594 Agricultural Gazette of N.S. TV. [July 2, 1908. 



New .South NN'alcs. TwcccI Heads had 1 -m , r>\ rmi ll;i\' Ih). aiiil Chunice 

 109 points. On the 17tli tlic centre of the •' liiiili " had ailvanced as far as 

 the centre (»f the coastline, and was associated with f'lostv, foygv, showci'v 

 conditions eastward from the hii,dihinds. 



By tht! 18th this pi'essure system liad expanded eastwaivl to ^'e\v /ealamh 

 and its centre had passed oil' the maiidand to the Tasnian Sea ; a depi-es-^ioii 

 was shown in its outer isol)ars over the eastei'n States, wliilst another 

 appeared on the fi'inge of the West Austr;dian seahoai-ih 



Light rainfall wa.s i-ecorded at scattered places in Northern Austialia and 

 along the coast of Queensland ; but the di]) in the isobars over Xew South 

 Wales was attended bv an expansion of the rainv conditions as far wcstwaid 

 as the centre of- the State. The heaviest falls, however, were iccinded tVom 

 the coast and the highlands. jiyroii r>ay had 410 points, Tweed Heads 3(i5, 

 ^[ulhnnl)ind)y li)(S, Jervis Bay l-'iO, and Lismori' 111 points. Other amounts 

 approaching 100 points were: (^larence Heads 98, Camden 91, and Casino SO. 

 The I'emaining falls ranged fi-om 1 point to 70 points. 



During the next t wenty-foui- hours the ant icy clone t ra\clled eastwai'd aixnit 

 oOO miles, its centre, 'M)'i inches, being now shown in the vicinity of Gisborne, 

 in tlie North Island of New Zealand. The forward moxcmeiit gave 

 influcement to the establishment of an enei-getic Antarctic disturbaiu'c to the 

 south-west of The Leeuwin. This distiu'bance resulted in unusually heavy 

 and beneficial rainfall in the westei'ii State; 286 points were I'ecofded at 

 Geraldton, 227 at Carnarvon, 200 at Hamelin Pool, 187 at Perth, and '.IS at 



Onslow. Fierc(> northerly s(|ualls and rough seas weic also reported fr t he 



south coast. A depression still existed o\<'r the eastei-n States, and was 

 responsi])le for further light to hea\v rain in various districts, chiellv eastern. 

 In New South Wales, it was contined chieflv between the coast and the 

 slopes, although isolated registrations occurred on the plains. The heaviest 

 falls were 381 ])oints at Clai'ence Heads, 3.39 at Bvron P)av, 236 at Lawson. 

 158 at Mullumi>ind)y, loj at Sutton I'^orest. I 10 at i.ismore, l.'l'.tat .\owra, 

 125 at Moss Vale, 117 at Newcastle, llO at Casino, and KM) at I'.owial. 

 Many other amounts also approached 1(10 | mints. 



Some heaxy falls were also iccorded in (^)ueensland, the chief being 1 .")0 

 points at Townsville, 1 19 at Mackay, I 12 at Ibisbane. and I 0:! at bochnagar. 



At 9 a.m. on the 20th the centic of the high pressure was well established 

 in New Zealand, having gained ^\y inch, which brought its \alue to 30-r) 

 inches; and the depression which on the previous da \ was over the eastern 

 States, had advanced eastward just beyond the coastli?ic. 



'The Antarctic disturbance now covt'ivd the aica south of lines joining I'lie 

 Leeuwin, Charlotte Waters, and Adelaide, its centre, 297 inches, being 

 situated south from Eucla and Eyre, on the Great Australian Bight. The 

 advance jiortion of another "high'' was also shown over West ^Vustralia, 

 where furthei- good i-ainfall was recorded. JSullagine had 158 point.s, Cossack 

 126, Mtnizies 101, and Nungarra 100 points. Fierce squalls, with hail, and 

 rough to vei-y rough seas, were reported from stations on the (^i-eat liight. 



