FORTY YEARS AGO.
(From “The Manawatu Herald,” October 14tb, 1879.) The Late Rainfall. —A correspondent sends us the following interesting calculation regarding the late heavy rainfall; — Sir: In your issue of October 3rd you give for the month of September the rainfall to have been in the vicinity of Foxton fi.OO inches. Now, in order to convey to the minds of the.-people this vast quantity of water, we will suppose the full to have extended over a surface of 1,000 square miles, then the quantity fallen would amount to 14,078,592,000 cubic feet, which would weigh 302,817,857 tons 2cw(, 3qrs. 12Ibs. This would form a canal from Foxton to Wellington, a distance of 78 miles, 1,130 ft. Sin. (nearly) wide, and 30ft. deep. It also would fill a circular basin four miles in diameter and 40.80 feet deep, capable of lloaling all the navies in the world.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2040, 11 October 1919, Page 3
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146FORTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2040, 11 October 1919, Page 3
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