6 PLANTING IN UGANDA 



These figures show a decided advantage in 

 favour of Buganda, not only in the amount 

 of rain, but in its distribution. In some 

 parts of the province, notably in Kyagwe, which 

 is the favourite planting district, the figures are 

 even better. At Kivuvu during 1911 the rainfall 

 was 51*34 ins. spread over 165 days. A glance at 

 the table (pages 8 and 9) will show how even the 

 distribution was. 



The year 1911, whose figures we have taken as 

 being the most reliable, was a dry one throughout 

 the Protectorate. At Entebbe, where records 

 have been properly kept over a long period, the 

 average for the last twelve years is 57' 78 ins. 

 This, we consider, is about the average annual 

 rainfall for all the territory near the Lake. There 

 are two rainy seasons each year. These have no 

 definite dates of starting or ending. In some 

 years there is no dry period between the two, so 

 that they form one prolonged season of rain. 

 Rarely does a month pass, even in the dry season, 

 without some rain. 



The first rainy season may be expected to com- 

 mence about the middle of March, and continue 

 until the end of June. As to the time of com- 



