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I believe I lose about two inches of rainfall inthe year by placing my gauge 
so high; but I am compelled to do this in order to escape the shelter of the garden 
wall. 
From the averages given above it would appear that the yearly mean rainfall 
at Hereford is about 30 inches and a few tenths, and that the average amount of 
rainfall for this city which we have hitherto accepted (the result of the late Mr. 
Lawson’s records) is below the truth. Very possibly Mr. Lawson’s gauges were 
injuriously sheltered by trees and walls. The gauges stood 4 feet from the ground. 
At Burcher Cottage the mean rainfall for 30 years is 31°66 inches, and at. 
Rocklands the mean for 21 years is 31°79 inches. 
The winds at 9a.m. daily during the year were as follows :—N. 27 days; 
N.E. 70; E. 21; S.E. 50; S. 48; S.W. 52; W. 29; N.W. 55; and 18 days calm 
or uncertain, 
My meterological friends will kindly take notice that my public weather 
records end with these notes for the past year. Dr. Chapman has now commenced 
meteorological observations at Burghill, in connection with the Meteorological 
Society, and as his instruments are of the best, and his situation the very best, he 
will, I have no doubt, be able to do much better than I have done. Iam happy, 
however, to be able to say that since my return to Hereford, in 1866, we (at Rich- 
mond Place) have not suffered a single day to escape us. 
January 22, 1876. 
EDWIN J. ISBELL. 
