The annual rainfall of the world’s land is computed at 29,347 cubic miles, of which (1521 cubic miles drains into the sea. Each cubic mile of the river water weighs about 4,205,050,000 tons, and averages about 420,000 tons of foreign matter, that passes to the ocean. (The cable news in this issue accredited to the London "Times” has appeared in that journal, but only where expressly; stated is such news the editorial opinion of tho "Times.”)
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 128, 23 February 1921, Page 5
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76Untitled Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 128, 23 February 1921, Page 5
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