58 



When Mr. Otley found it inconvenient to continue these 

 observations, he requested me to accept his rain gauge, and to continue 

 to make a note daily of the rain-fall, which I have done from 1852 up 

 till now. In the year 1872 I cast up the result of twenty-one years 

 observations, and found the average fall during that period was — 

 Inches, 58.948. 



The particulars are given below : — 



