XXIX. 



Comparing the Bury and Ipswich Tables for a term of 16 years, 

 from 1872-87, we find that the rainfall at Ipswich in 1872, the wettest 

 year of the period, was 1.04 inches in excess of that of Bury ; that in 

 1874 the fall at Ipswich was only 14.97 inches, whereas at Bury it was 

 nearly 3 inches more ; where in two other years the total rainfall was 

 less than 18 inches, while at Ipswich it was from 1 to 2 inches more. 

 The average fall for the sixteen years at Ipswich is 24.20 inches, and at 

 Bury 26.23 inches ; thus West Suffolk receives on an average about two 

 inches more rain than East Suffolk. 



In the Rev. F. W. Galpin's Flowering Plants of Harleston, published 

 in 1888, there is a record of the rainfall at Weybread in the North of 

 Suffolk, from the observations of the Rev. J. H. White, Vicar of Wey- 

 bread, taken at a point 152 feet above the sea-level. From this it appears 

 that the average fall for the last 10 years has been 24.27 inches in that 

 locality. Taking a period of ten years last past for the three localities, 

 we ha~ve the following result : 



{Bury 25.86 inches. 



Ipswich 23.89 

 Weybread 24.27 



The yearly rainfall in Suffolk may fairly be taken at 24.67 inches, 

 or nearly the same as that of Greenwich, 24.76 inches. This, as appears 

 from Mr. Biddell's Table of the Mean Monthly Rainfall, will give a 

 monthly supply of 202 tons or 45,000 gallons to the acre, or just over 

 one gallon to the square foot. The yearly supply is 2,500 tons per acre, 

 rather more than 10 cwt. per square yard, or nearly 13 gallons per 

 square foot. The raising of this immense volume of water, and the 

 precipitating it on the earth, for its fertilization and the supply of the 

 natural and economical wants of his creatures, gives us a view of the 

 vastness of God's working in providence, and of His infinite beneficence 

 in supplying the wants of His dependent creatures through the never- 

 ceasing operation of His Divine power in earth. 



