592 Agricultural Gazette of N.S. TF. [Jnly 2, 1908. 



N\ illiiii til- iif.xt twenty four liours the unticycloiie covered llie wliole of 

 tlie mainland of Australia, witli its centre still in the south-west corner. 

 A jiortion of the ^\ntarctic distui-banee was still over Tasmania, Imt its centre, 

 29'On inches, was to the south-west of 'I'he iJluH' ( New Zealand). Suutli west 

 to westerly i,'ales with li.tjht rains still prevailed in Tasmania and the south- 

 fustorn cortier of the continent, hut otherwise tjie weathei was fine yenerallv. 

 .At *.) a.m. on the Sth the centre of the high ]iresstire was well estal)lished on 

 tlic mainland Ix'tween Alice S|(rin<;s, Espei'anee, ami Adelaide, a ■ d tine, cool 

 \\eather was experienced t hrougliout, e.xeeptinii a little ])atchv rain in e.\trem«> 

 southern (list licts and a light snowfall at Kiandra. IN ugh scasand hoisterous 

 westerlies still obtained in Kass Strait. Tasmania, and the South Coast 

 districts of New South Wales. 



The temperature o\cr the State during the tirsl week was, for the most 

 part, cold to mild ; the lowest readings occurred at scattered places on the 

 InLtlilands. NiniityheDe registered I'l degrees, ("arinda 'I'l degrees, l\ia?idra 

 and Glen Innes each '!'■'>, Inverell i'l, Wellington, .Vrmidale, and Waldia each 

 26, Waiialda and (jtinrindi each 27, together wit li manv otheis liclow freezinii 

 ytoint. 



' )n the Dth, at '.) a.m., an eneigetic disturbance was shown over Victoria 

 and Tasmania, with its central leading, 21)-(i inches, in the soutli-east of the 

 latter State ; otiierw ise the continent was co\i'red l)\' a high pressure of verv 

 little charactei-. With this distribution, linlit scattered rainfall was i-ecorded 

 along the seaboards of Queenslaml. South .Vustralia, Victoria and Tasmania, 

 as also in southern districts of New Snuth Wales. Strong north-west to 

 .south-west winds and rougli seas occurred in ilass Strait and on parts of the 

 west coast of Tasmaiua. 



Within the following fortv-eight hours the depression ha<l expanded 

 considerably, and covered the south-eastern States and the Tasnian Sea as far 

 eastward as New Zealand. The high pi-essure, on the contrary, had contracttMl 

 eastward to Queen.sland and S(uith .\ustralia, and lost upwaids of one-tenth 

 inch in its central readiiii;. .Viiother depression appeared in the southern 

 districts of West Australia, and the advance portion of an antic\ c-lone in the 

 noi-th-\vest corner of that State. Some further light scattered rainfall was 

 reported from tiie southern districts and coast of Ncu South Wales, as also 

 fi'om here and there on the seaboard of (^)ueriisland. The falls were heaviei- 

 in West iVustralia and along |tarts of the .southern districts of the continent. 

 Ikudnu-y had 137 points, Kyre l4o, Leeuwin S.">, Winning Pool 77. and Perth 

 7;) ]H)ints. Strong .south-w(>st winds, i-eachinu the force of gali's, oc-curred in 

 N'ictoria and Tasmaiua, with rough seas in the Straits. Over the area 

 coxcred by the high pressure, tine weather ruled for the most part. 



IJythe I 2th the .Antarctic de[)ression had advanced from West to Siuith 

 Australia, with its centre to the south of Lincoln. It now controlled the 

 weather lietween P]yre, Charlotte Waters, and Tasmania, ulieic fresh to 

 str(mg north-west winds and rainy conditions obtained, and modi-rate to 

 rough seas along the seaboanl. Two high pressures wei'e also shown on the 

 isobaric chart, viz., the rear poi'tion of one over the south-eastern States, and 



