Show Ba rainfall ln in australia Anstr australia alia seems to have had bad an unusual rainfall this thia year though it does not act equal that of 1890 when actori according lint to a report just issued by the afie government astronomer of new south wales the average for tha e whole colony waft waa 2275 inches or per cent greater than the average of the sixteen preceding years forests do not seem to have aided in cloud precipitation for while A densely timbered region the amount wa in inches clies the mean of nine of the nearest stations in an open country waa inches elevation howe however has haa a narried influence 0 on rainfall at Valla gong half a milo from I 1 rom the sea at an elevation of if tasty s ainu 1 11 fet fat inches fen fell t hile ar cj t ws river six miles from roni the iho ELI it ii is ia 55 3 inches Me I 1 adean naturalist |