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Rainfall statistics to 1881 published. Affected by economic depression
Comment that they're late and laborious to prepare and understaffed due to poor government funding as a result of the economic depression.
Rainfall reports presage end of the drought
Mentions populations of the Colony and the Northern Territory
Todd produces rainfall statistics for 26 country stations
May be of interest to "farming operations"
Todd lobbied for telephone demonstration in Gawler. Todd's rainfall map
Rainfall map forwarded to Institute
Publication of Todd’s Meteorological Observations for year 1879
Todd praised for comprehensiveness
Call for Colony-wide rainfall map to inform relevant legislation
Coloured rainfall map to inform the Legislative Council when altering the land laws; the construction of railways; the declaration of new hundreds; the sinking of wellsand providing new jetties etc.
Review of 1878 Meteorological Report from Adelaide Observatory
Monthly rainfall at 115staions in South Australia, with annual mean for 43. Discussion of origin of rainfall and its penetration inland. Includes table showing wheat reaped per acre and the rain fall.