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PHYSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL SECTION. 



January 16th, 1862. 



The following returns of the rain-fall for 1861 were com- 

 municated to the Section. 



Old Trafford, Manchester. 



By a. V. Veenon, F.R.A.S. 



Eeceiving surface of guage, 3 feet above the ground. 



1861. 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



Year 



The rainfall in 1861 was 6*803 inches below the fall of 

 1860, the fall in that year being 36-530 inches. 



Kain fell upon 36 more days in 1860 than in 1861. 



The months in which the rain-fall was the heaviest, viz., 

 March, July, September, and November, were accompanied 

 by an amount of barometric oscillation above the average. 



