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especially on the Avoca and the Wimmera basins, and some local 

 floods in October caused by storm rains. 



The heavy rains towards the end of October caused some damage 

 to crops, especially in the Bendigo disti-ict. Thus it appears that the 

 record of disastrous occurrences due to excess or deficiency of rainfall 

 in 1903, compares very favorably with almost any previous year. 

 The country was green everywhere throughout the year, and the 

 distribution of rainfall was more generally favourable to agricultural 

 interests than it has been in the previous 8 years. 



Table II. 



Summary of Rainfall for the eight principal sub-divisions of the State 

 for each quarter of the year. 



Tablf. III. 



Percentage Above or Below Average for the eight principal 

 sub-divisions of the State, and for each quarter of the year. 



-f Above average. 

 — Below average. 



