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that the number of days on which these falls occurred is seven. 
Attention will be called to this Appendix further on in this Report. 
So far as the records of rainfall in the possession of the Sub- 
Committee show, the year has been a dry year, the deficiency 
throughout the district being something like 2 in. The deficit 
does not on paper look very serious, but in order to show what 
a serious state of things is revealed, tables A, B, C, and D, have 
been constructed. These four tables have been constructed on 
the same plan. Tables A and B refer to Greenwich, table © to 
Surbiton, and table D to Wimbledon (Mt. Ararat). 
A single glance at these tables will show the state of affairs. 
Table A shows the departures from the Greenwich average of 
80 years of each of the past 10 years, and the result shows a 
‘deficit of just 28 in., which is practically just 3 in. above a 
A.— Greenwich Av. 80 Yrs. (1816-95) B.— Greenwich Av. 40 Yrs. (1856-95) 
24-96 in. 2 in. 
24-2 
Year + Average Year + Average 
IN. IN. IN. IN. 
1890 21°88 — 3:08 1890 21-88 — 2:34 
1891 25-02 + 0:06 1891 25-02 + 0°80 
1892 22°35 — 2°61 1892 22°35 — 1:87 
1893 20:09 — 4:87 1893 20:09 — 4:13 
1894 26°88 + 1:92 1894 26°88 + 2°66 
1895 19-72 — 5:24 1895 19-72 — 4:50 
1896 22-47 — 2:49 1896 22:47 — 1:75 
1897 22°08 — 2°88 1897 22°08 — 2:14 
1898 18°85 — 611 1898 18°85 — 5:37 
1899 22°33 — 2°63 1899 22°33 — 1:89 
Total ann Total : 
deficiency Ser ada deficiency 5p eras 
C.—Surbiton Av. 40 Yrs. (1856-95) D.—Mt. Ararat, Wim., Av. 40 Yrs. 
_ 24-42 in, (1856-95) 24-06 in. 
pe RES se Ee eee Se See 
' Year ‘ + Average Year + Average 
IN. IN. IN. IN. 
1890 19°41 — 5:01 1890 21-42 — 2°64 
1891 27-79 + 3:37 1891 28°39 + 4:33 
1892 21:17 — 3-25 1892 25;36 + 1:30 
1893 18°77 — 5°65 1893 19°32 — 4:74 
1894 27°67 + 3°25 1894 29°54 + 5:48 
1895 20°79 — 3°63 1895 22°05 — 2-01 
1896 24°60 + 0°18 1896 23°82 — 0:24 
1897 24-43 + 0:01 1897 24°10 + 0:04 
1898 18°55 — 5:87. 1898 18-97 — 5:09 
1899 21:38 — 3°04 : 1899 22°32 — 1-74 
Total ; Total 
deficiency = totes deficiency Reet 
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