June 2, 190S.] Aorlcultiiral Gazette of N.S.IF. 501 



weie exi)ei-ience(l in and adjacent to the ai-ea covered by the centre of the 

 •disturbance in the north-west corner of the contint^nt. Broome had 766 

 point-', Lagr-tnge Bay 425, Onslow 189, and Derby 112 points; otlierwise 

 the rain in the western State was light to moderate in character. 



On Tuesday, the 28th, although covering |)ractically the same area as on 

 th- previous day, the anticyclone had lost upwards of two-tenths inch in the 

 value of its centre isobar. But the disturbance in West Australia had 

 •extended southwards thruu^lnjut that State, resulting in general rainfall over 

 the interior and South Coast districts. The heaviest falls were — 187 

 p 'ints at Derby, 121 at Wiluna, 95 at Kalgoorlie, and 83 points at Menzies. 

 Cloud areas also formed over the centre and in the soutli-east corner of the 

 ■contine it, and light to heavy rain was reported from the Hunter and 

 Manning District, as also from one or two places in the nieti'opolitan area. 

 Port Stephens with 127 points being the heaviest. 



At 9 a.m. on the 29th the centre of the high pressure was shown over 

 Yiutoria and the south-eastern half of New South Wales, having diminished 

 considerably in area ; but its outermost isobar had extended we.stward to the 

 Coolgardis GoldfieLls and displaced the depression there. Further rainfall 

 was record d at scattered places in the interior of We^t Australia, and here 

 and there along ths seaboard of the continent. The heaviest occurred on 

 •our exfreme North Coast, where Byron Bay had 252 points and Mullumbinl)y 

 115 points. Fog was also reported from scattered places on the highlands of 

 New South Wa e<, but elsewhere, excepting for a few scattered cloud arcHS, 

 the weather was fine generally. 



On the last day of the month the anticylone was situated over the eastern 

 half of Australia, its centre — 30'3 inches, located oif the south-east corner — 

 having been reduced considerably in dimensions. Relatively low and flat 

 barometric conditions obtained over the western half of the continent, and 

 ^n "Antarctic disturbance" was shown in the south-west corner, where it 

 caused more light rainfall and moderate to rough seas. Light to moderate 

 falls were also recorded at scattered places in the north-eastern quadrant of 

 New South Wales, with the exception of an isolated heavy one at Clarence 

 Heads, registering 103 points. Little or no rain was reported from Victoria, 

 l)ut many frosts weie experienced during the earl}' morning. 



Temperature over our State during the week ended the 30th was, for the 

 xnost pirt, cool to mild ; the lowest occurred at Kiandra, with 22 degrees, on 

 the 27th. Other places with registrations below freezing point were — Nimity- 

 belle, 28 degrees ; Walcha, Rockley, and Orange, each 29 degrees ; Braid- 

 Avood, Bowral, Carcoar, and Mudgee, each 30 degrees ; and Cooma, Coona- 

 barabran, and Molong, each 31 degrees. 



Taken asawho^e, the character of the rainfall during the month just ended 

 may be classed as patchy and, for the most part, discrepant, the preponder- 

 ance of totals which were above normal being confined chiefly to northern 

 districts of the State. But even there, between areas showing excesses as 

 <;ompared with the normal, there were large tracts of country in which the 

 amounts were in defect. In the Metropolitan District, Central Tableland, 



