On the Climate, Productions, 6fc. of Singapore. 151 



Art. XVI. — Abstract of a Meteorological Register kept at Singa- 

 pore, Lat. 1° 20' North, Long. 103° 52' East, from Nov. 1, 

 1839, to Feb. 28, 1841, with Notices of the Productions, fyc. 

 of the Island ; by Joseph S. Travelli. 



TO THE EDITORS. 



Gentlemen — Herewith, in accordance with your request, I send 

 an abstract of the meteorological register kept by me during the 

 latter part of my residence in Singapore, together with some de- 

 sultory remarks on the climate and on the state of agriculture on 

 the island. 



THERMOMETER. 



1839, Novem., 

 " Decern., 



1840, January, 

 " Feb'ary, 

 " March, 

 " April, 

 " May, 

 " June, 

 " July, 

 " August, 

 " Septem., 

 " October, 

 " Novem., 

 " Decern., 



1841, January, 

 " Feb'ary, 



.87.3073 

 J87.5073 

 187.8071 

 2071 

 6073 

 2073 

 ,0073 

 J88.0072 

 88.7072 

 188.00,71 



88 

 89 



90 



.00,72 



.6072 



89 



;88 



! 86.0C 



|86 



87 



30.71 



80,71 

 0068. 



00 



40 

 50 



,50 

 .00 

 ,70 

 ,00 

 00 

 00 



so; 



40' 



oo; 



00 

 80 

 00 

 701 



S^= o 



e e S 



78 

 8778 

 70,79 



,59|78 

 60,79 



,8780 

 7780 

 96;81 



79i80, 

 3479, 



.65 

 .44 



9. 



75J81 

 63J78 

 8577. 

 3079 



,7278.76 



,99|78.78 



,10,78.56 



,9978.84 



.8480.60 



33 80.31 



76'SI.OI 



16^81.34 



86:81.40 



5980.54 



8879.60 



46:80.30 



12 



55 



81 



80 



78.54 

 79.76 

 78.04 

 80.53 



11.1721 



8.50;22 



10.66 16 



6.45 23 



6.64 

 10.37 



5.1614 



7.97| 9 

 5.56 10 

 8.66| 13 

 8.00'l2 



8.80J15 

 7.27J 16 

 7.82 18 

 7.29! 13 

 2.50J 5 



62 



722.10 



47,2.20 



452.60 



252.35 



61J2.30 



363.20 



433.45 



204.75 



463.85 



314.00 ( 



364.00 



47|3.40i 



572.90 



'123 

 130 

 150 

 178 

 207 

 198 

 221 

 211 

 228 

 174 

 147 

 162 

 79 

 99 



152 



67 

 23 



38 



180 



103 



171 



74 



18 



42 



72 



19 



167 



3 



163 



The observations were made at the mission school of the Amer- 

 ican Board of Foreign Missions, at Ryan's Hill, about half a mile 

 from the town. The hill is about one hundred or one hun- 

 dred and twenty feet above the level of the sea. The register 

 from which the abstract is made, includes hourly observations, 

 from half an hour or more before sunrise to ten o'clock, P. M., 

 with occasional observations through the night, for almost every 

 day of the sixteen months mentioned in the abstract. These 



