Return* of Rainfall in 

 in 1913. 



By R. STEVENSON HENSHAW, C.E. 



HAVE received 66 returns this year, 4 less than 

 in the previous year ; 1 by the removal of an 

 observer and 2 by the regretted deaths of 

 Mr. H. Stilwell, Winterbourne Steepleton, and 

 Mr. H. B. Vincent, Swanage. 



I have calculated the averages from the 

 24 stations which are marked with an asterisk 

 in the tables and which are spread as equally 

 as possible over the whole county, although there is a large 

 area in the centre of the county not represented by any 

 return, and it would also be an advantage if another record 

 were commenced in the Langton Matravers and Swanage 

 area. 



The average for the year calculated from the selected stations 

 is 34 - 030 inches, whilst the average taken from the 66 returns 

 sent in is 34*088 inches, showing that, although there are a 

 number of gauges crowded into a small area, they are counter- 

 balanced by those in other districts. 



