REPORT—1868. 
IRELAND. 
hal area Division XXIII.—Usrer. 
(continued). 
Suico (continued). Cavan. Fermanacu. || ARMAGH. Down. 
. Hazlewood. | Red Hills, Florence Armagh 
ag ao Sligo, Belturbet. Court. Observatory. | Helen 
i=) 
above — a | eens) | eer Sle 
Ground ...... 2 ft. 4 in. Oft.9in. || 11 ft.Oin. || 30ft. Oin. 7 ft. 4 in. 
Sea-level...... AT ft.) EM. sacednek | 300 ft. 238 ft. 68 ft. 
1866. | 1867.] 1866. | 1867. || 1866.| 1867. || 1866.| 1867. || 1866.) 1867. 
— id | sees a 
in. in. in. | in. in. |} in. in. || in. in. 
January ...| 5°59 5°16] 4°15 || to°05| 5°40] 4°03 || 3°53| 3°47 
February ...| 3°39 2°92| 2°38]) 2°46] 3°65]) + 4°41 || 2°87] 2°67 
March ...... 2°41 3°28| 2°37|| 3°66| 4:55] & 2°20 |) 354g |) rs 
Atprul peers: r73 2°97| 5°59|| 2°34] 5°68] 2 4°25 ||, “T288 || S975 
Mag 2c05c%. . 1°86 1°54] 3°59 65] 3°84|| Beg | 4°39] 1°67] 4°15 
Alita ane ee 2°55 272) i260) S187 67|| oF T'00 | 2°53 97 
Oily | aes 3°03 2°18) 4°54|| mSr] 5°89|| 7 'S | 4°27]) 187) 4°34 
August ...... 4°27 3°34] 2°72|/ 615] 3°49]| a 2 241] 3°24] 2°23 
September...) 4°21 4°41} 2°86]| 5:28] 3°37] & 1'66|) 4°97| (1°72 
October ...... 272 2°64) 5'49|| 4°47) 6715/| 9 4°91 || 190] 4°57 
November ...| 4°36 3°66| x°15|| 6°34] 1-08 || ™ "gO || 4°27 “76 
December ...| 5°17 4°28) 1°95|| 5°57| 2°69 2°29 || 3°70| 2°10 
Totals ...... 41°29 39°10] 38°05 || 50°65] 46°96]! 37°90] 36°73 | 35°56) 32°68 
APPENDIX. 
On the Quantity of Rain measured in the Lake District. 
By Jouy Puiiiirs, M.A., F.R.S., Professor of Geology. 
[Proceedings of the Ashmolean Society, New Series, No. 1.] 
In whatever direction we approach the district of the English Lakes, the 
quantity of rain, though not the number of rainy days, is found to increase 
continually, and near the mountains rapidly. By several years’ observations, 
through the exertions of Dr. Miller, Mr. Fletcher, Mr. Marshall, Dr. Davy, 
Mr. Symons, and others, it is found that the mountain district of the Lakes 
receives more rain on the average than any other part of Great Britain. In 
the upper part of Borrowdale, at Seathwaite, 422 feet above the sea, about 
130 or 140 inches of rain fall, on an average, in one year*; the maximum 
yet observed being 182-47 inches in 1861, the minimum 88:31 inches in 
1855. Descending from this point along the course of Borrowdale, the 
quantities of rain diminish, and at Keswick only 59 inches are received, at 
an elevation of 270 feet. 
As we ascend the mountain slope from Borrowdale toward Scawfell, the 
quantities increase ; and at a place called Stye, 165 inches are received on 
the average—the maximum in 1866 being 224-56, and the minimum in 
1853, 134-91. In the immediate vicinity, the quantity registered on the 
summit of Scawfell Pikes, 3200 feet above the sea, is on the average about 
64 inches—maximum in 1864, 73:20; minimum in 1865, 49°12. 
* Mr. Fletcher admits 134 inches as the most probable average. 
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