RAIXFA].L OF GUERNSEY. 385 



Avas Hautiiez, but hy the kindness of Mr. Frank Lilley I am 

 now able to give the falls of the last eight months of the year 

 for St. Peter-in-the-Wood, and I have to report that, as far as 

 we can prove the fact by the short period of these observations, 

 the expected falling off to the S.W. is confirmed. 



The Observers who have assisted this year are given in 

 Table 11. 



I am sorry to say that our gain in numbers is counter- 

 balanced by our loss, for Mr. J. de Putron has given up. 

 His last month was May. This, however, is not so serious a 

 loss as it would have been had we not two observers in prac- 

 tically the same j)art of the island. We have noAV records 

 from several stations Avhich have ceased, and can use them to 

 get at the distribution of the rainfall. The general deduction 

 is that there is a falling off in all directions from the neigh- 

 bourhood of the south of the Town, of about half-an-inch of 

 rain to the mile. 



The falls have varied l)etween 38*21 in. at King's Mills 

 and 3U'75 at St. Sampson's, but at St. Martin's Koad the 

 quantity Avas 34*00 in. 



The returns from King's jNIills shoAv that Ave cannot 

 accept the evidence of this station as to its place in the 

 distribution until a longer interval has elapsed, for on no 

 fewer than four occasions, to be alluded to later, the 

 quantities returned Avere not in agreement with the rest of 

 the island. Xoav as this station last year contributed 89 

 per cent, of the St. Martin's Road total and this year no 

 less than 113 per cent., avc nmst wait for the equalisa- 

 tion AAdiich Avill result fiom a longer period. The rest of 

 the table is consistent Avith previous results. 



As regards the number of Avet days also foimd in Table 

 III. the Avhole of the stations give a mean for the year of 

 194, but the numbers vary betAveen 214 at liohais and 181 

 at L'Ancresse, St. Martin's Road giving 102, Avhich is in 

 excess of the average. 



All the stations taken together give the rainfall of the 

 year as 32*79 in. or 1*21 in. less than St. Martin's Road. 



The heavy falls detailed in Table IV. have been fairly 

 numerous, and in consequence of the unusual number at King's 

 Mills (No. 8 in the table) I give a detailed statement of all 

 falls over 0*60 inch. It is no unusual thing for heavy falls 

 or even phenomenal falls to occur at one station and to be 

 represented by (comparatively smaller amounts at the other 

 stations, but such falls rarely exceed one in the year. This 

 year King's Mills returns four such falls which Avould be 



