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MURRAY RIVER AT MORCAN 
1895-1902 
of 
R. T. McKAY. 
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Showing Faurtall and fun-ofF 
Catchment Area 408 000 sg. mis 
fouttal! ia inches shewa Ibus---++ 
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ta black 
ween ees 
falling on the eastern 
portion,and very little 
on the western area, 
it would represent a 
sheet of water 15°62 
inches deep. The 
maximum rainfall re- 
corded over the whole 
catchment for the 
period under investi- 
gation was 18°21 ins. 
in 1896, the run-off in 
inches being 0°32 or 
1°75), It mage 
pointed out that 
although the rainfall 
for 1895 was nearly 1 
inch less than that 
recorded in 1896, the 
run-off was greater, 
viz., 0°54 inches, while 
the discharge repre- 
sented 3°12%. The 
year 1894 was a wet 
one, the volume pass- 
ing Morgan gauging 
station amounting to 
955,087,000,000 cubic 
feet, or nearly double 
that ~—discharged 
during 1895, “Tie 
thorough saturation 
of the ground during 
1894 accounted in a 
great measure for the 
