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RESOURCES OP CALIFORNIA. 



Mr. Tennent is a careful observer, but I think the figures 

 for January, 1862, must be erroneous, due perhaps, to some 

 exceptional influences near his rain gauge ; and I fancy the 

 general fall in the city was not more than fifteen inches in that 

 month. Dr. Gibbons reports 38 inches for the seasons 1861 

 and 1862, or eleven inches less than Mr. Tennent, and I am 

 more disposed to accept the smaller figures. 



The subjoined table is compiled from Mr. Tennent's record : 



The first column shows the annual rainfall of each month 

 for the last twenty years. 



The second column shows the greatest, and the third the 

 smallest, amount that has fallen in the month in any year since 

 1849. 



The fourth shows the number of years out of twenty-four, 

 in which the montli has brought no rain. 



The fifth shows the number of years in which the month 

 has brought less than the average, which is brought up by 

 large figures at intervals. The purpose of this and the next 

 three columns, is to show the irregularity of the seasons. 



The sixth column shows the number of years in which the 

 several months brought fifty per cent., or more than the aver- 



