BY HON. W. F. TAYLOR, M.D. XXVll 



Brisbane is four degrees cooler in winter than Rockhampton 

 and nine and a-half degs. cooler than Townsville ; Brisbane 

 being 59-4 degs., Rockhampton 63-4 degs., and Townsville 68*9 

 degs. ; the mean shade temperature being, Brisbane, 68*4 degs., 

 Rockhampton, 71-8 degs., and Townsville, 75-0. The difference 

 between Brisbane and Rockhampton being 3-4 degs., and 

 Townsville, ()'6 degs. On comparing the coast towns with their 

 corresponding inland towns we find the following : — The mean 

 maximum shade temperature of Brisbane is 77*3 degs. and 

 that of Roma 77-9 degs., Roma being 0-6 degs. hotter than 

 Brisbane. The mean minimum shade temperature is — Brisbane, 

 59-4 degs. and Roma 52-0 degs., Roma being 7-0 degs. colder 

 than Brisbane. The mean shade temperature in Brisbane is 

 68-4 degs., Roma, 64-4 degs., Roma having a mean shade 

 temperature 4-0 degs. cooler than Brisbane. There being no 

 record of temperature at Barcaldine, we cannot compare it with 

 that of Rockhampton. In comparing Townsville with 

 Hughenden, however, we find the latter to have a mean 

 maximum shade temperature of 6'9 degs. greater than that of 

 the former, and a mean minimum shade temperature of 8*6 

 degs. less ; while the mean shade temperature of Townsville is 

 one degree greater than that of Hughenden. It will be seen 

 that the difference between the mean maximum and mean 

 minimum shade temperatures is much greater at Hughenden 

 than at Townsville, being 17'o degs. at the former place, and 12 

 degs. at the latter. So also the difference between the mean 

 maximum and mean minimum shade temperatures at Roma is 

 25-7 degs., that of Brisbane being 17"9 degs. The difference 

 between the mean maximum and mean minimum shade 

 temperatures at Rockhampton is 16"8 degs. The greater 

 difference between the mean maximum and mean minimum 

 shade temperature at Roma than that of any of the other towns 

 named is worthy of notice. In this respect Brisbane, 

 Rockhampton, and Hughenden are much the same, Townsville 

 being much less than either, and Roma 8-2 degs. greater than 

 Hughenden. 



The rainfall shows a very remarkable difference between 

 the coastal and inland towns. 



Brisbane had an average annual rainfall for the last nine 

 years of 59*2 inches, and Roma for the last seven of 34'27 



