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Bodmin.—Springs lower than for eighty years in November; they 
recovered about December 8. 
Liskeard.—Rainfall 15°25 inches below average of twenty years. 
Springs failed throughout the district, but recovered in December. 
Stratton, Week St. Mary.—Many wells dried up for first time, dry 
from middle of March to end of November. 
Bude.—Springs never so low up to end of November. 
Ilminster, White Lackington.—Two perennial springs failed. 
Bridgwater, Ashford.—Streams supplying the water-supply were 
very low, but yielded more than the daily consumption of 200,000 
gallons per day, the ordinary summer flow being four million gallons 
per twenty-four hours. 
Kewstoke.—Many wells were dry until December rains. 
West-Midland Counties. 
Chipping Sudbury, Frampton Cotterell—Wells were dry up to end 
of November. 
Stroud, Brimscombe Vicarage.—Wells and springs dry for first time 
for years. 
Gloucester, Barnwood.—Wells in gravel very low. 
Hampen.—The springs that had already failed did so in October, and 
did not recover until the end of November. 
Cheltenham, Battledown.—Hill streams dry for a long period, and 
wells supplied from sandbed in village were also dry. Cheltenham 
reservoirs dry. 
St. Devereux, Whitfield.—Springs very low. 
Ledbury, Putley Court.—60-feet wells very reduced in October and 
November; the 40-feet wells almost dry. 
Hereford, Burghill.—Springs very low. 
Pembridge, Marston.—Wells dry November and December. 
Ludlow, Ashford.—Many wells dry in November; River Teme low 
from March to end of year. 
Great Malvern, Madresfield.—Wells 16 to 25 feet deep, through marl 
subsoil, began to fail in October, and supply was limited to December. 
River Teme lower than for forty years. 
Radway.—Driest year since 1870. Springs very low. Many wells 
no water until after Christmas. 
North-Midland Counties. 
Belvoir Castle——Remarkable disappearance of subsoil water. 
Oakham, Greetham.—Springs failed for a month. 
Spalding, Pode Hole.—Fen drainage engines were standing still at 
end of year, and the water in Deeping Fen was allowed to rise to almost 
summer level to afford a supply for cattle, or in case of fire. 
Sleaford, Bloxholm.—Wells 100 feet deep dry for weeks, as were 
springs and streams. 
_ Horncastle.—Springs were dry that have not been so since 1826, from 
middle of August to middle of December. 
Lincoln, Doddington.— Springs very low. 
Alford, Sutton-by-the-Sea.—Streams fed by chalk very low, but 
wells did not fail. 
