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“ On the Influence of Changes in the Character of the 
Seasons upon the Rate of Mortality,” by J oseph Baxendell, 
F.R.A.S. 
In the summer of last year, I undertook a discussion of 
the Rainfall Observations made at the stations of the Man- 
chester Corporation Water Works during the 14 years 
1855-1868, and among the results obtained, I found that 
although the total amount of rainfall in different years 
appeared to be governed by no regular law, yet that the 
proportional amounts in the different seasons during the 
eight years 1855-62, exhibited a marked contrast to those 
in the six years 1863-68, — the amounts in the spring and 
summer months exceeding those in the autumn and winter 
months during the former period, while in the latter, the 
autumn and winter amounts exceeded those of spring and 
summer. The results for the central station, Arnfield, 
are as follows 
Total Fall of 
Rain during 
the Spring 
and Summer 
Months. 
INS. 
Total Fall of 
Rain during 
the Autumn 
and Winter 
Mouths. 
INS. 
Difference. 
1855 
.... 17-36 .... 
13-27 
1856..., .... 
.... 21-OS .... 
21-53 
0-45 
1857.. 
.... 22-37 .... 
..... 14-22 
1858 
.... 19-66 .... 
..... 16-48 
-f- 3*18 
1859 
.... 20-46 .... 
..... 19-74 
.... 0-72 
1860 
.... 24-02 .... 
..... 15-56 ..... 
.... -j- 8-46 
1861 
.... 17-71 .... 
14-72 
.... + 2-99 
1862 
.... 21-31 .... 
17-68 ..... 
-J- 3 63 
1863 
.... 15-37 .... 
22-82 .... 
— 7-45 
1864 
.... 14-54 .... 
..... 16-80 
— 2-26 
1865 
.... 13-48 .... 
..... 15-89 . . 
— 2-41 
1866 
.... 20-71 ... 
26-79 
. — 6-08 
1867 
18-71 .... 
20-75 
.... — 2-04 
1868 
.... 12-61 .... 
22-86 
.... —10-25 
It will at once be seen that during the first eight years 
the differences, with one unimportant exception, have all 
