190 HISTORY OF FLOODS IN THE RIVER DARLING. 
r. Alexander Ferguson went to reside on the Castlereagh in 
1840, has lived there ever since, and says there was no flood there 
like the one Oxley saw in 1818 until that of 1874. Oxley went 
over the flat country in a boat for some 30 miles, the water being 
from 3 to 5 feet deep. Mr. sitchen and two others in the 1874 
flood rode on horseback for 10 miles through flood waters from 2 
to 3 feet deep. 
Rainfall Observations given aris to indicate ai Rainfall on the Darling 
e early year: 
Made ai Armidale, New South Wales, during the years 1859 to 1870. 
Date. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. 
; | mad 
1859 37500 | 1°330 | 0°140 | 0°080 | 1210 | 2-090 | 0-140 | 0°585 | 3-350 | 0°320 | 3°450 | 2°400 
1860 0" Y ne es Pads a4 230 | 2°630 | 17520 
1861 7070 | 9°820 | 0°950 | 5 380 0" 570 4° 650 4-220 | 3°320 | 1°830 | 1°330 | 0°6 4°300 
1962 | 2-200 | 3°870 | 2-580 | 0-320 | 0-760 | 2-120 | 0-440 | 0°740 | 1°690 | 0-280 | 0-270 | 1:900 
1863 |10-810 | 6-450 | 4970 | 9-310 | 1°560 | 5-330 | 1-870 | 2-090 | 3°790 | 6360 | 3°870 } 2°930 
1864 1°420 {11-010 | 7°150 | 1°260 | 1:320 | 4-630 | 4-750 | 8230 | 0°010 | 0-030 | 3°030 | 0°010 
1865 1°370 | 2°620 | 0°600 | 3270 | 3-000 | 2°680 | 1°760 | 0°820 | 2°940 | 3°500 | 8-390 {11°370 
1866 4600 | 4000 | 0°100 | 0°700 | 2°100 | 6200 | 4-000 | 1°200 } 0°500 | 3°800 | 9°200 3°200 
1859 { 4°370 | 0°580 | 5970) _.. 0'890 6-090 | 0°030 } 3010 | 0°810 | 5°480 } 2°260 | 3°350 
1 2°540 | 9°640 | 6°580 | 7°550 | 0-190 | 0-960 | 0-490 |12°390 | 4-180 | 3°350 | 3°690 | 3°140 
1861 | 9°280 | 4580 | 8860 |10-380 | 2°870 | 6-380 | 1-900 |10-410 | 1°830 | 2-710 | 4-590 | 5-150 
1862. | 4-250 | 2-610 | 6870 | 0°790 | 2-210 | 3-000 | 0510 | 0-000 | 2-710 | 0-450 | 0-990 | 3°880 
1963 | 6480 /15°140 14-360 | 6-700 | 0-920 | 2-750 | 2-430 | 1-810 | 1-070 | 9°300 | 4-930 | 2-930 
1864 | 4°470 | 9°330 | 1°540 | 0-130 | 2°630 | 3°020 | 3°040 | 5°120 | 0-980 | 1-340 | 2 2°340 
1865 | 7°640 | 4-090 | 0°700 | 0°500 | 0°410 | 4-280 0°890 | 3°360 830 
1866 .. | 6°940 | 0-810 | 3°090 | 3-320 | 8-620 | 1-970 | 4-480 | 0°700 | 3-930 | 1-360 | 9°500 
6°850 |12°660 | 5-370 }15-280 | 8-970 | 4-140 | 0-720 | 0-770 | 0-920 | 0-250 | 2°340 | 2-770 
1868 | 7°220 | 6740 | 0°600 | 1°700 | 1-150 | 4:260 | 5°510 | 0-700 | 1:870 | 3°640 | 2 0°500 
1869 | 7-970 | 4-230 | 9-020 {12 0° 671 : 0-000 | 1-560 | 3°540 | 3°370 | 5530 
1870 | 4920 | 3-060 |34-040 | 4610 | 2-810 | 3-110 | 6-130 | 1-940 | 0-740 | 4°790 | 8-490 | 4°420 
1871 | 8°790 | 4-710 | 2-640 | 5-110 | 0-330 | 1:310 | 3-320 | 0-430 | 1-520 | 3°170 | 4-390 | 9°280 
1872 | 8°370 | 6-850 | 7-890 | 0-320 | 0-260 | 2-260 | 3-900 | 0-910 | 1-310 | 1-460 | 6-250 | 8°940 
Made at Burrundulla, New South Wales, during the years 1866 to 1870. 
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1866 { 3°630 | 1-760 { 0°900 | 0-240 { 3-060 | 1-160 | 1-940 { 2-080 | 0-140 { 2500 | 17420 
1867 | 0°650 | 0-680 | 2-120 | 4-190 | 2-350 | 4-560 | 3-440 | 1-630 | 3-420 | 1:500 | 0-040 | 0°000 
1868 | 3470 | 1-150 | 0-000 | 0-110 | 0°830 | 1-370 | 1-790 | 9-300 | 1°370 | 0-450 | 1-040 | 0°60 
| 2-120 2°40 | 5-790 | 2°570 | 1-920 | 3-190 | 1-260 | 0-340 | 4°310 11 
2°340 1-920 
1870 | 3'390 | 1-740 | 6-290 | 9-190 | 2-640 | 3-010 | 1-650 | 4-420 | 1-920 | 3°810 | 3°670 | 3°730 
