886 KAi\F\T>i> OF r;rF-iJ\sKY. 



difficult to iinflerstand wore tlioy not on days whon heavv 

 showers prevailed all over tlie island. On ()(;tol)er the 3rd 

 this station measured 2*08 in. of rain : Ilautnez had 1*11 in. : 

 St. Martin's Road O'HT, and all the other stations falls helow 

 0*60 in. Thus this station had nearly double the ({uantity of 

 the next highest station. The i-ain s(|uall nnist have passed 

 over the west of the island. 



The second was on the l()th of October when th.e quantity 

 was 1'50 in. The detail of the day also [)roves that the west 

 of the island only was affected. 



On the 29th of the same month another fall of 1'7S in. is 

 returned. This was a very wet day, but no other station 

 passed 0*65 in. ; hence there is no way of accounting* for so 

 purely local showers of great intensity. 



On the 27th of December a fall of 1*01 in. is recorded, 

 but as all the stations return falls ranging from 0'63 to 0*76, 

 this need not attract much attention ; but these falls massed 

 give an excess of rain at King's Mills of nearly 4 inches over 

 St. Martin's Road's falls on the same days. 



The table (No. Y.) of droughts requires no comment. 



In table VI. I have worked out the order in which the 

 stations group themselves, as proved by their mean position as 

 shown in the table. 



The order here worked out places King's Mills first, ])ut 

 the experience of last year shows that this will not be retained 

 and that its place will ultimately be proved to be much lower, 

 being as it is on the line from St. Martin's Road to C'obo 

 (approximately ). 



RAINFALL OF THE OTHER ISLANDS. 



I have drawn attention in this and other papers to the 

 difference between the rainfall of the East and West of this 

 island. The returns which are published of the Jersey 

 Rainfall lead me to believe that the same differences must 

 exist in Jersey. We have the returns of the South coast 

 only and this is so far below the results obtained here, in toAvn, 

 that it seems to me to be ])robable that the South coast in 

 Jersey is the portion of least rain as is our S.W. point. 



The rainfall is 29*38 against oiu* 34*00 and this difference 

 occurs year after year. The N.W. of Jersey probably gets 

 as much rain as our Town, and it is highly probable that the 

 mean rainfall of both islands, if it Avere knoAvn for all parts, 

 would be nearly alike. 



♦Jersey falls for June, July, and November exceeded ours 

 for the same months, but all the other months were drier, and 



