of ^cxinfaH, &c., in 

 in 1906. 



By H, STILWELL. 



No man more surely pays a debt 



Than Rain pays Fair, and Fair pays Wet." 



Old Doggerel. 



RETURNS of Rainfall for 1906 have been sent in 

 from 5 2 stations. One of these, however, began 

 only with the month of August, and one return 

 contained the rainfall at Chetnole up to the end 

 of July, and at Leigh for the remaining five 

 months of the year. 



The return, commencing in August, was from 

 the Rev. W. M. Barnes, of Monkton Rectory, 

 whom we are glad to enroll amongst the list of recorders. The 

 only observer we have lost is Judge Philbrick from Wimborne, 

 who has crossed the border into Hampshire. One new name 

 appears in the list, that of Captain Dymond, at Charminster. 



The record of rainfall in this county, which was formerly 

 tabulated and arranged with so much care and exactitude by 

 Mr. Henry Storks Eaton, covers a period of 50 years prior to 

 1906, and the mean total annual amount for that period has 

 been 33*632^5. By the table following for 1906, it will be seen 



