BY THE REV. R. F. WHEELER, M.A. 



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The following are the average depths for each month in the 

 year : — 



Depth of Tyne at 

 Wylam Bridge. 



Feet. 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September .... 



October 



November 



December 



Mean 



4-80 

 3-60 

 3-36 

 3-14 

 1-67 

 1-38 

 1-65 

 3-00 

 3-94 

 4-14 

 3-87 

 3-62 



3-18 



This is considerably in excess (3-18-2-46 = 0-72) of the aver- 

 age depth for 1864 (the only year for which I have a return), as 

 might be expected from the fact of the rainfall in the upper part 

 of the Tyne being so much above the average. 



The closing days of July and August were marked by excessive 

 storms nearly everywhere. On July 30-31, 2 inches of rain 

 fell in twenty-four hours at Brinckburn; 1-61 inches at North 

 Sunderland; 2-45 inches at Hendon Hill; 1-90 inches at Sea- 

 ham Hall; 1-96 inches at Ho wick ; 1-55 inches at Whitley; 

 1-46 inches at North Shields; 1*36 inches at Gateshead; 1-37 

 inches at TJshaw ; 1-39 inches at St. John's; 1-25 inches at 

 Dinsdale. 



On August the 29th and 30th, 1-40 inches were recorded at 

 Whitley; 0-66 inches at North Sunderland; 1*44 inches at Hen- 

 don Hill; 1-47 inches at Seaham Hall ; 1-39 inches at North 

 Shields; 1-21 inches at the Literary and Philosophical Institu- 

 tion in Newcastle; 1-27 inches at Gateshead; 1-30 inches at 

 Ushaw ; 1-35 inches at St. John's ; and 1-25 inches at Dinsdale. 



