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115. — EEPORT OF THE METEOROLOGICAL SUB- 

 COMMITTEE FOR 1893. 



Prepared by the Hon. Sec, Francis Campbell Bayard, 

 F. R. Met. Soc. 



(Eead February 20th, 1894.) 



The arrangements for observing the daily rainfall have been 

 successfully carried out on the same plan as heretofore, and, as 

 will be at once evident, great progress has been made. This 

 Report contains the records of 63 stations, contributed by a staff 

 numbering 51 observers, as against 54 records and 46 observers 

 in the last Report. 



During the course of the year two stations have disappeared, 

 namely, Heathfield, Keston, through the removal of the observer. 

 Miss M. Holland; and Oakfield Road, Croydon, through the 

 removal of the observer, Mr. Maiden, to Chatfield Road, Croydon. 

 This last station, I am pleased to announce, will reappear again 

 this year. 



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

 with particulars relating to the stations and gauges. The nine 

 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 10 other stations. 



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

 upwards in the 24 hours, extracted from Appendix 11. and other 

 sources. 



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

 characteristic features of every month, and with reference to 

 them the Hon. Sec. desires to acknowledge his mdebtedness to 

 Mr. Eostron's very valuable notes, which have been published in 

 the 'Wallington Herald.' 



The Sub -Committee report with great pleasure the accession 

 of stations at Reigate Hill, Warlingham, Epsom, Thornton 

 Heath, Streatham Hill, Battersea Creek, Forest Hill, Nunhead, 

 and Woolwich, all of which are very welcome, as filling up gaps 

 in the Sub-Committee's list of stations. 



With respect to the rainfall of the year, the smallness of the 

 total fall is very remarkable. If we take the Greenwich record 

 for 78 years (1816-93) we find that there are only 12 years in 



