RAINFALI. AND TEMPERATURE 195 



Inhamusua, 10 kilometres from the coast in 

 the circumscription of Maxixi, had an average 

 fall for the four years 1907-10 of 42-06 inches, 

 compared with an average for the same period 

 of 4830 inches at Mutamba, on the Eiver 

 Mutamba, at the head of the Inhambane Bay. 



The maximum monthly fall at Inhamusua 

 was 17 "30 inches in January, 1909, and at 

 Mutamba 25-11 inches in November, 190G. 



The following table is compiled from the report 

 of the Observatorio Compos Rodrigues em Lou- 

 renco Marques for the year 1910 : — 



The records of the Inharrime are, unfor- 

 tunatel}', incomplete, December being wanting. 

 -For the eleven months the fall was 31*64, com- 

 pared with 26-92 at Zavalla, the next station 

 southward, for the same period. The maximum 

 fall in twenty-four hours was 4-80 inches at 

 Villanculos on March 24th. 



It would appear from this table that the northern 

 part of the district, which is almost waterless, 

 has a greater rainfall than the southern, where 

 the rivers are and the bulk of the people live. 



