246 



BEPOBT — 1878. 



The rainfall is least when the sunspots are fewest, and (apparently) 

 greatest when the spots are most numerous, but this last result probably 

 arises from the maximum years not being all in the same series. 



The mean rainfall of the cycle is 49 - inches, and the mean rainfall 

 from 1816 to 1872 is 49-1 inches. 



43. The rainfall of Calcutta, as far as is known, is greater in the years 

 of minimum tban in those of maximum sunspofs. 



VII. — Rainfall at Stations in the Southern Hemisphere compared with the 



Sunspots. 



44. The observations obtained from this part of the world are few in 

 number, and the periods also few, but the results, when compared with 

 those of the northern hemisphere, are interesting. 



Table XXVII. — Rainfall at five stations in the Southern Hemisphere, 

 from 1855 to 1867. — Maximum year in 6th line. 



The rainfall and sunspots are at their maximum about the same time- 



