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1860. Early part, wet ; very lieavy rain, April 28 and 29 ; abun- 



dant rains latter part. 



1804. Heavy rain, April and October ; moderate year. 



1823. Heavy rain, March and October ; moderate year. 



1842. Moderate year ; lieavy rain, February ; June, October, and 



Noveinber, dry months. 



1861. Heavy rain, April and August ; September to end of year, 



1805. Wet ; floods in Hawkesbury and South Creek, March, 



October, and November. 



1824. "Wet ; heavy rains, July, September, and October ; Mur- 



rumbidgee in high flood, 20th, 21st, and 22nd October. 



1843. Wet ; very heavy rains, Eebruary, March, April, and 



August. 



1862. Dry ; heavy rain, February ; rest of year very dry. 



1787. "Wet (?) ; when the colonists landed they saw recent flood- 

 marks. 



1806. Wet ; very high flood in March ; flood in October. 



1825. Wet ; abundant rains in March ; floods in August. 



1844. Wet ; flood rains in June, and heavier in October. 



1863. Wet ; January, February, and March, very heavy rain ; 



also August, and for sixteen days in October. 



1788. Wet ; heavy rain, February and August ; October, 



JSTovember, dry. 

 1807. Wet ; heavy rain and flood, January ; wet in June ; (no 



information end). 

 1826. Wet ; heavy rain and flood, January ; floods in August ; 



September, October, November, dry. 

 1845. Wet ; heavy rain, January and February ; flood rains in 



April ; August, September, and October, dry. 

 1864. Wet ; heavy rain, February and March ; high flood in 



June ; September and November, dry. 



1789. Dry ; " the colonists suffered a parching thirst for several 



months." 

 1808. Dry ; year very dry, but flood in November. 

 1827. Dry ; dry year ; heavy rain in April ; little information to 



be had. 

 1846. Dry ; dry year ; heavy rain in November. 

 1865. Dry ; dry year ; heavy rain in November. 



1790. Dry ; February and March, heavy rain ; no rain June to 



November. 



