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for his interesting paper, hoped that he would soon give a detailed 
account of the various Bushman drawings which he had on several 
occasions brought to the notice of the Society. 
~Mr. A. W. Roasrs, M.A., F.G.S., read a paper entitled, ‘On a 
Glacial Conglomerate in the Table Mountain Sandstone.”’ 
Mr. ScuatTerR having taken the chair, 
Mr. Stewart read a paper on “The Rainfall of the Cape 
Peninsula.” He said :-— | 
As the stations in the Cape Peninsula, at which rainfall observa- 
tions have been made, have increased greatly during recent years, 
it has occurred to me that it would not be uninteresting to draw 
attention to some of the results. 
In the year 1876 there were only three stations in the Cape 
Peninsular from which rainfall returns were received by the Meteoro- 
logical Commission. These stations were the Royal Observatory, 
Wynberg, and Simon’s Town. 
Since then the number of stations has been added to from time to 
time, making in all thirty-two stations from which returns were 
received by the Meteorological Commission in 1900. In addition to 
these, there are seven stations on Table Mountain from which 
regular observations have been taken for use in connection with 
the supply of water to Cape Town and Wynberg, but the returns 
have not been forwarded for insertion in the annual reports of the 
' Meteorological Commission. 
Observations have been obtained from thirty-one stations in the 
Peninsula for five years or more, together with the yearly rainfall at 
each station. In cases where the observations have extended to 
seven years, the average has been worked out for these years; in a 
few cases the average rainfall for sixteen years has been given. 
It will be seen how unequally distributed the rainfall is. The 
average for the last seven years at Signal Hill is 15°49 inches; at 
Rondebosch 41:22 inches; at Kenilworth 42°90 inches; at Disa 
Head (2,500 feet above the sea) on Table Mountain, 36-96 inches ; 
and at Maclear’s Beacon (3,478 feet above the sea) on Table Moun- 
tain, 86°81 inches. The heaviest rainfall in the Peninsula is registered 
at the last station. 
The following is a comparison of the results obtained from the 
Disa Head gauge with those from Maclear’s Beacon for the last 
seven years :— 
Disa Head. Maclear’s Beacon. 
ALES OA arora cemy Se AP Hap a lasts Mi gl UN Ata aie 35°10 
SY Smee ee eA Score a Solensioyrte fa wey are 37°88 94°37 
SO GMa Ist EG tsrs & ones oe hiker ak pe a 38°68 73°34 
TASTE Vee ota es Slt BRONCO Te eee, RL Ee 38:26 98°24 
JUSS) 6) ie rae oO een ee renee AP Re 43°08 92°67 
JSG AON Case ol Bee Bere De ne DA ae Se DP 34:95 105-85 
NG) OU Bren sisyet eee e net sysiclisrs ci odiaparatatclaracalleue uel a 30°02 69°14 
