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Agrlciillural Gazette of N.S. W. {^April 2, 1908. 



l''(ir tlif iiio.sl jiarl iiiiM leiiipL'i'alurL'.s I'uk'il uvur llif Slate (iiiriiig the 

 laoiitli, l)iit ()C'casi()iiall\ , as wlien the frontal portion of a "low" reached 

 the Wrstcrii distrifts, 100 degrees in the shade was exceeded. The highest 

 |i()ints attained were 11.") degrees and 1 1 •' degrees respectively at Bourke 

 and Krewaridiia on the '~^th. 



The percentage di^l iil>iit ion of rainfall over the various subdivisions of 

 the State during F(l>ruai-\. lOOS, was as follows : — 



The following is a statement showing a lirief comparison of the chief 

 meteorological elements over India, together with xlustralia, as far as data 

 are available for the month of February, 1908 : — • 



Barometric pressure, as sliown Iiv the above table, was below average in 

 India and Austialia, wliilst temperature in India, at Sydney and Adelaide^ 

 was above, and at Mellxuii'ne and Pertli, l)elo\\ noi-mal. 



