450 



REPORT 1867. 



of which about 300 are i^erfectly filled, as is Table I., and between 4000 

 and 5000 are in process of filling. It mnst not be supposed that this large 



Table I. 



EAINFALL AT KENDAL. 



Observer, S. Marshall, Esq. Authority, MS. Return. 



Eain- J By Mr. Marshall. 

 gauge. X Diameter, 8 in. Height above Ground, 4 ft. 6 in. Above Mean Sea-level, 149 ft. 



proportion of incomplete sheets implies imperfect registers, such is not the 

 case ; the appearance depends on the fact that, for facility of reference and 

 entry, it was necessary to make all the forms commence with some uniform 

 date, and as the observations were of cotu'se commenced in various years, 

 there thus (temporarily) appear to be far more fragmentary registers than 

 there really are. The register sheets, it will be seen, are to a considerable 

 extent self-proving, while the decennial period possesses advantages Avhich 

 are self-evident. These sheets form the basis of the investigation now to 

 be described. It avlU be seen that the last column in the register sheet gives 

 the mean faU in the month and in the year ; the former divided by the latter 

 (the decimal being of course shifted) - gives the percentage, of the yearly 

 amovmt, which fell in each month. The computations are at present only 



Table II. — Monthly Percentage of Mean Annual Eaiofall, England, 

 in the years 1850-59. 



