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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  In 
  1894 
  the 
  rainfall 
  dropped 
  to 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  30.51 
  inches 
  and 
  the 
  

   runoff 
  to 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  8.70 
  inches, 
  of 
  which 
  7.63 
  inches 
  occurred 
  in 
  

   the 
  storage 
  period. 
  In 
  1895 
  the 
  total 
  rainfall 
  was 
  29.84 
  inches 
  

   and 
  the 
  total 
  runoff 
  4.90 
  inches, 
  of 
  which 
  4.04 
  inches 
  occurred 
  

   during 
  the 
  storage 
  period. 
  

  

  Runoff 
  of 
  Genesee 
  river. 
  Genesee 
  river, 
  while 
  not 
  tributary 
  to 
  

   the 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  above 
  Niagara 
  river, 
  may 
  still 
  be 
  cited 
  as 
  showing 
  

   that 
  at 
  times 
  the 
  runoff 
  of 
  streams 
  tributary 
  to 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  is 
  

   very 
  low. 
  Keferring 
  to 
  table 
  No. 
  43, 
  which, 
  for 
  the 
  years 
  1890, 
  

   1891 
  and 
  1892, 
  gives 
  the 
  rainfall 
  and 
  runoff 
  of 
  Oatka 
  creek, 
  a 
  

   tributary 
  of 
  the 
  Genesee, 
  Ave 
  learn 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  water 
  year 
  1891, 
  

   with 
  a 
  rainfall 
  of 
  38.12 
  inches, 
  the 
  runoff 
  was 
  14.05 
  inches. 
  In 
  

   1892, 
  with 
  a 
  rainfall 
  of 
  41.69 
  inches, 
  the 
  runoff 
  was 
  15.42 
  inches. 
  

  

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  Fig. 
  20 
  Section 
  of 
  weir 
  erected 
  on 
  Genesee 
  river 
  in 
  1896. 
  

  

  Taking 
  the 
  record 
  of 
  Genesee 
  river 
  proper, 
  for 
  the 
  years 
  1893- 
  

   1898, 
  inclusive, 
  as 
  given 
  in 
  table 
  No. 
  43, 
  we 
  learn 
  that 
  for 
  the 
  

   water 
  year 
  1894, 
  with 
  a 
  mean 
  precipitation 
  above 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  

   measurement 
  of 
  47.79 
  inches, 
  the 
  runoff 
  was 
  19.38 
  inches, 
  of 
  which 
  

   15.73 
  inches 
  occurred 
  in 
  the 
  storage 
  period. 
  In 
  1895 
  the 
  rainfall 
  

   dropped 
  to 
  31 
  inches 
  and 
  the 
  total 
  runoff 
  to 
  6.67 
  inches. 
  In 
  1880 
  

   Hemlock 
  lake, 
  a 
  tributary 
  of 
  Genesee 
  river, 
  with 
  a 
  catchment 
  area 
  

   of 
  43 
  square 
  miles 
  and 
  a 
  total 
  rainfall 
  of 
  21.99 
  inches, 
  gave 
  a 
  

   runoff 
  of 
  onlv 
  about 
  3.4 
  inches. 
  

  

  