70 SOILS AND MANUEES 



Results for Maximum and Minimum Rainfall. 



For convenience of interpretation the figures given in 

 the table may be arranged in quarterly periods as 

 follows : 



INCHES OF WATER EVAPORATED. 



Oct., 1-35 

 Nov., 0-75 

 Dec., 0-50 



2-60 



Jan., 0-50 

 Feb., 0-55 

 Mar., 0-96 



2-01 



April, 1-39 

 May, 1-62 

 June, 1'73 



4-74 



July, 2-04 

 Aug., 2-05 

 Sept., 1-64 



5-73 



It will be seen that the amount of water evaporated was 

 lowest 0*5 inch in January, and gradually rose, month 

 by month, to a maximum of 2*05 inches in August. After 

 that it gradually declined again to the minimum of 0'5 

 inch in December. The amount of evaporation is prac- 

 tically the same in the months of July and August, May 

 and September, December and January. During the six 

 summer months the rainfall was nearly the same as in the 

 six winter months but the ,amount evaporated was more 

 than double. 



When annual periods are considered a striking constancy 



