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iind Riverina. Some heavy falls were recorded in the north-east quarter, 

 the principal amounts being — Xambucca, 379 points; Tabulam, ;5GU; 

 Kyogle, 330; Manning Heads, 328; Woolgoolga, 321; Grafton, 290; Lis- 

 more, 265; Seal Rocks, 210; Warialda, 203; Cape Hawke, 202; Nundle, 

 184; Tamworth and Narrabri each 183; Armidale, 180; Gunnedah, 174; 

 ^nd Port Macquarie, 150 ; the remaining amounts varied from a few 

 points to about IHO i)oints. 



On the 22nd, some additional heavy falls were reported from the central 

 part of the seaboard. Port Macquarie had 308 points ; Manning Heads, 

 190; Camden Haven, 156; Cape Hawke, 140; Seal Rocks, 130; and New- 

 castle 105 jjoints. The weather chart showed that the high pressure had 

 surged slightly southward, and lost somewhat in its central barometric 

 value over Tasmania where the greatest reading was now 30*4 inch. With 

 this movement southward, the monsoonal conditions extended also and 

 intensified, although, speaking generally, the anticyclone covered prac- 

 tically the same area as the preceding day. The winds on the coast of 

 New South Wales were still fresh to strong from the south and south-east ; 

 but inland they were blowing more consistently from the east and had 

 freshened. By the 24th, tlie anticyclone had contracted considerably east- 

 ward, and the axis of the main liody of it had wheeled round from an 

 east and west direction to north-east and south-west. It now covered only 

 the South-east States, having lost one-tenth in the central reading, which, 

 at 9 a.m., was 30"3 in. Monsoonal indications were also shown between 

 the Queensland coast and Norfolk Island. Between Saturday, the 22nd, 

 and the following Monday, an exceptionally heavy rainstorm occurred over 

 the Hunter and Manning districts, and resulted in phenomenally heavy 

 falls there. The largest amounts were — 1,045 jioints at Newcastle, 908 at 

 Maitland, 805 at Camden Haven, 729 at Paterson, 659 at Gresford, 594 

 at Singleton, 545 at Dungog, and 531 at Port Macquarie. In the Metro- 

 politan area, 527 points at Kurrajong Heights, 472 at Turramurra, and 

 471 points at Mount Colah. Tliese falls are included in the following 

 statement of the distribution of rain from the 18th to the 25th inclusive, 

 over the various subdivisions of tlie State : — 



North Coast from 



Hunter and Manning ,, 

 Metropohtan ,, 



South Coast ,, 



Southern Tablelands ,, 

 Central Tablelands ,, 

 Northern Tablelands , , 

 North-western Slope . , 

 Central-western Slope ,, 

 South-western Slope ,, 



Central-western Plain ,, 

 North-western Plain ,, 

 Riverina ,, 



Western Division ,, 



