RAINFALL OF GUERNSEY. 533 



If we radiate lines from the Fort to various parts of the 

 island Ave find that to the South, this year, the falling of! 

 is 8 °/q at Les Blanches, 11 °/q at Hautnez ; to the South-west 

 we have 12°/^ at St. Peter's; more westerly 9% at St. 

 Saviour's and 10°/^ at King's Mills. To the North-East we 

 have 5 °/q falling off at L'Ancresse. At the Kohais, which is 

 within the area of greatest fall there is 2 °/q only, and at the 

 Grange, which shonld not fall off more than 3 °/q, we have 

 5 °/q. This last-named station suffers from the draught of the 

 Vauvert Valley. In Table IV. the mean variations are given 

 and, although modified, the same distribution is found to hold. 



The main facts are as follow. The town, especially its 

 South and South-West sides, is the wettest part of the island. 

 The town varies, having its least fall on the North and North- 

 East sides. The East Coast of the island is from 15 °/q to 

 20% wetter than the West Coast. The South-West and 

 Central parishes vary from the town by some 10 °/q, but this 

 is so far but roughly ascertained as we have had but one 

 year's returns for a St. Saviour's station. 



Tlie Observers, given in Table I, remain the same and I 

 trust that I may succeed in increasing their number and of 

 obtaining returns for the Castel and West Coast. I am 

 willing to provide the gauges, measures and postage cards 

 needed. 



The heavy falls are not numerous nor are they important 

 in their bearing on the year's totals. 



Only one drought occurred, lasting 32 days. The 

 previous longest was in 1893 and lasted 35 days, see Table 

 VI. A partial drought of 28 days was also registered, see 

 Table VII. 



I now wish to discuss our dry year in comparison with 

 the rainfall of other places. 



(juernsey and Jersey are remarkably near to each other 

 in total fall. The totals are 26*22 in. and 26*16 in. res- 

 pectively. 



From the English reports we gather that the deficit 

 on the opposite co ists of Devonshire and Somersetshire ranges 

 from 8 to 10 inches. We may hence look upon the shortage 

 as general. 



This year the mean of all the Stations is 1*75 in. less than 

 at Brooklyn ; last year the difference was 1*21 in. 



The next point I draw yoiu^ attention to is the fact so far 

 very dry years have been succeeded by wet years. There 

 seems to be no rule at present discoverable, but two dry 

 periods stand out as fairly agreeing. 1858 was the driest 



