FORESTS AND RAINFALL.
OLD THEORY CONTRADICTED. (By Telepaph:.—Press Association.) "Auckland, February 3. . The suggestion that tho destruction of forest .growth in tho country has had the effect of diminishing, tho rainfall has, according to Mr. D. C. Bates., Dominion Meteorologist, been proved scientifically incorrect. His contention is supported by Mr. T. F. Oheesman, curator of tho local museum and a well-known meteorologist. Ha said that tho records showed |nst the same variation now as thoy. did forty years ago. I'ho diagrams/ also showed that thero was no appreciable difference in the rainfall in recent years. Tho effect of rainfall on tho country from which bush had been taken was, however, very different. Tho removal of forest growth, which,retained rain for a considerable time, meant tbafj. iha water now rushed into the gullies and valleys, and caused sudden freshes and floods. New Zealand's geographical position., surrounded as it was _ by oceans of water, and the direction of tho prevailing winds had more to do with the rainfall, in his opinion, than deforests' tion.. ■
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1975, 4 February 1914, Page 8
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172FORESTS AND RAINFALL. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1975, 4 February 1914, Page 8
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