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EVELAND. 



and Gold Creek region are easy and cheap of construction and mainte- 

 nance if properly located and built in the beginning. Wagon transpor- 

 tation is perfectly feasible to any part of the mineral district. Repairs 

 will not be excessive, provided proper ditching is done and culvert work 

 is constructed and the torrential rains of the summer are taken into 

 account ; and such small bridge work as is necessary can be done cheaply 

 with the abundant standing timber and cheap native labor. 



CLIMATE. 



The climate of this region has been much discussed because of the 

 proposed use of Baguio as a summer capital, and as a convalescing station 

 for the United States Army, Navy, and the Civil Government employees 

 of the Philippine Islands. Briefly summarized, from various reports of 

 the Weather Bureau, the following ma}' be stated: 



The temperature, taken at Baguio and rej)resentative of all the Baguio 

 plateau, is on the average consistently lower than that registered at 

 Manila by 7° C, the difference ranging between 7° and 9° C. throughout 

 the year, as is shown by the following table, which is a plot of the tem- 

 perature variations at Baguio and Manila, recorded during 1900 and 1901. 



The daily variation ranges from 2.4° C. to 8.7° C, the changes being 

 quite in inverse proportion to the rainfall and increased cloudiness. 



Variation of the temperature at Baguio and Manila for the years 1900 to 1901. 





Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Manila _ . 

 Baguio 



Difference 



°C. 

 25.25 

 17.45 



°C. 

 25.15 



16.8 



°0. 



26.7 

 19.35 



°C. 

 28.4 

 21.35 



°C. 

 29 

 20.15 



°C. 

 28.3 

 19.5 



°C. 



27.5 

 19.15 



°C. 

 26.9 

 18.15 



°C. 

 27.5 

 19.4 



°C. 



27.2 

 19.6 



°C. 



26.5 

 18.9 



°C. 

 25.4 

 17.95 



7.80 



8.35 



7.35 



7.05 



8.95 



8.80 



8.35 



8.75 



8.1 



7.6 



7.6 



7.45 



The minimum temperature both in Manila and in Benguet is reached 

 in February, with a second minimum in August, due to the extraordinary 

 rainfall which occurs in that month. From February a steady rise 

 occurs, which culminates in a maximum of about 29° C. in April, the 

 warmest month, followed by a steady decline to the end of the year, only 

 broken by the August depression, with a reaction of about one degree in 

 September. 



The animal rainfall, considerably more important than the temperature, 

 amounting to over 100 inches per annum, places the Baguio district under the 

 classification of the regions of abundant rainfall. The year is divided more 

 or less distinctly into a dry and a rainy season. The salubrious climate of the 

 region, at least during the dry season from February up to and including June, 

 is principally due to the rainfall conditions. As there is no high land on the east 

 and south, the prevailing winds during these months, from the west and southwest, 

 cause a moderate rainfall, thereby reducing the temperature during March, April, 

 Mav. and June. 



