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RAINFALL.
I am indebted to Mr. David G. Simpson, of Rosefield, Widmore
Road, for the following particulars of the local rainfall:—
January 1.07 ins. on 13 days.
February 1.01 „ „ 13 „
March 1.71 „ „ 17 „
April 1.91 „ „ 14 „
May .68 „ „ 7 „
June 2.23 „ „ 13 „
July .43 „ „ 6 „
August 1.01 „ „ 8 „
September 1.14 „ „ 9 „
October 2.95 „ „ 17 „
November 3.90 „ „ 20 „
December 4.87 „ „ 25 „
Total local rainfall = 22.91 inches on 162 days.
„ London „ =23.6 „ „ 151 „
In London the mean Temperature for the third quarter
of the year was 65.6°, which was 4.5° higher than the average
for the 35 years 1871-1905, and the Bright Sunshine was 777
hours, being 290 hours more than the average for the same
years.
HOUSE ACCOMMODATION.
17 plans were deposited for 43 houses.
32 „ „ „ „ 32 additions.
24 „ „ „ „ 24 drainage relays.
The houses for the working classes are nearly all modern,
and are kept in very fair structural order.