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J. HOPKIKSON — THE EAINFALL IN 1899. 



fall is made in Table V. The stations are — for Cambridgeshire, Ely, 

 Wisbech, March, and Cambridge (Observatory) ; for Bedfordshire, 

 Bedford (The Grove) and Aspley Guise ; for Buckinghamshire, 

 Buckingham, Winslow, and iSlough ; for Middlesex, Harefield, 

 Harrow, and, in London, Camden Square and Old Street ; and for 

 Essex, Halstead, Braintree, Chelmsford, Loughton, and Southend. 



Table V. — The Rainfall of Hertfordshire in 1899 compared 



WITH THAT of THE ADJOINING COUNTIES. 



It would appear from this table that our rainfall was greater 

 than the average rainfall of the adjoining counties in every mouth 

 but September. This exception is due to the large amount which 

 fell in the north of Cambiidgeshire (at Wisbech and March) in 

 that month. 



As the number of stations is much too small to give a trust- 

 worthy average, the mean fall in the year at a larger number of 

 stations (one to every 40 square miles in each county) has been 

 computed, care having been taken to select representative stations 

 as widely distributed as possible. The result is as follows : — 

 Cambridgeshire (21 stations), 20-74 ins. ; Bedfordshire (12 stations), 

 20 69 ins. ; Buckinghamshire (18 stations), 2205 ins. ; Middlesex 

 (7 stations), 22-87 ins. ; Essex (33 stations), 22^98 ins. ; the mean 

 for the whole of the 91 stations being 21 ^97 inches. This value is 

 very near to that given in Table V, and seems to show that in 

 1899 Hertfq.rdshire had about 2^ inches more rain than the average 

 full in the counties by which it is surrounded. 



