548 RAINFALL AT SAUK, HERM AND ALDERNEY. 



BAILIWICK RAINFALL, 1865-1876. 



YJ]AR. 



SARK. 



ALDERNEY. 



GUERNSEY. 



Total ^^S 

 Rainfall ^.^^^^ 



Total 

 Rainfall. 



Days 

 with 

 Rain. 



Total 

 Rainfall. 



Days 

 with 

 Rain. 



1865 



1866 



1867 



1868 



1869 



1870 



1871 



Ins. 



31-26 

 30-68 

 28-38 

 28-58 

 24-33 

 31-32 

 47-17 

 33-25 

 27-58 

 33-90 







185 

 176 

 172 

 171 

 116 

 167 

 222 

 194 

 173 

 184 



Ins. 



30-57 

 32-24 

 27-23 

 29-64 

 31-59 

 21-05 

 27-18 



194 

 175 

 169 

 161 



179 



Ins. 

 43-35 

 44-42 

 37-07 

 34-76 

 32-99 

 25-05 

 36-26 

 56-96 

 37-72 

 35-38 

 35-64 

 41-71 



156 

 192 

 170 

 176 

 162 

 123 

 168 



1872 



222 



1873 



177 



1874 



175 



1875 



188 



1876 



34-26 188 



188 







At Sark the observations were taken by the then Vicar, 

 the late Rev. J. L. V. Cachemaille who died on January 

 30th, 1877, aged 71 years. Mr. Cachemaille commenced 

 measuring the rainfall in September, 1865, and continuing to 

 do so to the time of his death, we have a record of 11 complete 

 years for Sark, beginning with 1866 and ending Avith 1876. 

 " British Rainfall " supplies the information that the gauge 

 was 5 inches in diameter and at a height of 340 feet above mean 

 sea level. It was doubtless put up in the Vicarage grounds. 



At Alderney, where the record commenced in 1865 

 and ended with 1871 (7 complete years), the observations 

 were in charge of the Resident Engineer of the Harbour 

 Works, Mr. James May, C.E., fVom 1865 to 1869, and Mr. L. 

 F. V. Harcourt durins: 1870 and 1871. The situation of 

 the gauge is given in " British Rainfall " as the Harbour 

 Works, its diameter 12 inches, and the height above mean sea 

 level 48 feet. 



The Guernsey observations (pioted are those of Dr. 

 Hoskins, F.R.S., the Pioneer of Meteorological work in this 

 island. The situation of his gauge was Candie, its diameter 

 12 inches and the height above mean sea level 204 feet. 



In the Obituary Section of "British Rainfall" for 1878 

 occurs the name of the Rev. J. L. V. Cachemaille, and in the 

 introductory remarks to this part of the volume we read 

 as follows : — 



" "We regret to have the lono-est obituary list which it has ever 

 been our duty to print. We have lost fifty observers in one year, 



