often results
in wide differences
for any
given
month
on
adjacent
estates.
At
same
of these
gaging
stasions
practien!
ly continuous
records
have
been kept
for
many vears;
this
is especially
true of the
gages
at
Christiansied,
King Hiil, and
Frederik-ted,
where
the records
cover
a
period of
72 years
(1832
to
1923).
Thae
average
of these
three
stations
has
been
tabulated
by months
for this
period
(see
Table
1) and
is accepted
as
the
average
for the Island.
The Unit
of Measure
of
raintall
used
in this report
is the
“‘Line’’
(¢equal
to
1-8
inch),
which
is
the
unit
in
comnmen
use
on
the
Island.
36.
[‘rom Table
lit
is
seen
that
the
mean
annual
rainfall
13 363 lines (46 inch-
es)
or practicall’
an
average
of a
line
a
day.
Itis also
seen
that
there
is an
an-
pual
dry period of
4 consecutive
months
nately,
Janruary
to April, and
that July
ard
December
are also
below
the
aver-
sve:
and
that
the
months
of
greatest
yaintail
ave September,
October
and Nov-
ember.
These
drv
moenths
are
to
be
ex-
peeted
to a greater
or lesser
degree
every
year,
and
in
a
uncrmal
vear,
oreven
a
wet year,
the rainlall du in 2 the
dry
pe-
viod is
not
suflficient
for
the
needs
of
crops.
Thils
being
the
case,
if
water
could
be stored
during the
wet months,
it
would
be
of
very
great
value
even
though
sufficient
water
could
not
be
im-
pounded
to
carry
over for
use during
a
cyvele of dry years.
37.
The annual
rainfall
as shown
by
T:ble
1 is shown
grachicaliy
c¢n Plate
1.
A study
of
this
graph
shows
that
the
common
belief, that
the
rainfall
is
re-
duecing
with
time.
is
not borne
out
by
faat,
as
the
average
for the
last
20
year
period
is about
the same
as
that of
the
first 20 years
of
reeord.
The graph
also
<hows
that
there
are
occasional
long dry
cycles,
the
most
pronounced
being
as
fol-
lews:
1858
to 1864; 1871
to 1875;
1910
to
1914:
and
1920
to
1923.
lhe
last,
or
present,
diy cycle
contains
the
lowest
year of record,
namely
1922,
with
only
212 lines of rainfall; the
average
of
this
¢y 2le
is also
lower than
that of
any
of
th,2 others;
so it
may
be said
that
the
Is-
land
is now
passing
through
the
most
dr
uth striken
period of
its history.
28.
The
rainfall is
¢lso
tabulated
in
th.s
report
(see
Tables
23
and
4)
from
o.ging stutions
located
within the
th:ee
ca ctwen:
basins
considered
for storage
veser voirs,
and
the
monthly
means
ut
these
points
are
compared
with
the
n:eans
for the Island.
By
this
compari-
son
it is seen
that
the
mean
annual
rsin-
s::i
ot
estate
Annaly (Table
2) which
is
near
the
west
end,
and
is also
in
the
mcuntaing,
is nearly
509
greater
than
th average
for the Island:
that at
estate
River (lable 3)
wkhich is
at the
foothilis
near
the Beitblehem
Sugar Factory,
anid
several
mies
east
of Annaly, the
raintall
is about
5%
greater
than
for the
lsland
and that of
es
ates
Giynn
and
Windsor
( Lib.e 4)
which is on
the flat lands
east
of ihe River station,
the
rainfall is about
=1
( RUIX
A
\"’____‘
S,
5% less
than
the
average
for the
Island.
See
general
map of the
Island [Plate A]
for location
of rzin
gayges,
This
lessen-
ing of the rainfall
at points
farther
east
is explained
vy the
fact
that
the
storms
generally
cotne
from the
northeast
and
increase
In
intensity
as
they
pass
over
the Isiand
due
to the cooling effect of the
land.
'
39
Ruaneff:
Thouceh
elaborate
records
hfve been
kept of the rainf4il, there have
been
practically
no
measurements
made
of the runeff on the
lsland.
This
being
|
the fact,
any
irrigation
studies
made
at
this
time
mist
neeccessarily
be
largely
|
speculative.
Careful
inquiry
disclosed
but
one brief record
of
runctY,
namely,
a
|
few
months
record
of
the
runoft
and
|
rainfallat Jolly
Hill. kept
by
a
Danish
|
engineer
in
1906-07
who
was
connected
with the
sugar
Compary
now
known
as
|
the La Grange Sugar
Factory
[See
Table
|
6].
From
thls record
the
percentage
re-
|
lation of the
runoff
to
the
rainfall
has
|
been
computed
for the separate
movths,
|
and
also
by
combining
the
months
so
|
as
to
show
the
percentage
runcff
for
each
storm.
These
data
were
platted
[see
Piate 2] and a curve
was then draun
showing
in a
general
way,
as
near
us
the brief data would permit,
the
percen-
tage
of
runoff that
might
be
expected
from
any
monthly
rainfall.
