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out prominently the fact that the higher the altitude, the greater is the rainfall, 
and also that the Western districts have a greater rainfall than those in the East. 
(3) Monthly rainfall at Greenwich, 1815-1904. This diagram showed 
the actual rainfall for each month during the ninety years. The greatest fall 
being 7'65 in., October, 1880, and the least 004 in., February, 1821. 
(4) Maps showing the average number of hours of bright sunshine recorded 
in England and Wales, 1881-1900 ; also those in the year 1904. 
The influence of weather upon agricultural crops was shown 
by the following diagrams : — 
(1) Temperature and rainfall when the wheat crop was good, and when it 
was bad. 
(2) Temperature and rainfall when the hay crop was good, and when it 
was bad. 
(3) Yield of wheat in England, and autumn rainfall, 1884-1905. 
(4) The warmth of the seasons, 1884-1904, and the barley crop, Eastern 
Counties. 
The diagrams (3) and (4), which were by Dr. W. N. Shaw, 
showed that when the autumn rainfall was below the average 
the wheat crop of the following year was a good one ; but if 
the autumn rainfall was above the average the wheat crop was 
poor. 
A large number of photographs and drawings illustrated 
meteorological phenomena, such as clouds, lightning, damage 
by lightning, hail, damage by hail, snow, frost, floods, drought, 
damage by gales, tornadoes, and whirlwinds. In addition to 
the above, the following interesting objects were shown : — 
(1) Models of large hailstones seven inches in circumference, 
which fell near Montreaux, France, August 15, 1888 ; (2) 
boots of a man struck by lightning ; and (3) portion of a tree 
damaged by a whirlwind in Wiltshire, October 1, 1899. 
A large number of meteorological instruments were 
included. Among these were the following self-recording 
instruments by Messrs. Negretti & Zambra, Mr. J. J. Hicks, 
and Mr. F. Le Halliwell : barograph, thermograph, sunshine 
recorders, hygrometers, and rain gauges. 
IX. Royal Agricultural Society of England. — One of the 
fourteen bays into which the Exhibition building was divided 
was reserved for the Society and devoted to a representation 
of its educational and scientific departments. Copies of all 
the Society’s publications were displayed, and the sales during 
the week amounted to 111. 4s. 7 d. As most of these publications 
were pamphlets sold at bd. or Is. each, the number of 
purchasers was considerable. The Botanical Department was 
represented by wheat and potato diagrams and the collections 
of weed seeds shown last year. A new exhibit, prepared 
under the direction of the Society’s Consulting Botanist (Mr. 
W. Carruthers, F.R.S.), consisted of samples of agricultural 
seeds, showing the bulk of an ounce of each kind, and 
specifying the number of seeds contained in the ounce. The 
