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Precipitation. 



Authorities and Site: As for Pressure, with the addition of 1896 

 to 1901, Melbourne, Commonwealth Bureau of 

 Meteorology, Results of Rainfall Observations 

 made in Queensland, Melbourne, 1914. 



SANDAKAN, BRITISH NORTH BORNEO 



Lat. 5° 49' N. Long-. 118° 12' E. 



Mean Temper.'^ture. 

 AutJiorities: 



1879 to 1889. Scott, R. H., The climate of British North 



Borneo. London, O. J. R. Meteor. Soc, 15, 1889. 



p. 206. 

 1889 to 1890. British North Borneo Official Gazettes. 

 1 891 to 1893. Manuscript data supplied by the Medical 



Officer, Sandakan, and filed in the Meteorological 



Office, London. 

 1894 to 1895. British North Borneo Official Gazettes. 

 1896 to 1904 October. No observations available. 



1904 November to May 1905. Manuscript data supplied by 



the Medical Officer, Sandakan and filed in the 

 Meteorological Office, London. 



1905 June to 1920. British North Borneo Llerald (in a few 



cases where the Herald had not been received in 



the Meteorological Office, London, the data were 



supplied in manuscript by the Medical Officer, 



Sandakan). 

 Site: The height of the instruments has been 104 ft. above Mean 



Sea Level throughout the period. 

 Observations: The standard adopted is the mean of the mean 



daily maximum and mean daily minimum. 

 Precipitation. 



Authorities : As for Mean Temperature, but 1891 to 1893 were 



available in the British North Borneo Official 



Gazette. 

 Site: As for Temperature. 



SEYCHELLES (PORT VICTORIA) 



Lat. 4° 27' S. Long. 55° 27' E. 

 Temperature. 



Authority: Calcutta, India Weather Review. 



