130 
the ground for last year was S8-507in., and in the one 34ft. 
from the ground it was 32*921in. The difference between 
the fall in the two gauges is 5'586in. or about 18 per cent 
less rain fell in the higher gauge than in the lower one. In 
the same table I give the average fall in the same gauges 
for eight years, and by comparing the results it will be 
found that the average difference between the fall in the 
two gauges is about 17 J per cent, very nearly the difference 
I showed last year on a seven years’ average. 
1875. 
Kainfall in 
inches in 
5in. square 
receiver 3ft. 
from ground, 
1875. 
Rainfall in 
inches in 
Sin. square 
receiver 34ft. 
from ground, 
1875. 
From 1868 to 1875. 
Average fall of 
rain in inches 
for 8 years 
in 5in. square 
receiver 3ft. 
from [ground. 
Average fall of 
rain in inches 
for 8 years 
in 5in. square 
receiver 34ft. 
from ground. 
January 
4-062 
2-613 
3-142 
2-217 
February 
0-824 
0-585 
1-940 
1-461 
March 
0-724 
0-605 
2-227 
1-748 
April 
0-779 
0-543 
1-827 
1-545 
May 
2-690 
2-345 
1-978 
1-784 
June 
3-956 
3-326 
2-522 
2-220 
July 
5-710 
5-312 
3-143 
2-819 
August 
4-056 
3-791 
3-351 
2-852 
September 
5-497 
4-917 
4-030 
3-453 
October 
4-960 
4-605 
4-967 
4-154 
November 
4-118 
3-464 
3-306 
2-597 
December 
1-131 
0-815 
3-073 
2-460 
38-507 
32-921 
35-506 
29-310 
The following table gives the ratios of the excesses of 
rainfall 8ft. from the ground over the amount measured at 
84ft. from the ground. It is astonishing how these ratios 
vary their places in each single year, and yet how they 
maintain their positions in and after a six years’ average. 
There was absolutely no comparison between the ratios of 
the single years of 1878 and 1874 and the ratios of the six 
and seven years’ averages, which were almost identical. 
So also of these ratios of last year, there is not tlie slightest 
comparison between them and the eight years’ average, and 
practically there is no difference between the six, seven, and 
eight years’ averages. Now, according to the seven and 
