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uablo for the length of time it extends l)ack. Tlie observations began 

 in August, 1859, and run to December, 1884, witliout a break or any- 

 missing data therefrom: 



The following table shows the rainfall by seasons — that is, the 

 months that are considered the rainy ones — beginning with Septem- 

 ber of one year and ending with August the next year, and makes a 

 brief summary of the rainfall at twenty-two different points in this 

 State, extending from San Diego to Siskiyou, and from San Fran- 

 cisco to Georgetown. The table begins with the Scott Valley Station, 

 Siskiyou County, the records extending from the season of .1859-60 

 to that of 1883-4; Yreka, Siskiyou County, from 1872-3 to 1883-4; 

 Weaverville, Trinity County, from 1871-2 to 1883-4;.. Reed's Camp 

 and Dog Creek, on the upper Sacramento River, from 1880-81 to 

 1883-4; Red Bluff, Tehama County, from 1877-8 to 1883-4; Prince- 

 ton, Colusa County, from 1875-6 to 1883-4; Colusa, Colusa County, 

 from 1872-3 to 1883-4; West Butte, Sutter Countv, from 1879-80 to 

 1883-4; Marysville, Yuba County, from 1882-3 to 1883-4; Grass Val- 

 ley, Nevada County, from 1872-3 to 1883-4; Georgetown, El Dorado 

 County, from 1872-3 to 1883-4; Placerville, El Dorado Countv, for 

 1874-5, 1875-6, and from 1879-80 to 1883-4; Shingle Springs, El Do- 

 rado County, from 1849-50 to 1866-7; Folsom City, Sacramento County, 

 from 1871-2 to 1883-4; Sacramento, Sacramento County, from 1849-50 

 to 1883-4; Oakland, Alameda County, from 1873-4 to 1883-4; San 

 Francisco, San Francisco County, from 1849-50 to 1883-4; Salinas, 



1883-4; Poway, San Diego County, from 1879-80 to 1883-4: 



