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These differences are remarkable, and it will be noticed that in every month of the rainy season there are instances of the fall being less than one inch. These cases in the autumnal months must be very serious for the husbandmen, for the ground cannot be in a lit state for the reception of seed. Whilst in the same months in other years the falls have been large, in one case, December, 1888, as large as 16-40 inches, this is the largest fall in one month in the 32 years; the next in order are:—