302 Mr. C. Meldrum on a connexion [May 15, 



Table IY. (Minimum-year, 1844). 



Stations. 



1 841. 



1842. 



1843. 



1844. 



1845. 



1846. 





in. 



i n -. « 



in. 



in. 



in. 







in. 





24-85 



12-93 



19-15 



1963 



23"57 



21*14 





27-38 



25-39 



22-84 



21*70 



27*00 



3°*3o 







30-80 



30-70 



29-38 



44" T 4 



44-10 





47-42 



37-39 



3689 



37-69 



50-02 



49-38 





24-30 



17-30 



22-30 



21-30 



26-70 



29-80 





28-76 



20-03 



22-52 



21-87 



18-69 



23'54 





30-72 



24-77 



31-63 



31-55 



31-86 



24-96 



South Australia 



17-96 



20-32 



17-19 



16-88 



18-83 



26-88 





233-54- 



188-93 



200-62 



200-00 



240-81 



250*10 . 





29-19 



23-62 



25-08 



25'00 



30-10 



31-26 



The above Table gives results similar to those of Table II. ; only the 

 year of minimum rainfall is 1842 in place of 1844. 



Table Y. (Minimum-year, 1856). 



Stations. 



1853- 



1854. 



1855. 



1856. 



1857. 



1858. 



\> 



Christiania ... 



Haddington ... 

 Greenwich . . . 



South Australia 



in. 



12-89 

 21-33 



27- 60 

 387° 



28- 33 

 23-40 



29- 00 

 26-65 

 39-82 



21'20 

 26-99 



in. 



17-69 



16-45 



20*90 



42-15 



21-68 



23-10 



19-00 



28-67 



39'43 



20'00 

 I5-34 



in. 



19-15 



23-29 



2 1 '20 



28-65 



21-43 



21 -oo 



23- 80 

 26-15 

 42-66 



24- 60 

 23-H 



in. 



2027 

 43-78 

 32*20 



3675 

 29-76 

 28-50 

 21-90 



3i'34 

 46-23 

 21-90 

 24-92 



in. 



17- 77 



27- 07 



24- 80 



35-55 



25- 61 



28- 20 



21- 40 



18- 05 



43-44 



22- 70 



2I*l6 



in. 



20- 42 

 28-29 

 24-40 

 40-40 

 23-58 



23- 20 

 17-80 

 19-92 

 35-50 



24- 10 



21- 52 



in. 



2078 



30-65 



25*20 



43'85 



25-34 



24- 70 



25- 90 

 2968 

 56-87 

 36-70 

 14-84 





295-31 



264-31 



275-07 



337-55 



285-75 



279-13 



334'5i 





24-03 



25-01 



30-69 



25-89 



25-38 



3o-4i 



The above Table makes 1854 the driest year, and 1856 and 1859 the 

 wettest years, although 1856 was the minimum-sunspot year. From 

 1854 to 1856 the rainfall increased, and then decreased till 1859. All 

 the eleven stations except three are in Europe. I have compiled from 

 vol. i. of the ' Eeport of the U.S. Commissioner of Patents ' ihe fol- 

 lowing Table, showing the rainfall at eleven stations in the United 

 States in the years 1854-59 : — 



