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BENGAL PROVINCE, 1869.
The monthly Rainfall registered in inches and cents at one station in each district during the
year 1869 is shewn in the subjoined tabular statement,
Divisions
Burdwan.
Press-
dency
Rajshahye
CoochBehar
Daccan
Chitta-
gong
Patna
Bhagulpore.
Orissa.
Chota Nagpore.
DISTRICTS.
Burdwan
Bankura
Beerbhum (Suri)*
Miduapore
Hooghli
...
Howrah
24-Pergunnahs (Alipore)*
Calcutta (Observatory) ...
Nuddea (Krishnagarh)...
Jessore
Murshidabad
(Berham-
pore.
Dinagepore
Maldah
Rajshahye (Rampur Bau-
lia).
Pubna
Darjiling
Julpaiguri ...
Dacca
Furridporet
Buckergunge (Burrisal) ...
Mymensing
Chittagong
Noakholli
Tipperah (Comillah)
Patna
Gya
Shahabad (Arrah)
(Mozuflerpore ...
Tirhut (Durghanga† ...
Sarun (Chaprah)
Chumparun (Motihari) ...
Monghyr
Purneah* ...
...
...
Sonthal (Nya Dumka)† ...
Cuttack
...
...
...
Poori
Balasore
Hazaribagh.
Lohardugga (Ranchi) ...
Singbhum (Chaebassa) ...
Maubhum (Purulia)
Monthly Totals
Quarterly Totals
Monthly averages
Quarterly averages
RAINFAIL REGISTERED IN THE MONTHS OF 1869.
January
020
0·30
0·90
0·50
0·39
0·90
0·5l
0·89
0·70
0·20
0·35
0·50
0·27
0·35
0·30
0·75
11·58
0·80)
0·55
0·16
1·11
1·65
0·21
0·25
0·10
0·30
0·18
0·10
0·39
0·09
0·40
0·16
0·65
0·36
16·05
February
0·30
0·80
0·90
1 80
3·00
4·60
1·43
2·72
1v11
l·65
0·16
0·15
0·35
1·00
0·61
1·04
0·95
0·60
1·46
2·70
0·30
1·64
0·80
3·08
0·02
0·05
0·26
0·02
0·10
0·65
0·94
1·37
0·40
0·82
0·40
38·18
March
1·80
4·10
2·65
3·40
6·60
9·80
1·63
4·59
0·87
3·39
3·28
0·60
0·72
0 95
0v80
0·50
1·92
1·21
3·60
2-25
2·04
1·26
2·00
0·52
2·30
4·85
0·55
2·87
0·35
0·60
0·51
0·65
0·60
0·44
0·31
0·97
1·74
0·20
6·80
1·97
4·02
89·11
143·34
0·36 0·87 2·03
3·26
April
1·60
0·40
1·50
0·40
0·30
2·48
0·20
3·82
2·85
0·35
1·60
1·00
2·80
8·10
7·44
4·72
1·75
6·52
6·69
2 10
12·40
7·12
3·10
9·45
0·01
0·79
2·45
1·02
1·65
0·10
89·71
May
1·70
3·50
2·45
3·90
2·30
3·98
4·77
3·25
6·98
7·47
4·47
7·90
1·65
5·80
8·90
10 50
7·21
4·10
10·80
8·99
10·58
2·90
17·80
8·47
1·70
15·45
0·52
0·52
0·25
2·10
1·18
1·10
1·59
2·60
1·57
3 36
0·85
0·30
0·64
1·35
3·30
2·56
1·10
192·41
June
12·50
7·45
14·30
4·99
14·60
18·48
11,25
18·84
10·66
15·17
21·74
33·00
23·07
18·05
36·70
11·60
25·88
19·85
41·09
20·78
13·69
17·50
18·70
15·18
12·80
12·04
7·21
10·00
5·75
10·00
8·02
4·60
3·40
4·35
15·03
12·17
8·86
6·75
7·42
7·10
10·56
4·00
8·07
8·30
612·01
894·13
2·04
4·37 13·91
20·32
July
6·30
15·50
19·85
9·50
15·40
11·62
12·50
14 54
9 72
11·53
9·59
21·20
6·98
20
17·40
23·20
12·34
21·55
23·62
11·51
11·90
13·70
15·20
29·83
22·70
13·82
13·06
9·41
12·35
8·60
16·11
8·10
6·64
15 65
9·60
15·64
14·39
15·04
9·54
8·38
15·24
11·48
11·12
17·41
605·96
August
4·70
4·80
12·25
2·30
3·22
5·94
11·41
602
9·43
4·72
7·26
21·80
4·75
10·10
28·50
14·80
12·63
27·29
49·32
7·49
11·42
12·20
7·60
22·22
16·50
13·73
10·06
10·06
12·60
8·30
9·00
9·50
2·70
6·02
7·00
13·35
12·27
5·76
7·74
5·94
4·97
6·48
9·35
7·05
480·55
September
4·60
4·05
18·05
4·70
9·76
10·47
8·89
7·9l
7·40
8·28
13·10
21·30
14·32
16·80
3·30
22·20
12·08
18·23
27·55
10·49
962
7·40
19·20
16·70
17·70
6·90
9·85
10·89
8·00
6·90
12·14
7·20
5·70
6·90
5·30
15·94
10·75
9·23
12·48
13·19
6·64
5·15
12·45
9·30
489·61
1,576·12
13·77
10·92
11·13
35·82
October
6·90
9·10
5·85
7·70
3·53
5·61
6·87
3·03
4·50
2·48
5·76
4·40
2·20
3·10
0·80
4·20
6·72
2·16
2·95
6·27
4·52
3·20
5·80
2·87
4·50
5·63
3·42
4·69
9·10
2·90
1·79
8·50
4·60
2·20
2·40
4·41
8·27
5·35
6·69
6·74
6·99
5·19
6·68
5·95
204·52
November
...
...
...
0·02
0·31
0·16
...
...
,
...
...
0·02
0·10
0·46
0·50
...
...
...
0·01
1·58
December
...
...
i
0·12
0·14
.' ..
0·06
0·01
0·40
0·20
0·10
0·60
0·07
0·04
...
0·01
...
1·75
207·85
4·65 0·03 0·04
4·72
Total
40·60
50·60
76·30
40·60
57·81
71-30
61'76
62·00
55·45
58·59
66·41
112·05
54·99
65 50
99·20
90'10
86 10
100·58
162·03
75'65
72·97
63·76
99·55
105·11
83· 21
87·10
41·91
48·64
4870
39·50
50·20
33·73
23·74
37 43
42·47
66·95
55·97
48·14
44·87
49·77
48·38
40·38
49 ·23
49·11
2,831·44
64·12
• Alipore: average of five years, 1871 to 1875.
† Average—from " Report on Food-grain Supply and Statistical Review of the Relief Operations in the Distressed Districts of
Behar and Bengal during the Famine of 1873-74 " by A. P. MacDonnell, of the Bengal Civil Service.