296 REPORT—1862. 
1861 the equipoise was maintained, but in the reverse order, England being 
comparatively dry, and Scotland (especially the western coast) subject to 
almost unprecedented rains. It is also most noteworthy that, if the returns 
from all the stations in England, Scotland, and Ireland are combined, the 
fall is nearly identical in the two years. In 1860, the average fall at 390 
stations was 39-784 inches; and in 1861, 38-466 inches. 
The singularity of this result is fully shown by Table I., which gives the 
average fall in each district for each year, and the excess or defect in each 
district of 1861 over 1860. 
Tasxe I.—Average fall of Rain in 1860 and 1861, and difference between 
the two years. 
Number 
Division. of 1860. 1861. |1861-1860. 
Stations. 
in. in. in. 
England:— I. Middlesex ................00005 7 32°553 | 20°763 | —11°790 
> II. South-eastern Counties ...| 46 36°710 | 25°913 | —10°797 
i III. South Midland Counties ...| 20 go'22r | 21°505 | — 8°716 
+ IV. Eastern Counties ............ 16 31912 | 20411 | —II'Sor 
c V. South-western Counties ...| 48 46:040 | 34°403 | —11°637 
53 VI. West Midland Counties ...|. 22 34°259 | 25°838 | — 8-421 
x, VII. North Midland Counties...) 32 32°059 | 23°598 | — 8'461 
” VIII. North-western Counties ... 31 43°081 | 39448 | — 3°633 
YY TX; Yorkshire sive. .e...c8ss 32 38°895 | 30°680 | — 8215 
r X. Northern Counties ......... 24 50°941 | 52°357 | + 1°416 
= XI. Monmouthshire, Wales, &c. 6 48550 | 41110 | — 7°440 
Scotland :—XII. Southern Counties............ 4 49°075 | 55087 | + G6:o12 
Fe XIII. South-eastern Counties...... 12 30°332 | 30°862 | + 0530 
Sp XIV. South-western Counties ... 16 40°573 | 52°701 | +12°128 
< XV. West Midland Counties ... 12 52°278 | 63°377 | -+-11'099 
is XVI. East Midland Counties ...} 30 42°980 | 50°535 | + 7°555 
+) XVII. North-eastern Counties...... 8 37°799 | 35°880 | — I'g10 
»5 XVIII. North-western Counties ... 7 44°623 | 67°306 | +22°683 
¥ XIX. Northern Counties ......... 5 34°128 | 38°746 | + 4°618 
Treland : — XX. Ireland ...........c0ceceeeeeee- 12 38°692 | 38°813 | + otr2z 
General average ............... 390 39°784 | 38466 | — 1°318 
Hmnpland. pase -seestasns ook 284 38°656 | 307548 | — 8108 
PCOUANG sacar steve sarees sees 94 41°472 | 49°312 | + 7°840 
relanidh ies. Chasen seeceo. 12 38°692 | 38°813 | + otr21 
The next point for consideration is the relation which subsists between 
the fall in the two years, 1860 and 1861, and the average of a long series of 
years. A large number of the gauges having only been in use for ten or 
Tasxe II.—Difference between mean Rainfall, as obtained from long series of 
years, and from the ten years, 1850 to 1859. 
. Total | Mean of | Mean of p 
Division.| Name of Station, 2 prige Pt number | the whole | ten years, ii 
baie cra koi years.| period. | 1850-59, | Per cen 
inches. inches. 
II. | Greenwich............... 1815-61 47 25°42 23°16 9 
V. | Exeter, St. Thomas’s...) 1814-61 48 32°80 3115 5 
Vile | Orletong- Avie. ..22. 02 1831-61 31 29°18 28°82 I 
VIII. | Bolton-le-Moors ...... 1831-61 31 46°92 44°10 6 
TX al elallitax vt osesenceee yore 1829-61 33 32°38 30°71 5 
XV. | Rothesay ............... 1800-61 62 48°31 45°97 5 
