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to Milford Haven, is—l inch and+0-10 inch. Southwards of 
the last line the average rainfall of the district is—0-10 inch; 
north of the first line the average rainfall is+1 inch. There are 
a few exceptional stations in Wales, Cumberland, and the west 
coast of Scotland where the rainfall is +2 inches, but at these 
2.q., at Seathwaite, 
Borrowdale, where the average rainfall for February is 12°64 
inches, the falling off was no less than 10°04 inches. In a table 
given in the Meteorological Magazine for March the observations 
taken from 770 stations in the south and midland counties of 
England show that at 129 of these stations the fall was less than 
— 0:10 inch, and at 48 (15 of which were in Devonshire) no rain 
was recorded. Mention must be made of the exceptionally high 
barometric pressure which prevailed all over the country during 
February. The mean pressure for the month at Cargen was 
30°413 inches, corrected for sea level. The nearest to this 
abnormally high pressure recorded at this station during 31 years 
was in November, 1867, when the mean height of the barometer 
for the month was 30-269 (corrected) inches. At Pembroke the 
mean for February was 30°444 inches. 
The snowstorm of March, which principally affected the south- 
west of England and the north of France, was one of the most 
severe which has occurred for many years, and which was most 
severely felt in Devonshire and Cornwall, where much damage 
was done. . Many trains were blocked in the south of England, 
and in Devonshire and Cornwall all communication was cut off 
between different centres for three or four days. Amongst other 
mishaps the “Zulu” express from London to Plymouth was 
blocked by snowdrifts at Cambourne for three days. Snowdrifts 
from 10 to 30 feet deep were reported from many places. A 
strong gale was experienced during the time of the snowfall, 
and many shipwrecks occurred on the Cornish and Devonshire 
coasts. The storm commenced on the 9th, and lasted, with an 
interval of no snow on the 11th, till the 13th. ‘The area visited 
seems to have been a belt of about 120 miles wide, extending 
from about Cheltenham on the north to Jersey on the South, or 
say from Colchester on the north to Dieppe on the south, and 
reaching from the south of Ireland eastwards to Holland.”— 
Meteorological Magazine for April. In this part of the country 
an unusually heavy fall of snow took place on the night of the 
