ON THE CLIMATOLOGY OF AFRICA. 



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Nyasaland. 



The following are the stations for which meteorological returns will be 

 found in this report :— 



Chiromo (16° 31' S., 35° 10' E., 300 ft.) on the Shire. At Port Herald, 27 miles 

 lower down, 35 in. fell in 1893. 



CJiiJiTvawa (16° 1' S., 34° 56' E., 350 ft.) on the Shire, at the foot of the road 

 leading up to Blantyre. 



Nyamtetl Plantation, position uncertain, described as lying in the Cholo district, 

 which is to the east of the road leading up to Blantyre. Observer : J, N. Cox. 



Mandala (15° 48' S., 35° 2' E.), 1 mile to the south of Blantyre. In 1890 

 54-9 in. fell on 82 days (F. J. M. Moir). At Blantyre 50-8 in. fell in 1882, 52-9 in. in 

 1883, and 55-9 in. in 1886. 



Zomla (15° 23' S., 35° 20' E., 2,970 ft.). In 1892 5277 in. fell on 95 days, in 189$ 

 38-06 in. on 79 days. At Namitemle, on the road to Mpimbi, on the Upper Shire, 

 82-32 in. fell in these two years (1892 and 1893) on 186 days. 



Lauderdale Estate, Mlanje (16° 2' S., 35° 36' E., 2,580 ft.). The observations for 

 1896 were made by Mr. Thomson, those for previous years by Mr. J. W. Moir. 



The ' Crater ' is an old crater or a basin cut by the Mloza Stream. It lies 2 miles 

 to the N.E. of Lauderdale, at an elevation of about 4,500 ft. 



Nyasaland Coffee Company's Estate, Mlanje, 4 miles S.E. of Lauderdale. 



Bunraven, a Mlanje plantation, 10 miles S.E. of Lauderdale, near Fort Anderson. 



At Fort A7iderson (16° 6' S., 35° 43' E.) 64-25 in. of rain feU on 164 days in 1893. 



FoH Johnston (14° 40' S., 35° 12' E.) on the Upper Shire. The station of the 

 African Lakes Company lies to the north, at the southern extremity of Lake Nyasa. 



Livingstonia (14° S., 34° 45' E., 1,570 ft.). 



Lihovia (12° S., 34° 40' E., 1,570 ft.), a station of the Universities' Mission, on an island 

 near the eastern shore of the lake. The rainfall is considerably less than on the western 

 shore at Bandawe. In 1892-93 37-87 in. fell, as compared with 5235 in. at Bandawe. 



Bandame (11° 55' S., 34° 5' E.). The observations in 1896 were made by Mr. 

 K. S. Prentice. The mean annual rainfall for seven years amounts to 67-23 in. 

 (ranging from 50-53 to 9259 in.). Eain fell on an average on 74 days (57 to 126), 

 but it seems that these earlier records were not quite complete, no account having 

 been taken of the lesser rains which fell between May and September. At Njuyu, 

 on the plateau to the west, the rainfall is much less. The annual fall for four years, 

 for which we have synchronous records, amounted to 5502 in. (on 67 days) at 

 Bandawe, and to only 2446 in. (on 41 days) at Njuyu. 



Tanganyiha Plateau. The rainfall is considerably less than near the lakes. 



At Maliwanda the rainy season extends from November to April, and 36-19 in. 

 fell in 1882-83 (Mr. Stewart's notebook). 



At Jltawa 29-5 in. fell in 1895 (according to Mr. Dewar, of the Mwenzo Mission), 

 and at Fmamlo the mean for two years (1893-95) was 39-5 in. 



