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of observations and that obtained by Mr. Ormsby, late Meteorological 

 Reporter, from this office, I beg to observe that neither myself nor 

 my assistants are responsible for his returns. - He himself made a 

 copy, and it would appear, took wrongly the three observations given- 

 below. 



Mr. Ormsby's statement, Office statement. 



Inches. Inches. 



Midnight, 29-052 29-062 



3 a. m. 28-600 28-660- 



7 a. m. 29-788 29-778 



As regards the statement of rainfall, Mr. Blanford, I respectfully 

 submit, evidently labours under a misconception of facts. It is true 

 that I had told him that the lower rain gauge at our office was not 

 reported on the night of the storm, inasmuch as " one had been 

 blown over and the other had overflowed." The last statement 

 should be received with some qualifications. I don't remember 

 whether I used the word " overflowed," when I spoke to Mr. Blanford 

 on the subject, but what I meant to say was this, that one of the 

 gauges had collected in the funnel of the receiver a large quantity of 

 rain, which had overtopped it : the bore of the funnel being closed by 

 earthy matter, did not allow the water to go in to the receiver. 

 My record of the rainfall had, however, been taken from the 

 indications of the gauge attached to the Anemometer at this office. 

 It had neither been blown down nor had it overflowed. Mr. 

 Blanford lays great stress on the circumstance that in the weekly 

 Register Table furnished by this office to the Meteorological Reporter, 

 the rainfall between 22 hours on the 1st and 4 a. m on the 2nd 

 was given at 0.67 inch and that from 4 to 10 a. m. at 2 74 inches 

 This apparent confusion is the natural result of the form of the 

 Table prescribed by the Meteorological Reporter and not of an 

 inaccurate observation as imputed. Properly speaking, the fall of 067 

 inch should have been quoted at 23 h. of the 1st November ; but 

 as there was no column for 23 h. in the weekly register table, it 

 was necessarily inserted at the next available hour viz. 4 a. m. of the 

 2nd November, in the said table. There was no mistake in the 

 original record, but the observations taken at 23 h. on the 1st 

 November was entered in the column for 4 a. m. of the 2nd in the 



