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Water Collected by the Ordinary Bain-gauges and Gauges 

 with Eeeds on Table Mountain. 



Near Maclear's 

 Beacon. 







Woodhead Reservoir. Alt. 2,496. 



Alt. 3,500. 

 January, 1904. 





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Strong S.E., misty 



2 



0-61 



4-75 



0-53 



2-37 



Rain during night 







Fine, S.E. 



3 











N.W., cloudy 







Fine, N.W. 



4 







0-04 



0-12 



S.E., misty 





0*13 



Light S.E., mist during night 



5 









0*02 



S.E., slight mist 







Light S.E. 



6 



0-04 



4-40 







S.E., strong 





0.24 



N.W., misty, cloudy [night 



7 











S.E., strong 



0-45 



6-15 



N.W., misty, rain during 



8 











S.E., strong 



o-io 



0-82 



N.W., misty, light showers 



9 







0-70 



1-80 



N.W., rain during night 



0-44 



1-80 



N.,misty,cloudy,light showers 



10 







0-27 



3-05 



N.W., rain during night 



0-21 



0-83 



N., misty, light showers 



11 







0-11 



1-25 



N.W., rain during night 







N., light, fine [ing night 



12 



0-65 



20-62 



0-07 



0-22 



Misty, cloudy 





0-31 



N., light, misty, and S.E. dur- 



13 











S.E., misty 





0-10 



S.E., misty, cloudy 



14 









0-12 



S.E., misty 





0*57 



S.E., misty, cloudy 



15 







o-oi 



1-02 



S.E., misty and cloudy 







S.E., fine 



16 









0-02 



S.E., strong 







S.E., fine 



17 



0-03 



8-10 







S.E., light 







S.E., fine 



18 











N, light 







W., light, fine 



19 









0-97 



S.E., misty 





0'02 



N.W., moderate 



20 







o-oi 



217 



S.E., misty and cloudy 







S.E., fine 



21 









0-45 



S.E., misty and cloudy 







S.E., fine 



22 











Fine 





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S.E., fine, misty during night 



23 











N.W., fine 





0-25 



S.E., misty during night 



24 





9-55 







S.W., fine 



0-03 



0-40 



S.E. .misty, cloudy, slight rain 



25 











S.W., fine [night 







S.E., cloudy 



26 







0-09 



0-15 



N.W., light rain during 



o-oi 



1-41 



S.E., misty, cloudy 



27 











N.W., cloudy 





0*15 



S.E., slight mist 



28 



o-ii 



0-85 







N, light and cloudy 





0'03 



S.E., fine [night 



29 











S.E. 



0-21 



1-36 



S.E., misty, slight rain during 



30 











S.E. 





0*02 



S.E., fine 



31 





0*15 



1-83 





S.E. 





1586 



S.E., fine 



Tls. 



1-44 



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It had been my intention to include all these figures in this paper, 

 when a period of south-east clouds of unusual duration and vehe- 

 mence rendered this quite unnecessary. You will no doubt remember 

 that at the end of February and the beginning of this month a violent 

 South-east storm raged throughout South Africa for nearly a week. 

 There were abundant rains in all the eastern, southern, and central 

 parts of the Colony, as is usual during such a severe S.E. wind, but 

 no rain of any significance fell during that time on the Peninsula or 

 in its neighbourhood. The gauges had been read on Saturday, the 

 25th of February, and, noticing some signs of a change of weather 

 on Friday, the 3rd of March, I went up that afternoon to read them 

 again, although the storm was still raging with unabated vigour. 



I am almost afraid of stating what I found in the gauge standing 

 in the open, for it was equal to 21*2 inches of rainfall. We may, 