From
this
|
curve
it is seen
no runotf
may be
expeect-
|
ed
from
a monthly
rain
of 10
'ines
or
less:
a
30 line
rain will
ruunoff
14%7;
a-
-80 line
rain,
50%:
and
122 iines,
BSU°7,
wlhi(:h
is the maximum
percentage
tigur-
ed.
Sad
Accident
on Board the U,
S. Batileship
“Mississippi”.
FORTY
SIX MEN KILLED AND
TWENTY INJURED.
San
Pedro,
Calif,
June
12th.
-Forty-
six
men
were killed cutright
and
twenty
injured,
many severelv,
today
when
tur
ret No. 2
on the
battieship
“"Mississippi”’
blew
up while
the
dreadnought
was
fi:i-
ing
practice
on
the
San
Clemente
drili
crounds
off
here.
Viece Admiral
W ley,
commanding
the
battleship
division,
re-
poried tonight
to
the
Navy Department
as
follows:
*“‘During
battle
practice,
“Mississippi’”’
at
1 p
m.
today
the
pow-
der
bags
of
two
right
guns
of second
turret
were
ignited.
Although
not vet
fuily known,
believed
there
were 43
men
and
three
officers
killed.
Also
there
were
several
men
very
badly
burred,
When
furiher
details
are
received
they
will
be
forwarced.””
Itis
reposted
the
aceident
was
crused
by
a flareback
that
carried
the
charge
throuzh
the
breech
of the
gun,
instead
of
out
through
the
muzzle.
The
gun
crew
were preparing
to fire as
one
unit
the great
sea fighter’s
powerful broadside,
when
a
sailor called
for the eleetricity to be turned
on for the
charge,
The
swyilch
was
throwno onto
ignite
the
sheil
before
the
breech
was
locked
and in another
moment
the
inte
rior of the turret
was
littered
with dead
and dving.
TELEGRAMS.
S . OROIN
STATION
New
York, Juve
11'h—Continued
Lib-
eral
oferings
brourht
a ‘urther
decline
of
& cent
in the
raw sucar
maiket
today,
tc the basis
of 5.02
for Cuban,
duty pa.d
The demand
for refined
sugar
was quict
er
at
former
prices,
which
raaged
from
6.30 to 6.65 for fine granulated.
Retine
|
futures
were
nominal.
Bari, Italy
June
11th.—United
Press.
With the capture
of Elbassan,
thc
whol
of
Albania
ils
pow
in
the
hands
of the
insurgents,
accordingto
latest
advices
It
is
confirmed
that
Zegu
Las
fled
10
Jugo
Slavia.
Honolulu,
Jurne
11th.—There
we:e
four
violent
earthquakes
in
the
region
near
the
voleano
Kilauca
yesterday,
u
four
hour
intervals,
and
the
emission
of steam,
notable
for
several
days,
stiil
goes
on.
The
fall
of
seetions
of
the
craters
slip
into
the
depth
below
has
ceased
again,
however.
Winnipeg,
Jume
11th.-—Sensational
ad-
vances
in wheat
of
sets.
recorded
today.
Brokers
had
hard
times
filing orders.
The buying
came
from all quarters,
much
of
it
from
the
United
States
export
houses
and
mills.
Brokers
state
thev
still bave heavy
orders
from
the
United
States
to {ill,
Ltm(inn‘
June
I‘.“'..
Th(‘
E\'t'nin:
Standard,
owned
by
Lord
Beaverbrook,
in an editorial
on
thae
gravity
of the
re-
marks
of Premier
Mae kenzie
King
and
Mr. Arthur Meighen. Conservative
leader
in
the
Canadian
House
of
Commons,
early
this
week,
duning
the
debate
on
the
Lausarne
Treatv,
savs.
''The
dish
cultics
of a
comimon
foreign
poliey
for
the
empne
no doubt
are
enormons,
and
while
we
may need
te be
reminded
bt
the empire
is
a world
power,
rather
than
a
Kurspean
power,
the
D
nminion must
also
not forget
the
stern geographical
fact
that
makes
the
conter
0o
the
empire
vir-
tually
interested
in
the
v eissitudes
of
Furope,
which
for
some
generations
to
come
may
be
the
dicisive
field
in the
world polities.
The business
of tninking
imserially is in the main
a
British
neces-
sity.
We
must
get
out of
the
babit
of
insular prececupation
and
evase
to imag-
e
that
out pulitical
decisions
are
hit-
ed in their effects
to these
islands.
QOth-
erwise
misunderstandi
gs will
accuinun
late and
the
solution
of
great
Imperial
problems
will become
yearly
more
diffi-
cult’’.
Scarborough
Eng,
June
11th -In
the
Davis
Cup
matches
yesterday
Louise
Raymond
and
P,
D.
B.
Spence
of South
Africa, beat A A. Godfree and
M. Wees-
nam
of England
11-9, 7-5, 6-4.
§