Report of the Meteorological Sub-Committee for 1893. 



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which the annual fall was smaller than 1893, and they are as 

 follows : — 



inches. 



1837 19-11 



1840 16-43 



1847 17-61 



1850 19-53 



1854 19-01 



1858 17-70 



1893 



inches. 



1863 19-66 



1864 16-38 



1870 18-55 



1874 19-95 



1884 18-05 



1887 19-86 



20-09 inches. 



As the average yearly rainfall at Greenwich for the 50 years 

 (1841-90) is 24-54 in., we have at once a deficiency of nearly 

 4i in., a very large quantity. Going back, however, to a longer 

 period at Greenwich, we find that the average yearly rainfall for 

 the 75 years (1816-90) is 25-11 in., and we have therefore a 

 deficiency of 5-02 in. This latter quantity your Sub-Committee 

 think more nearly represents the deficiency in the Club district. 

 If we now turn to the several months, again making use of the 

 75 years' average at Greenwich, and applying it to the Green- 

 wich observations of 1893, we find that in only four mouths was 

 the rainfall above the average, and as the comparison wiU prove 

 interesting, the following table has been constructed :— 



Greenwich. 



On examining this table we cannot but be struck with the 

 very great deficiency in the first six months, viz., 4-77 in., as 

 compared with the last six months, when the deficiency is only 

 0-25 in. This great deficiency in the earlier half of the year 

 sufficiently accounts for the great losses inflicted on all connected 

 with the land. 



