180 
presented below, has several peculiarities. The first is that 
for the first six months of the year the rainfall was in the 
respective months alternately below and above the average 
fall. April usually has the least rainfall, but for this year 
the fall is one of the heaviest. The second peculiarity is 
that the rainfall was above the average to the end of Sep- 
tember, and below it to the end of the year, so far below it 
as to leave the total rainfall for the year below the average 
more than an inch. The number of days of rainfall in the 
first three months of the year was far below the average, 
but the number of wet days of the summer months almost 
as much exceeded the average. The summer therefore may 
be properly characterised as a thoroughly wet one. This had 
a very injurious effect upon fruit. Through the amount of 
cloud and moisture present in the atmosphere the sun’s rays 
were deprived of the heating power they usually exercise. 
The following table shows the results obtained from a 
rain-gauge with a lOin. round receiver placed 3ft. above the 
ground. 
Quarterly Periods. 
1871. 
Fall 
in 
Inches. 
Average 
of 
llYears 
Differences. 
Quarterly Periods. 
Average 
of 
11 Years. 
1871. 
Average 
of 
llYears. 
1871. 
Days 
Days. 
| 
(■January 
1-410 
2-506 
—1-156 
50 
33 
< 
February 
2-927 
2-350 
+0-577 
7-365 
5-668 
March 
1-331 
2-449 
—1118 
A pra 
3-G37 
2-120 
+ 1-517 
45 
49 
May 
1-982 
2-04G 
—0-064 
6-657 
9-053 
June 
3-434 
2-491 
+0-943 
■July 
3-428 
2-630 
+0-798 
51 
57 
H 
Aus^ist 
1-934 
3-002 
— 1-0GS 
9653 
9713 
September 
4-351 
4-021 
+0-330 
< Ictober 
4-729 
4-231 
+0*498 
55 
51 - 
November 
1-519 
3-179 
— 1-6G0 
10-594 
8-727 
J_ 
.December 
2-479 
3-184 
—0-705 
201 
190 
33-101 
34-269 
—1-108 
In the next table I give the fall of rain during the day 
from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and the fall during the night from 
S p.m. to 8 a,m. I have measured rainfall at these times 
