of 



, etc,, in jgorsrct in 1895, 



By H. S. EATON 



(Past President of the Royal Meteorological Society ). 



'INGE Last year observations of rainfall have been dis- 

 continued at Blandford St. Mary, Godmanstone 

 Manor, Smedmore, and Swanage (The Bank) ; 

 and none have been received from Poole 

 (West Street). Fresh stations have been 

 established at Bere Regis (Vicarage), Broad- 

 windsor (Blackdown House), Buckhorn Weston 

 (Rectory), Dorchester (Waterworks), Power- 

 stock (West Mellow), Shaftesbury (Cottage 

 Hospital), and Winterborne St. Martin (Clandon House). At the 

 end of the year returns were made to the Club from 38 stations in 

 the county, being an increase of two over 1894. 



The gauge at Dorchester occupies very nearly the same position 

 as one in operation from 1865 to 1872, and consequently affords a 

 valuable connecting link arid means of comparison between the 

 observations now taken and those of the earlier years. With the 

 exception of Bloxworth Rectory and Binnegar Hall daily returns 

 have been received from all the stations on the forms issued by the 

 Club. The names of the observers and stations and the monthly 

 depth of rain are included in Table I. 



