»f oO'S 

 in the south-west corner: wliilst the rear isobars of another were shown 

 over eastern <\luecnslaiid. Hetween these; two anticyclones, and covering 

 New South Wales, Victoria, an<l Tasmania, was a steei) "■ AuUirclic Low," 

 with its least pressui'e I'eading l".!' 1 7 inches at Hobiirt. 



llainl'all assmdated witii thunder resulted over ('eiitral and I'^ustern 

 Australia, in ])arts lieavy. Charlotte Waters reported 1 9 -5 ]>oints, and 

 Alice Springs LS.! jioints : at Thui^day Island l!7(l points were recorded, 

 and in South .\ustralia M(d)onnell had 100 points. In New South Wales 

 die talis were fairly genera h the heaviest being registered over the north- 

 <'ast (luadraiit. Duniidu had :280 points; (Juainboue. 20"; Listnore. 187; 

 Eiingouia. istl; Taree, IS,"); Ercwarriua. ITti; Scone, Wu>; Warialda. 

 162; Moree, 1 (iO : and Singleton, 15.'> points. 



By Monday, the I 0th, the (li>turbance had ]iasse(l seaward and the high 

 pressure covered the greater pai't of t!ie coidineiit, with its centre over 

 the (ireat Australian Hight. A depression, however, still e.\iste(l over the 

 iiorlhern boi'der. eastern (^uecMisland, and our north-east ihstriets, and 

 was responsible for further light to lu-avy falls over that region. Port 

 Darwin had 1 71' p(dnts am] l»ockham]tton 170 points. In our State the 

 heaviest falls occurred at Jjisniore, with 4:0J. points; Cape Byron, 370; 

 Millie, 184; Clarence, 172; and Casino, 153 points. 



During the I Itii and 12th the depi'ession had l)ecoine the donnnant 

 weather feature over the Eastern States, and caused fresh to strong east to 

 south-east winds, with rouuh to higli seas on the North Coast. The rainy 

 <'<uiditions intensified over the north-east half of New South Wales, and 

 consistently heavy falls wei'o recorded on the North-west Plains, Sloi)es, 

 Tablelands, and North Coast, as also over the Hunter and Manning Dis- 

 tricts. Amongst the largest amounts were — Casino, 112 points: 'I'weed 

 Heads, 405; Mogil. 31)7; Xambucca, 305; Millie, :;il; I'.yn.n Day, ;;i:;; 

 K'unopia, 3(U ; Tabidam, 2!tl; W'vr Waa, 278; and Dungog, 2()5 point-. 



At !) a.m. on the followine day tlie pressui'e d ist ribul i(m jirescnted 

 somewhat siunlar features to those of the (*^tii, and some good falls were 

 rei)orted from scattered places over Queensland and Northern Territory. 

 Ivockhampton had .■)2(l ])oints: lirisbanc, loG; Tliursdav Island, 115; and 

 Port Darwin, 113 [loints. In New Soutli Wales, on the llth, an isolated 

 heavy fall was registered at Tambar Sjndngs — 1G4 points; but, otherwise, 

 the rainfall was light to mo<lerate and confined to the north-ea>1 (piadrant. 



