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Agricultural Gazette of N.SJJ 



[June 2, 1908. 



iiiid Ikivciina ii'»l one staiioii had laiiit'all in cxccs.s of tlii- ii iniial. 

 largest totals were recorded at scattered places (ui tlie coast : IJyron Ba 

 1,059 j)oints, Camden Haven Tof), Clarence Heads 704, Bodalla 

 Bateman's liay 612, Ulladulla 557, and Port Stephens 517 points. 



The distribution over the \arious sid)di visions of the State during 

 1908, was as follows : — • 



■|'hc 

 y had 

 " (J 3:5, 



April, 



North (,"oast 

 Hunt<;i' ami Manning 

 Metropolitan 

 South Coast 

 Noi-tliei-n Tabk^land 

 Central 'j'ableland 

 Southern 'J'alileland 

 North-western Slope 

 Central-western Slope 

 South-western Slope 

 North-western Plain 

 Central-western Plain 

 Riverina 

 Western Division 



from 



Departure from iioriii.il. 



Points. 

 Above. Below. 



r>44 to 



282 to 



338 



87 



171 



23 



07 



273 



142 



](»7 



to 

 to 



to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 



to 



238 



3(i4 



143 to 2.X) 



37!) 



r)3 



1 to 177 



27!) 



lis 



!.-)() 

 14(i 

 43 

 112 

 13 to 129 

 100 



CoMPAiasoN AviTii India. 



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

 meteorological elements over India, togetliei' witli Australia as far as data, 

 are available, for the month of April, 1908 : — 



India 



Sydney (N.S.W.) .. 



Deijarture from normal. 



Pressure. 



Temperature. 



General Conditions 

 (referrinj^ to State as a whole). 



inches. 



-•03 



+ •08 



Melbourne (Victoria) + •IG 



Perth (W. A.) ... -(-•02 



Adelaide (S.A. 



05 



degrees. 



+ r9 



-0-2 



-0-4 

 -0^5 



10 



Normal. 



Scattered areas above normal in north- 

 ern parts, Southern Tableland, and 

 South Coast Districts ; ntherwise 

 below. 



Very dry. 



Below normal in tiie South-west and 

 Gaseoigne Districts ; elsewhere 

 greatly aliove. 



Below. 



In the above table, IncHa alone is shown to have had temperature in excess, 

 of the normal and i)ressure in defect, and Adelaide witli lioth elements in 

 excess. The other Australian capitals, on the contrary, all had temperatures 

 in defect and pressure in excess. Melbourne's mean barometric pressui'c for 

 the month was sixteen-luindredths incli aboNc average. hiuI temperature in 

 India and Adelaide 1^9 ;ind 1-0 degrees above normal respectively. 



Victoria, during April, was the driest of all, not one station having rainfall 

 above the av-^rage. South Australia, also, was btdow normal. In New South 

 Wales, although scattered areas, principally in northern parts, had falls in 

 excess of the norma', yet, judged as a whole, precipitation was somewhat 

 less than the average for the month. The rainfall in \\'est Australia was, for 

 the most part, greatly above, excepting in the south-west and Gaseoigne, whert^ 

 the amounts recei\cd wei'e Ixdovv the noinial. 



