180 



presented below, has several peculiarities. The first is that 

 for the first six months of the year the rainfall was in the 

 respective months alternately below and above the average 

 fall. April usually has the least rainfall, but for this year 

 the fall is one of the heaviest. The second peculiarity is 

 that the rainfall was above the average to the end of Sep- 

 tember, and below it to the end of the year, so far below it 

 as to leave the total rainfall for the year below the average 

 more than an inch. The number of days of rainfall in the 

 first three months of the year was far below the average, 

 but the number of wet days of the summer months almost 

 as much exceeded the average. The summer therefore may 

 be properly characterised as a thoroughly wet one. This had 

 a very injurious effect upon fruit. Through the amount of 

 cloud and moisture present in the atmosphere the sun's rays 

 were deprived of the heating power they usually exercise. 



The following table shows the results obtained from, a 

 rain-gauge with a lOin. round receiver placed 3ft. above the 

 ground. 



Quarterly Periods. 



Average 



of 

 11 Years. 



Days 

 50 



45 



51 



55 



201 



1871. 



Days, 



33 



49 

 57 

 51 



190 



1871. 



January .. 

 February 

 March . . . . 



C April 



\ May 



( June 



July 



August . . 

 Seiitember 

 October . . 

 November 

 December 



Fall 



in 



Inches. 



1-410 

 2-927 

 1-331 

 3-637 

 1-982 

 3-434 

 3-428 

 1-934 

 4-351 

 4-729 

 1-519 

 2-479 



Average 



of 

 llYears 



2-566 

 2'360 

 2-449 

 2-120 

 2-04C 

 2-491 

 2-630 

 3-002 

 4-021 

 4-231 

 3-179 

 3-184 



Differences. 



33-161 34-269 I —1-108 



—1-156 

 +0-577 

 —1-118 

 + 1-517 

 —0-064 

 +0-943 

 +0-798 

 — 1-06S 

 +0-330 

 +0-498 

 —1-660 

 —0-705 



Quarterly Periods, 



Average ' 



of I 



11 Years. 1 



7-365 



6-657 



9-653 



10-694 



1871. 



5-668 

 9-053 

 9-713 

 8-727 



In the next table I give the Ml of rain during the day 

 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and the fall during the night from 

 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. I have measured rainfall at these times 



