ArchcEolofjy, &c., of the May Island. 



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2 '63 inches approx. 

 3-03 



Meteorological Office, has kindly furnished the following 

 statistics bearing on the climatology of the May : — 



1. liainfall. — This has been computed from the averages of 

 two places, whose mean annual rainfall is equal to that of the 

 May, and the computations, which extend over a considerable 

 number of years, are as follows : — 



January, 2-33 inches approx. Jwlj", 



February, 1-70 „ August, 



March, ' 1-50 „ September, 2-68 „ 



AprU, 1-68 „ October, 2-80 „ 



May, 1-72 „ November, 2-46 „ 



June, I'SO „ December, 2'31 „ 



2. Mean Atinospherie Pressiire. — This table represents the 

 average of a period of thirteen years : — 



August, 29"866 inches approx. 



September, 29-848 „ 



October, 29-802 „ 



November, 29-838 „ 



December, 29-806 „ 

 Average for 

 the year, 



3. Temperature. — An average, again taken for a period of 

 thirteen years, gives the following figures : — 



29-853 



It will thus be seen that in this area August is remarkable 

 as being the month of maximum rainfall and maximum tem- 

 perature ; (2) that the minimum of pressure and temperature 

 occur in January, the maximum pressure being in May, 

 and minimum rainfall in March ; and (3) that while the 

 average range of pressure for the year is only 0-158 inches, 

 the range of temperature amounts to 18°-2 Fahr. — figures far 

 below what we find in continental regions, the climate being 

 insular, and consequently far more equable than in the former 

 areas. 



As regards the flora, the only account which we possess of it 

 is one by Mr Sadler, late Curator of the Botanic Garden, 



