------------+-------+--------------------------------+ | | ANNUAL RAINFALL. | Place. | Height+----------+----------+----------+ | above | | | | | M.S.L.| | | | | | Average. | Highest. | Lowest. | ------------+-------+----------+----------+----------+ | Ft. | Ins. | Ins. | Ins. | | | | | | Perth | 197 | 33.05 | 46.73 | 20.48 | Adelaide | 141 | 20.38 | 30.87 | 13.43 | Brisbane | 137 | 50.00 | 88.23 | 24.11 | Sydney | 144 | 49.35 | 82.81 | 23.01 | Melbourne | 91 | 25.62 | 44.25 | 15.61 | Hobart | 160 | 23.40 | 40.67 | 13.43 | Canberra {| 2,000 |} | | | (District) {| to |} 23.00 | 50.69 | 16.56 | {| 2,900 |} | | | ------------+-------+----------+----------+----------+ [cont.] ------------+-------+----------------------------------------------------- | | TEMPERATURE. Place. | Height+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-------- | above | Mean | Mean |Highest | Lowest | Average| Average | M.S.L.| Summer.| Winter.| on | on | Hottest| Coldest | | | | Record.| Record.| Month. | Month. ------------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-------- | Ft. | Fahr. | Fahr. | Fahr. | Fahr. | Fahr. | Fahr. | | | | | | | Perth | 197 | 73.9 | 55.6 | 112.0 | 33.6 | 75.1 | 54.6 Adelaide | 141 | 72.3 | 52.0 | 116.3 | 32.2 | 73.3 | 52.5 Brisbane | 137 | 76.0 | 60.0 | 108.9 | 36.1 | 77.3 | 58.0 Sydney | 144 | 70.8 | 53.9 | 108.5 | 35.9 | 71.5 | 52.3 Melbourne | 91 | 64.9 | 49.2 | 111.2 | 27.0 | 66.3 | 47.7 Hobart | 160 | 61.4 | 47.0 | 105.0 | 27.7 | 62.1 | 45.7 Canberra {| 2,000 |} | | | | | (District) {| to |} 69.7 | 45.0 | 109.0 | 16.0 | 72.0 | 42.0 {| 2,900 |} | | | | | ------------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-------- The mean humidity at the several capitals is as follows:--Brisbane mean averages, 68.1; highest, 85; lowest, 47. Sydney mean averages, 73, 90, 55. Melbourne mean averages, 72, 76, 67. Adelaide mean averages, 56, 84, 33. Perth mean averages, 63, 83, 45. Hobart mean averages, 72, 76, 67. APPENDIX K.--EDUCATION STATISTICS. I.--STATE PRIMARY EDUCATION (1907).