RAINFALL AXD TEMPERATURE 199 



March or April ; and in Quelimane they are spread 

 over six or seven months and are prolonged into 

 June or July. 



The distribution of rainfall in some of the 

 districts is indicated by the following table of the 

 average number of rainy days : — 



Rainy Days. 

 Lourenzo Marques, 13 years ... ... 68 



Inhamusua (Inhambane), 1908-10 ... 51 



Porto Bello (Quelimane) „ 84 



Brigodo „ „ 74 



Maballa ,, 74 



The length of the dry season, an important 

 factor when considering the suitability of a 

 country for such products as, for example, cotton, 

 tobacco, rubber, can be given for Inhamusua 

 (Inhambane) only : — 



1907, July 22 to September 16 



1908 „ 21 „ 22 



1909 „ 20 „ 2 



1910 „ 5 ,, 29 



1911 ,, 21 to August 26 



Days without Bain. 

 56 

 66 

 44 

 86 

 86 



In addition to those gentlemen to whom I 

 have already referred, I have to express my grate- 

 ful acknowledgments to Captain Torres, Captao 

 do Porto, Mozambique ; the staff of the Campanhia 

 do Boror, Quelimane ; Mr. Nicol, Manager of 

 the Bompona ; Mr. Charles Hornung, Dr. Bruce, 

 and Dr. Swale of the Sena Sugar Estates, Limited. 



