. Italy in North Africa : an account of the Tripoli enterprise . ns can bewatered they are capable of giving an abundant yield,and the problem that faces Italy resolves itself, practicallyspeaking, into the collection and utilisation of an adequatewater-supply. The average rainfall in Tripoli town, for the period 1892-1910, was measured to be 420*4 millimetres, or slightly over16*5 inches, the worst year recorded being 1895, in whichthe rainfall totalled only 214*2 millimetres, or 8*5 in the previous year nearly 29 inches of rain hadfallen, and in point of fact the rainy season 1894
. Italy in North Africa : an account of the Tripoli enterprise . ns can bewatered they are capable of giving an abundant yield,and the problem that faces Italy resolves itself, practicallyspeaking, into the collection and utilisation of an adequatewater-supply. The average rainfall in Tripoli town, for the period 1892-1910, was measured to be 420*4 millimetres, or slightly over16*5 inches, the worst year recorded being 1895, in whichthe rainfall totalled only 214*2 millimetres, or 8*5 in the previous year nearly 29 inches of rain hadfallen, and in point of fact the rainy season 1894-5 gavea fall of 512*4 millimetres (20 inches), while during thefollowing winter the figures were 486*2 millimetres (morethan 19 inches). On the other hand, the number of dayson which a measurable quantity of rain falls is low, averag-ing fifty-one, and the distribution of the rainfall is unsatis-factory. Generally speaking, the rainfall is distributedonly over the six months October to March (though heavyfalls have been recorded in September and May), and the. EftC IN THE JEFARA—SOIL NOT SAND
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