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RAINFALL OF GUERNSEY. 



year and table shows that the five ])receding years were dry 

 and the two succeeding years wet. 1S7() was a dry year and 

 it was preceded by three dry years and succeeded by two wet 

 ones. This year has been a diy year and has narrowly 

 escaped being the driest. It has been preceded by three dry 

 years and is in orderly agreement, so far, with the other 

 examples given. It remains to be seen whether the next 

 two years will be successively wetter. 



I have to thank Mr. Rows well for his returns from 

 Alderney, Sark and Herm, which go so far to make this paper 

 valuable, and from which we are able to establish the com- 

 parative rainfalls of our group of Islands. 



TABLE I. 

 LIST OF STATIONS AND OBSERVERS. 



Ref. 

 No. 







Part 



Eleva- 



Observer. 



Position of Gauge- 



of the 



tion 







Island. 



Feet. 



1 



Mr. A. Collenette. 



" Brooklyn," St. Martin's Rd. 



S.E. 



300 



2 



Mr. B. RowsweU. 



" Les Blanches," St. Martin's. 



S.E. 



300 



3 



Guernsey Waterworks. 



" Hautnez," Forest Road. 



S. 



343 



4 



Dr. F. Carey. 



" Grange Villa," Grange. 



E. 



180 



5 



Mr. J. Guilbert. 



*' Colborne Villa," Rohais. 



E. 



145 



6 



Mr. F. Lilley. 



** Les Heches, St. Peter-in- 

 the-Wood. 



S.W. 





7 



Guernsey Waterworks. 



Villiage, St. Saviour's. 



S.W. 





8 



Dr. Duncan. 



King's Mills, Castel. 



W. 



38 



9 



Mr. J. Hocart. 



" Les Mielles," L'Ancresse. 



N.E. 



33 



10 



Mr. P. Poat. 



" Richmond," St. Sampson's. 



N.E. 



25 



