952 AgricuUu7'al Gazette of JV.S. If 



[Nov. 2, litOS. 



Tlie distrilmtioii (if lainfall over tlir various siil)ili\ isiuiis ot' the State 



•during 8eptembei', IDOf^, was as follows: — 



Departure from normal. 



Western division tV 



North-western I'laiii , 



Central -westeiii IMain , 



Riv(!rina , 



North-western Slope , 



Central- western Slope , 



South-wcstein Slope , 



Northern Tahleland , 



Central Tableland , 



Southern Tableland , 



North Coast , 



Hunter and Manning , 



Metropolitan , 



Sou til Coast , 



IkEMAIiKS. 



l)uriug the month of tScpteinber, a considerable deiiei- ncy in rainfall was 

 experienced over the greater part of the central and western districts of the 

 State. From Tibooburra, in the far north-west, to Barringun, conditions 

 were very dry, no rainfall whatever having been recorded. 



Amounts in excess of the normal were rejjorted from the southern border 

 •districts, the greater part of the south-eastern quadrant, and from the North- 

 western Plain and Slope and Northern Tableland. Out of all the coas al 

 stations, Sydney, and one or two places on the extreme South Coast, alone had 

 totals above average. 



Temperature. 



Speaking generally, temperatures for the most p-art were below noi-mal. 

 The highest registration for the month was 9.3 degrees on the 28th at 

 l^ourke, but earlier in the month (between the 14th and 17th) all the inland 

 subdivisions had stations which experienced minimum temperatures either 

 at or below freezing point. 



Comparison with India. 



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

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

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



