Rainfall and Flood Discharge. 



155 



put down at Cootamundra, with a water-shed of somewhat 

 similar character, but 13,000 acres instead of 10,000, with 

 a sectional area of 52 feet. The result known, a flood — 

 verdict, abnormal flood. 



(a.) 



Heavy Rain Storms. 



Duration. 



Eate per Hour 



Locality. 



Date. 



2 min. 

 4 



6- in. 



Sandhurst 



28/11/82 



* 5> • 



15 „ 



4- „ . 



Melbourne 



• 5> 



10/3/77 



20 „ 



5-4 „ (?) . 



Ballarat 



— /3/76 



30 „ 



2-4 „ . 



• j> • 



2/3/64 



75 „ 



2-0 „ . 



Sandhurst 



11/2/77 



90 „ 



•75 „ . 



• 



* • • 



24 hours . 



•15 „ . 



Sandhurst 



16/3/78 



30 „ 



•2 „ (?) . 



Beechworth 



31/8/75 



48 „ 



•10 „ . 



Sandhurst 



. 15-16/3/78 



30 „ 



•19 „ . 



Gordons 



6/1/87 



6i „ . 



•28 „ . 



Ballarat 



6/1/86 



12 „ 



•19 „ . 



Melbourne 



6/1/86 



(h.) 



At Ontario, 10th July, 1883, 4 in. of rain fell, and ex- 

 tended over an area 50 miles by 20 miles. Eliptical in form. 



Prof. F. E. Niphe {Science, p. 409, 1884), says from 

 47 years' observations, at St. Louis, he arrived at the 

 conclusion that the duration of a rain was inversely pro- 

 portional to the violence. 



Sir J. W. Bazelgate (Journal, Franklyn Institute, ]882), 

 says 2*64 in. rain fell in 19 hours over the whole of the 

 London Metropolitan District. 



