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THE CLIMATE OF MACKAY. 29 
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e. Shocks were felt and heard in 
and on s of the river. At 
Hermitage,” on the river bank, about 
miles from the wharves in town, two 
river. e shock continuous was felt and 
heard at ‘*The Hollow,” but at the ‘‘Nyth,” 
_ r lack, 
the Station, gives the time of the occurrence 
as about 2 minutes to9 p.m. (H.L:R.) 
TABLE I, 
RaTNFALL.—Receiving surface of Rain-gauge 8 inches, at a height of 3 ff. 
1 in. from the ground, and about 200 feet above sea-level. 
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1876. 1877. 1878. 1879. | 1880. Average. 
Month, 
Inches. Days Inches. |Days./ Inches. Days.| Inches. Days Inches bere] Inches. 
| 
Jan....! 834/16! 3-519} 5 6 | 10°88 | 22 | 11:63/ 21 | 9 
Feb...., 8°92 12 | 9-90| 22 | 9-18| 14| 7°89| 12 25-96 20 | 12370 
Mar....| 23-36 | 14 | 19°88 | 30 | 34°70 | 30 |18°03| 27 4°04) 1 ‘ 
> 2:20; 9} 312/19! 0 8 |10°99! 19 10°97, 21 | 5°652 
- May...) 1156/18 | 0-05! 5| 3:02] 11} 1°35) 6| 0:99) 10| 3-494 
June.) 405/13 | 2-77) 11] 5 4/2 6| 1:71). 4) 3186 
July... 2°30) 7 | 0-67| 8| 0-66/ 6| 1-41| 5| $:26\14| 2660 
Aug...) 029| 7/ 0-21| 3/ 0 2| 4:16) 9 | 0-04, 1} 0-958 
Sept... 0°67; 6 | 270/10} 1-76| 10} 167| 5| 0:20} 3} 1-400 
Oct...) 2°74] 8] oo1| 1 | 4:32] 4] 3-76} 12} 1°07) 6| 2°380 
Nov...| 2-29] 8| 1:53] 41 3:57] 7! 0-15| 1! 1-64} 9! 1°822 
Dee...) 3:58} 9| 3-62) 9 | 1072/15 | 1-22} 4| 660| 11] 5-148- 
Totals | 70-23 |127 | 53°31 (141 79°98 127 | 64-06 128 | 73°11 133 | 68°138 
“Annual average rainfall, 68-138 inches. 
number of rai 
y days, 130. 
0°519 inches. 
= ” L rainy : 
Verage fall on each rainy day, 
Greatest average monthly fall of rain was in March, 20-002 inches. 
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reatest monthly fall of rain was 34°70 inches, in March, 1878. 
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