lo June, 1910.] 



Statistics. 



419 



equal to half-a-ton per acre. Each row was hilled up .so that when 

 irrigating the water could run down between each row of plants, the 

 method of watering being the '' Chinese Garden" style. Four waterings 

 were given during the summer, hand cultivation following each watering. 

 Leaf cutting resulted in an average of 5^, 4^, and 4 lbs. respectively being 

 gathered from each plant. Some of the leaves weighed as high as i\ lbs. 

 each. The total yield for the three cuttings works out at the rate of 603- 

 tons per acre." 



STATISTICS. 



First Qcartkr, 1910. 



Bainfall in Victoria. 



Table showing average amount of rainfall in each of the 26 Basins or Regions con- 

 stituting tlie State of Victoria for each montli and the quarter, with the corre 

 spending monthly and quarterly averages for each Basin, deduced from all available 

 records to date. 



100 points = 1 inch. 



H. A. HUNT, Commonwealth Meteorolot/ut. 



