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Statistics. 



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STATISTICS. 



Bainfall in Victoria.— First Quarter, 1911. 



Table slinwing average amount of rainfall in each of tlie 26 Basins or Regions con- 

 stitntihg llie State of X'ictoria for each niontli and tiie quarter, witli tlie corre- 

 S|'Oii(linu niontlily and quarterly averages for each Basin, deduced from all available 

 r«cord' to dite. 



HaBin or District. 



Olenelg and Wannon Rivers 

 Fil/.roy, Kunierella, and iJerri 



Rivers 

 Hopkins River and Mount 



Kiiiu Creek 

 Mount I'llcphant and Lake 



( oranganiile 

 Cape Oiw.iy l''orest 

 M oihIiuoI and liaiwon Rivers 

 Werrilx-eand Saltwater Rivers 

 Yarra River and l>andcnong 



L'r'eek 

 Koo-vvee-rup Swamp 

 Soiilli ( iippsland 

 Latrolie ajid 'I liornson Rivers 

 Mai.-aliister and Avon Rivers 

 MiichcU River 



Tnrnli". arrd Nicholson Rivers 

 Siriiwy River 

 Murray Hiver 



M it ta M itta and Kiewa Rivers 

 Ovens Riser 

 G rilliurii River 

 Cainpa-pe Hiver 

 Lodd"ir Kiver 



Avon arrd Richardson Rivers 

 Aviica River 

 Kasierri W irrimera ... 

 ^Ve^-terlr W'irrrrnera... 

 Mullee District 



Tire whole .State 



a 



< 



points 



12 



18 



29 



45 



74 

 122 

 181 



119 



127 

 .S8-) 

 359 

 (i-3 

 ()l(i 



88.S 

 204 

 3IU 

 343 

 24r. 

 128 

 44 



57 

 31 

 17 

 32 



February. 



1S7 



points. 



8» 

 164 



104 



107 



147 

 lib 

 l:<4 

 172 



l.'J8 



171 



166 



• 4(1 



219 



163 



217 



101 



142 



131 



102 



94 



83 



62 



62 



72 



61 



57 



109 



Quarter. 



points. 



172 



25!6 



387 

 465 



602 



568 

 672 



784 



711 

 649 

 647 

 501 

 51)0 

 7.39 

 788 

 23 S 

 3' 17 

 271 

 233 

 393 

 219 

 163 

 208 

 247 

 95 

 114 



316 



points. 



149 

 165 



160 



176 



258 

 177 

 183 

 277 



270 

 315 

 28S 

 209 

 223 

 282 

 273 

 1,59 

 .3' '8 

 290 

 176 

 149 

 116 

 9S 

 107 

 119 

 83 

 79 



170 



points, points. 



685 359 

 931 476 



1,093 



1,020 



1..331 

 1.119 

 1,2,50 

 1 ,527 



1 20 i 

 1 357 

 1 3 >2 

 1,40!) 

 1.513 

 l,S4(t 

 2.1.30 

 !)3(i 

 12.U 

 1.431 

 1 5 



907 

 924 

 S4.S 

 1 OI7 

 524 

 492 



1 .003 



409 



436 



616 

 439 

 461 

 679 



670 

 710 

 6S5 

 504 

 679 

 (i45 

 742 

 371 

 619 

 595 

 411 

 3.-)9 

 2M5 

 231 

 236 

 277 

 213 

 191 



410 



lUU poirrU) o 1 inch. 



From the nth to the i8th January, a succession of heavy monsoonal rains fell 

 over the easern half of the State, especially favouring Gippsland. To these were 

 mainly <lue the heavy recorfls in (ii[)psianfl liver basins for this month. Over the 

 rest of the Slate January was drier than normal. 



In February, conditions were equalized by tremendous inon.soonal rains falling 

 over the western half of the State, and esjiecially favouring the Mallee and northern 

 couniry. The.sc rains fell from the 6lii lo the loth, and were absolutely without 

 precedent over the northern and north-western plains. All parts of the State had a 

 rainfall well above the average. 



March was also remarkable for phenomenally heavy rains, hesc falling mainly 

 over South-Central and Gipjisland districts. Floods cairsefi bv them did much 

 damage, especially in Gippsl.md. Over practically the whole of the State the 

 rainfall was agai.i above average. 



Generally, it will be noticed that for the quarter the rain f. ill has been 6 inches 

 above the normal. 



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