202 REPORT OF THE RAIN GAUGES. 
At Glossop the depth of rain according to the 
gauge kept by Mr. Kershaw, at Hurst, at the 
foot of the hills, was, from the 15th December, 
1842, to the 14th December, 1843, 47; inches, 
and from the 14th December, 1843, to the 31st 
December, 1844, 36; inches. The rain here for 
1839, which was about 1-12th below Dr. Dalton’s 
average at Manchester, was 443 inches; and 
for 103 months in 1840, also below an average 
45, inches. 
The gauges on the tops of the hills above 
Glossop, alluded to in a former paper, have not 
been attended to for the last two years. 
By the kindness of William Neild, Esq., I am 
enabled to add the quantity of rain falling at 
Sandy Vale Print Works, in Dukinfield, near 
Stalybridge, at the foot of the high hills which 
rise immediately behind that town. The gauge 
stands about 320 feet above the level of the sea 
at low water, the summits of the hills within two 
miles of the place being 1300 feet. 
