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The following pages are divided into three parts:
| I. | A general description of the types of weather most frequently experienced. |
| II. | A general description of the Climate, with special reference to that of Perth. |
| III. | Climatological Tables, from the commencement of records up to the end of 1899, with maps. |
The following explanation of the rainfall figures and maps is necessary:—In the absence of well marked physical features the Colony has been divided into degree squares. To each square the name of one of the included stations has been given for reference purposes, but the figures are the means of the records for all the stations situated within the square. On the maps the reference name is written at the bottom of each square and a dot shows the exact position of that particular locality, the figure giving the mean rainfall being placed in the N.W. corner. Appendix.—In view of the great interest that is always taken in rainfall statistics, and since it has been decided not to issue the reports for 1895 and 1896, it was considered advisable to print the rainfall for those years in extenso and these figures are here given as an appendix.
