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109.— REPOET OF THE METEOEOLOGICAL SUB- 

 COMMITTEE FOR 1892. 



Pbepaked by the Hon, Sec. Francis Campbell Bayard, 

 F. R. Met. Soc. 



The arrangements for observing the daily rainfall round 

 Croydon have been successfully carried out on the same plan as 

 heretofore. As this is the Fifth Annual Report of the Sub- 

 Committee, it seems desirable briefly to look back to previous 

 years, and see whether we are making progress. The first 

 Report contained 34 records sent in by 31 observers, whilst the 

 present one contains 54 records contributed by a staff numbering 

 46 observers. So much for its popularity. With respect to its 

 usefulness, the Hon. Sec. has been applied to by various public 

 bodies, as well as private individuals, for information and 

 returns, which would appear to show that this publication of the 

 Club is supplying a want. 



During the course of the year three stations have disappeared, 

 namely, Lovelauds (Reigate Hill), through the removal of the 

 observer, Mr. Binus ; The Wrythe (Carshalton), through the 

 death of the observer, Mr. Manley ; and Shooter's Hill (Wool- 

 wich), owing to the gauge being stolen, and the refusal of Major 

 May, the observer, to replace it. Mr. Snell, of The Chestnuts, 

 Chislehurst, having moved into Bromley, where he has established 

 a station, discontinued his station at Chislehurst at the end of 

 the year, having obligingly kept it on for some months in order 

 to avoid a break. 



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

 with particulars relating to the stations and gauges. The two 

 stations with the asterisk prefixed were admitted after the com- 

 mencement of the year, and the two with the double asterisks 

 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 four other stations. 



Appendix IV. gives a record of all falls of rain of 1 in. and 

 upwards in the 24 hours, extracted from Appendix II. and other 

 sources. 



And, finally, Appendix V. contains general notes on the cha- 

 racteristic features of every month. 



The Sub-Committee report with great pleasure the accession 

 of stations at Westerham, Coulsdon, and Eltham, the first of 

 which is especially welcome, as filling a great gap in a part of 

 the Club's district which is entirely unrepresented in our daily 

 returns. For this station, as well as for Eltham, the Sub- 



