AND AGRICULTURAL CAPABILITIES. 



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The comparative humidity of Florida, as connected with health, is 

 shown in the appended tables, presented in the valuable address of Dr. 

 C. J. Kenworthy, of Jacksonville, before cited : 



The mean relative humidity of the localities referred to, for the cold mouths, is as 

 follows : 



From the above data it appears that the meau relative humidity of Cannes and. 

 Mentone, during the cold months, exceeds that of Jacksonville by nearly 4 per cerilu 

 Three stations in Minnesota have a mean of 74.3, and three in Florida a mean of 72.7, 

 showing a per cent, of 1.6 in favor of f lorida, and 5.5 per cent, in favor of Jackson- 

 ville over Minnesota. 



If we take the entire year, for a period of five years, we will find but little differ- 

 ence in the mean relative humidity of Minnesota and Florida, as the following data, 

 kindly furnished us by the Chief Signal Officer of the United States Army, will dem- 

 onstrate : 



Minnesota. 



Florida. 



Thus it will be perceived that Jacksonville possesses a lower mean relative humidity 

 than most of the celebrated winter resorts. There is one important point to which I 

 wish to direct your attention, and that is the remarkably low percentage of humidity 

 during the much dreaded mouth of March the mean for five years being but 63.9, as 

 against 73.3 at Meutone, 76.8 at Atlantic City, 79.5 at Breckinridge, Minn, 68.4 at 

 Nassau, N. P., and 67.1 at Saint Paul. When referring to the effects of change of 

 climate, Dr. Madden remarks: "The temperature of a locality, to which so much im- 

 portance is properly assigned, is no criterion of its climate as a health resort, the fact 



