244 



REPORT — 1878. 



year or so before the epoch of maximum sunspots, with a small minimum 

 and maximum between the principal maximum and the principal minimum. 

 But this apparent irregularity may be owing to the fewness of the 

 observations. 



The mean of the mean cycle is 60 - 3 inches, and of the rainfall for 

 the whole period 59"3 inches. 



38. In the next table the rainfall of Madras is omitted, but the 

 general results are still the same. 



Table XXII. — Rainfall of India. — Maximum years in 6th line. 



39. The next table gives the rainfall of Bombay and Madras from 

 1816 to 1838 ; of Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta from 1836 to 1861 ; and 

 of Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta from 1860 to 1872. 



The minimum rainfall occurs very nearly at the epoch of minimum 

 sunspots, bat there are still indications of a double oscillation. 



The mean for the cycle is 61 1 inches, and of the rainfall for the whole 

 period 61 '5 inches. 



