3 days gave between .05 and .10 inches. 7 " .10 " .20 " 10 " .20 " .30 " 6 " .30 " .40 " 4 " .40 " .50 " 3 " .50 " .60 " 2 " .70 " .80 " 3 " .80 " .90 " 1 " .90 " 1.00 " 3 " 1.00 " 1.10 " 2 " 1.10 " 1.20 " 1 " 1.20 " 1.30 " 2 " 1.40 " 1.50 " 1 " 1.50 " 1.60 " 1 " 2.40 " 2.50 " The rain-fall in 1852 was very near the average for thirty years; and the quantity falling in single storms, on sixty-three different occasions, as registered by Dr. Hobbs, was as follows: Number of storms, 63; total rain-fall, 42.24. 7 storms gave less than .10 inches. 11 " between .10 and .20 " 9 " " .20 " .30 " 5 " " .30 " .40 " 6 " " .40 " .50 " 5 " " .50 " .60 " 1 " " .60 " .70 " 1 " " .70 " .80 " 3 " " .80 " .90 " 1 " " .90 " 1.00 " 5 " " 1.00 " 1.10 " 1 " " 1.10 " 1.20 " 1 " " 1.20 " 1.30 " 1 " " 1.40 " 1.50 " 3 " " 1.60 " 1.70 " 1 " in 5 days 3.16 " 1 " " 4 " 4.38 " 1 " " 6 " 5.35 " These tables are sufficient to show that provision must be made to carry off much greater quantities of water from lands in this country than in England. We add a table of the greatest fall of rain in any one day, for each month, and for the year, from April, 1824, to 1st January, 1859. It also was abstracted from the manuscript of observations by Dr. Hobbs, and will be, we think, quite useful: