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  GEOLOGY 
  OE 
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  the 
  mean 
  temperature 
  of 
  one 
  station 
  is 
  shown 
  to 
  be 
  higher 
  than 
  the 
  

   maximum 
  registered 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  place, 
  and 
  the 
  temperature 
  at 
  night 
  

   higher 
  than 
  that 
  recorded 
  during 
  the 
  day. 
  No 
  other 
  case 
  was 
  so 
  glaring 
  

   as 
  this, 
  but 
  some 
  other 
  tables 
  did 
  not 
  appear 
  altogether 
  free 
  from 
  

   suspicion 
  on 
  inspection, 
  and 
  I 
  have, 
  therefore, 
  refrained 
  from 
  any 
  attempt 
  

   to 
  correlate 
  temperature 
  and 
  rainfall 
  ; 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  which 
  last, 
  it 
  may 
  

   be 
  observed, 
  that 
  though 
  a 
  more 
  thorough 
  and 
  correct 
  system 
  of 
  regis- 
  

   tration 
  in 
  future 
  may 
  modify 
  the 
  actual 
  amounts 
  given 
  here, 
  yet 
  there 
  

   is 
  no 
  probability 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  invalidate 
  the 
  general 
  conclusion 
  deduced.* 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  great 
  value 
  of 
  meteorological 
  science 
  as 
  regards 
  public 
  

   hygiene 
  there 
  can 
  be 
  no 
  question 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  tropical 
  lands 
  it 
  is 
  no 
  less 
  

   obviously 
  connected 
  with 
  geology 
  — 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  by 
  the 
  relation 
  which 
  

   the 
  interesting 
  beds 
  containing 
  fossil-wood 
  in 
  Prome, 
  bear, 
  as 
  regard 
  

   their 
  extension 
  southwards, 
  to 
  the 
  increased 
  rain-fall 
  of 
  the 
  district 
  

   wherein 
  they 
  disappear. 
  It 
  appears 
  to 
  me 
  if 
  not 
  a 
  necessary, 
  at 
  all 
  

   events 
  a 
  perfectly 
  legitimate 
  conclusion, 
  to 
  refer 
  the 
  preservation 
  of 
  

   what 
  remains 
  of 
  their 
  upper 
  beds 
  in 
  Prome 
  partly 
  to 
  the 
  diminished 
  

   rainfall 
  of 
  that 
  district. 
  

  

  Table 
  displaying 
  the 
  mean 
  annual 
  rainfall 
  of 
  ten 
  stations 
  in 
  British 
  

  

  Burmah. 
  

  

  Littoral 
  Zone 
  

  

  Sub-littoral 
  Zone 
  

  

  Inland 
  Zone 
  

  

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   ■I 
  Kyouk-hpevv 
  

   LAkyab 
  

  

  fTavoy 
  

   I 
  Moulmein 
  

   | 
  Shuaygyin 
  

   |_ 
  Saudoway 
  

  

  f 
  Myanouug 
  

  

  -j 
  Prome 
  

   i 
  

   LThaiotmio 
  

  

  Mean. 
  

   155-77] 
  

   154-50 
  j- 
  

   190-89 
  J 
  

  

  220-901 
  

   228-45 
  ! 
  

   201-90 
  | 
  

   228-00J 
  

  

  52-401 
  

   49-73 
  J- 
  

   46-77J 
  

  

  167-00 
  

  

  220-00 
  

  

  50-00 
  

  

  * 
  I 
  must 
  here 
  express 
  my 
  obligations 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Kelly 
  for 
  the 
  extracts 
  be 
  was 
  good 
  

   enough 
  to 
  furnish 
  me 
  from 
  his 
  office 
  in 
  Rangoon; 
  and 
  also 
  to 
  Drs. 
  White, 
  Haneks, 
  Pyster, 
  

   and 
  Marr 
  for 
  extracts 
  furnished 
  by 
  them 
  from 
  the 
  registers 
  of 
  Prome, 
  Thaiet, 
  Saudoway, 
  

   and 
  Moulmein. 
  

  

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