||==============|===========|============ || | | SOUTH AUSTRALIA-- || | | || | | Under 2 years || 15,988 | 1,059 | 66.24 ++--------------+-----------+------------ Under 5 years || 39,940 | 1,166 | 29.19 Over 5 years || 318,568 | 2,808 | 8.81 ++--------------+-----------+------------ All ages || 358,508 | 3,974 | 11.08 ||==============|===========|============ || | | TASMANIA-- || | | || | | Under 2 years || 8,484 | 492 | 57.99 ++--------------+-----------+------------ Under 5 years || 20,865 | 531 | 25.45 Over 5 years || 151,610 | 1,283 | 8.46 ++--------------+-----------+------------ All ages || 172,475 | 1,814 | 10.52 ||==============|===========|============ || | | WESTERN AUSTRALIA-- || | | || | | Under 2 years || 9,303 | 882 | 94.81 ++--------------+-----------+------------ Under 5 years || 20,675 | 957 | 46.29 Over 5 years || 163,449 | 1,562 | 9.56 ++--------------+-----------+------------ All ages || 184,124 | 2,519 | 13.68 ----------------------------++--------------+-----------+------------ RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURE. The subjoined map shows the curves of equal mean annual rainfall for every 10.0 inches for Australia, compiled from the most recent information:-- [Illustration: DISTRIBUTION OF THE RAINFALL OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA] The following table shows the relative rainfalls at the six Australian capital cities for the periods set severally against them; also for the ten-year period subsequent to 1896, during which the average precipitation was much below that of the total number of years over which the records extend:--