icturns of jtainfall, &c., in Jorstt in 1896. 



By HENRY STORKS EATON 



(Past President of the Royal Meteorological Society). 



new Stations have been established, raising the total 

 number to 43. Their approximate height above 

 ground and sea-level is : Burstock, Tin. and 

 500ft. ; East Fordington, 4ft. and 200ft. ; Sand- 

 ford Orcas, formerly in Somerset, 1ft. and 200ft. ; 

 Victoria Hotel, S \vanage, 1ft. llin. and 26ft.; 

 Rowlands, Wimborne, 2ft. Gin. and 110ft. ; and 

 1 Markham, Wyke Regis, 1ft. and 80ft. At 



Dorchester and Powerstock, omitted from the list 

 last year, the position of the gauges above ground and sea-level is 

 respectively Gin. and 305ft. and Sin. and 200ft. No register has 

 been discontinued. 



Complete schedules of the daily observations on the Club forms 

 have been received from all the Observers except from Bloxworth 

 Rectory, Corfe Castle (Furzebrook), and Sandford Orcas. 

 Tables I. and II. need no explanation. 



The statement of rainy days in Table III. does not include the 

 three stations from which only abstracts have been received, nor 

 where an entry of - 01in. of rain occurs less than eight times in the 

 course of the year. With these reservations the average of 156 

 rainy days is derived from 33 Stations. If the 42 complete 



