42 CLIMATE. 



most exposed to the chilling influence of the Arctic Current. At 

 the heads of the gi'eat bays, in the interior of the island, especi- 

 ally in the sheltered valleys, and on the west coast, the climate is 

 much Avarmei- than at St. John's. In St. George's Bay the mean 

 annual temperature for the year is 43-8 degrees ; that of Toronto 

 is 44-3 degrees. 



Mr. Howley, the present head of the Geological Survey, in one 

 of his reports says : " I myself spent four months during the past 

 season in the interior without experiencing a genuine foggv day, 

 until reaching witliin twenty miles of the southern side of tlie 

 island. During tlu' entire months of July and August, the 

 weather in tlie interior was delightful, while logs prevailed at 

 the same time along the southern shore." 



The railway surveyors who have been engaged during tlie lasr 

 two years in locating the new railway, all speak in glowing teiins 

 of the deliglitfid climate of the interior in summer, and its free- 

 dom I'mni foLis. 



