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101.— THE EEPOET OF THE METEOKOLOGICAL 

 SUB-COMMITTEE FOR 1891. 



Pbepared by the Hon. Sec. Francis Campbell Bayard, LL.M., 

 F.R. Met. Soc. 



The arrangements for observing the daily rainfall round 

 Croydon have been successfully carried out on the same plan 

 as last year. The staff numbers 49 observers, superintending 

 57 stations, as against 45 observers and 53 stations in 1890. 



Several changes have occurred during the year. The old 

 established station of Eeigate Hill will in future become a 

 monthly one, instead of a daily one, owing to the removal of 

 the observer into Eeigate, and its place on our printed list will 

 be taken by a new station, the College, Caterham Valley, the 

 accession of which is most welcome. The old station at Grange 

 Eoad, Sutton, comes to an end, owing to the death of the 

 observer early in January. A new station appears for the first 

 time in that of Oakfield Eoad, Croydon. Owing to the removal 

 of Dr. H. Franklin Parsons into Croydon, his observations at 

 South Norwood came to an end, but Dr. B. N. Dalton has very 

 kindly offered to continue them at his house at South Norwood, 

 and though not strictly a continuation, the observations are 

 taken at a spot sufficiently near to enable the Sub-Committee to 

 put them in the daily list. With respect to New Maiden, there 

 is a break of five months, owing to the departure of the engineer, 

 Mr. T. L. Heward ; the station, however, is now resumed under 

 the superintendence of Mr. T. V. H. Davison. The stations of 

 Croydon (Limes Eoad), Esher (West End), Sydenham, and 

 Eltham have been discontinued, owing to the removal of the 

 observers ; but the Sub-Committee have much pleasure in 

 announcing that the places of these stations will be taken by, 

 they hope, one at Oxshott, one at Wandsworth Common, and 

 by the old-established station at Woolwich resuming daily 

 observations. 



Appendix I. to this Eeport contains a list of the observers, 

 with particulars relating to the stations and gauges. The 

 stations with the asterisk prefixed were admitted after the com- 

 mencement of the year, and the three with the double asterisk 

 are stations which sent in reports in the previous year. 



Appendix II. contains the tables of daily rainfall issued 

 monthly, and subsequently stereotyped. 



Appendix III. gives the monthly rainfall of six other stations. 



Appendix IV. gives a record of all falls of rain of 1 inch 



