on the 6th ; at Sydney the fall was 15 degrees from the 
TROPICAL RAINS, ty 
not sufficient moisture present in the westerly wind to pr 
such a heavy downpour as we have recorded in other years, 
fall in the temperature came as usual, and reached its atte bs 
6th, but it was insufficient to produce heavy rains. I havent 
yet had time to have these facts worked out for other years 
periods in the year, excepting one fall in September, 1878, 
i ind, is im 
of the monsoon, and seems to have been similar in character to the 
the N.E. in this instance; but the easterly ee 
cooler, and it is therefore improbable that it would + reid 
have not yet received the South Australian meteorological oD 
for February, 1882, so that I cannot compare the weather e 
It does not appear that there is any direct connectio 
and effect, but rather that the weather is chap 
rain at the two places, which are separated by some 
. rain ; ca 
ng or western districts ; while in 1879 the ® ie 
Be eee pton on February 6th, was at G peepee 
Sydney on the 8th, and in this instance also was qui"? 
