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.

Inches.
New Bedford, Mass..41.42
New Haven, Conn....44.43
New Orleans, La
New York..

Baltimore
.41.10 Fort Marcy, N. Mex.. 16.65
Baton Rouge, La.. .60.16 Ft.Massachusetts, Col.17.06
Boston....
.44.99 Fort Myers, Fla. ......56.55
Buffalo, N. Y... ..33.84 Fort Randall, Dak....16.51
Burlington, Vt... 34.15 Fort Smith, Ark. ..40.36 Penn Yan, N. Y.
Brunswick, Me...... 44.68 Fort Snelling, Minn..25.11 Peoria, Ill..
.43.63 Ft.Towson, Ind. Ter..57.08 Philadelphia.

Charleston, S. C.

Cleveland, Ohio.

Cincinnati.

Dalles, Or..

Detroit, Mich...

Providence, R. I.. 43.40 Richmond, Ind.

...51.05

.43.24

.28.42

.35.83

.44.05

...37.09

.41.54

43.32

.23.85

.37.61 Ft Vancouver, Wash.T.38.84 Pittsburgh, Pa.. .44.87 Fortress Monroe .....47.04 .21.74 Gaston, N. C.. .30.05 Hanover, N. H.. 40.32 Sacramento, Cal... .19.56 Fort Bliss, Tex........ 9.56 Huntsville, Ala.. ...54.88 Salt Lake, Utah. Fort Bridger, Utah.. 6.12 Key West, Fla.. ..36.23 San Francisco, Ca....21.69 Fort Brown, Tex.....33.44 Macinac, Mich. .23.96 San Diego, Cal....... 9.16 Ft. Colville, Wash. T. 9.83 Marietta, Ohio .42.70 Savannah, Ga... ....48.32 Fort Craig, N. Mex...11.67 Meadow Valley, Cal..57.03 Sitka, Alaska.. Fort Defiance, Ariz...14.21 Memphis, Tenn.... .45.46 Springdale, Ky. Fort Garland, Col.... 6.11 Milwaukee, Wis .30.40 St. Louis, Mo.. Ft. Gibson, Indian Ter.36.37 Muscatine, Iowa.. .42.88 Washington, Ark. .....54.50 Fort Hoskins, Or.....66.71 Mt. Vernon Ars'l, Ala.66.14 Washington, D. C....37.52 Fort Kearney, Neb...25.25 Natchez, Miss........53.55 WhiteSulp.Spring, Va.37.54 Fort Laramie, Wy....15.16 Neah Bay, Wash. Ter.123.35

Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.31.74 Newark, N. J...

.44.85

Average Annual Rainfall in Some Other Parts of America.

.83.39

.48.58

.42.18

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.

Bath, England
21.01 Naples.
Bergen, Norway. 88 61 Geneva, Switzerland. 31.07 Paris.
Berlin, Prussia. 23.56 Glasgow, Scotland... 21.33
Bordeaux, France... 34.00 Limerick, Ireland... 35.00
Borrowdale, Eng....141.54 Lisbon, Portugal.... 27.01
Brussels, Belgium... 28.06 Liverpool..
Cambridge, England. 24.09 London...
Cracow, Austria

Stockholm, Sweden.. 20.04 34.05 St. Petersburg.. 17.03 24.04 Truro, England..... 44.00 13.03 Manchester, Eng.... 36.02 York, England.. 23.00 Coimbra, Portugal..118.08 Mannheim, Ger 22.47

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