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REPORT — 1878. 



Table XL. — Comparison of Rainfall with Snnspots from 1855 to 1867. 



Maximum year in 6 th line. 



60. The variations for the several countries are as follows :■ 

 Table XLL— Rainfall Variations from 1855 to 1867. 



In Great Britain the rainfall increases to the seventh year of the cycle 

 and on the Continent to the fifth year, after which it decreases to the 

 tenth and ninth years, and then increases in the eleventh. 



The rainfall at the American stations has, apparently, a tendency to a 

 double oscillation. 



At the Indian stations the rainfall increases to the seventh year as in 

 Great Britain. It then decreases to the ninth year, but increases in the 

 tenth and eleventh years. 



The mean rainfall of the five stations in the southern hemisphere 

 increases from the second to the fifth year, and then decreases to the 

 eleventh, and the maximum and minimum rainfall occur in or very near 

 the years of maximum and minimum sunspots. 



61. Omitting the stations in the southern hemisphere, the mean 

 variation for Europe, America, and India is given in column one of the 



