VITAL STATISTICS OF ENGLAND FOR 37 YEARS-1838-1874.

RAINFALL IN THE UNITED STATES.

These figures of the average Annual Rainfall at the places named are from "Tables of the Precipitation of Rain and Snow in the United States," by C. A. Schott, published by the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.

Baltimore

Inches.

Baton Rouge, La.

Boston....

Buffalo, N. Y.

Burlington, Vt..

.41.10 Fort Marcy, N. Mex..16.65 New Bedford, Mass..41.42
..60.16 Ft.Massachusetts, Col.17.06 New Haven, Conn....44.43
.44.99 Fort Myers, Fla. ..56.55
.33.84 Fort Randall, Dak....16.51
34.15 Fort Smith, Ark. .40.36

Brunswick, Me...... 44.68 Fort Snelling, Minn..25.11

....

New Orleans, La
New York..

Penn Yan, N. Y.
Peoria, Ill.
Philadelphia..

.51.05

.43.24

28.42

35.83

44.05

...37.09

Charleston, S. C.
Cleveland, Ohio.
Cincinnati.
Dalles, Or..
Detroit, Mich.... ....30.05
Fort Bliss, Tex... ... 9.56
Fort Bridger, Utah. 6.12
Fort Brown, Tex.... 33 44
Ft. Colville, Wash. T. 9.83
Fort Craig, N. Mex...11.67
Fort Defiance, Ariz...14.21
Fort Garland, Col.... 6.11
Ft. Gibson, Indian Ter.36.37
Fort Hoskins, Or... .66.71
Fort Kearney, Neb...25.25
Fort Laramie, Wy.. .15.16
Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.31.74 Newark, N. J........44.85

.43.63 Ft.Towson, Ind. Ter..57.08
.37.61 Ft. Vancouver, Wash.T.38.84 Pittsburgh, Pa...
.44.87 Fortress Monroe .47.04
.21.74 Gaston, N. C.........43.40
Hanover, N. H....
Huntsville, Ala..
Key West, Fla..
Macinac, Mich.
Marietta, Ohio
Meadow Valley, Cal..57.03 Sitka, Alaska.
Memphis, Tenn......45.46 Springdale, Ky.
Milwaukee, Wis .30.40 St. Louis, Mo...
Muscatine, Iowa.... .42.88 Washington, Ark.....54.50
Mt. Vernon Ars'l, Ala.66.14 Washington, D. C....37.52
Natchez, Miss... .53.55 WhiteSulp. Spring, Va.37.54
Neah Bay, Wash. Ter.123.35

Average Annual Rainfall in Some Other Parts of America.

.277.00 St.John's, Newfound. 58.30 59.02 Toronto, Canada.... 35.17 ...107.06 Vera Cruz, Mex.....183.20 91.02 St. John's, N. Bruns. 51.12

Average Annual Rainfall in Europe.

From Knight's Mechanical Dictionary, 1876.
Inches.

Inches.

Inches.

Aberdeen, Scotland.. 28.87 Cork, Ireland.... 40.02 Marseilles, France.. 23.04 Armagh, Ireland.... 36.12 Copenhagen, Den... 18.35 Milan, Italy.

30.00 Dublin, Ireland..... 21.01 Naples..

Bath, England
Bergen, Norway.. 88 61 Geneva, Switzerland. 31.07 Paris..

Berlin, Prussia...

38.01

29.64

22.64

14.01

30.86

23.56 Glasgow, Scotland... 21.33 Prague, Austria... Bordeaux, France... 34.00 Limerick, Ireland. 35.00 Rome.. Borrowdale, Eng....141.54 Lisbon, Portugal.... 27.01 Stockholm, Sweden.. 20.04

Cracow, Austria 13.03 Manchester, Eng.... 36.02 York, England..
Coimbra, Portugal..118.08 Mannheim, Ger.

22.47

17.03

44.00

23.00