1884.] of the Bay. of Bengal in 1883. 65 



The logs of the vessels received in the Meteorological office give an 

 imperfect view of the weather in the Bay, as they were chiefly those of 

 steamers passing up to Calcutta along the west coast of the Bay. 



The Bancoora rounding Ceylon had light to moderate south-west 

 breezes (force 1 to 3) during the day. The India and Himalaya were a few 

 miles apart off the coast to the south-east of Coconada. The former 

 was in Lat. IS® 10' N. and Long. 83° 14' E. at noon and the latter in Lat. 

 15° 13' N. and Long. 82° 29' E. Both had moderate breezes and overcast 

 skies. The winds were of force 3 and from directions between W. and 

 S. W. The Boma, in Lat. 17° 15' N. and Long. 85° 17' E. at noon, had 

 moderate variable winds with calms and very heavy rain squalls. The 

 Star of Albion, Scottish Chieftain, and Saint Magnus were all near each 

 other off the Gopalpore coast. The winds were very light and unsteady, 

 but were generally from directions between west and south-west. The 

 Scottish Chieftain had calms at 8 A. m., and the Saint Magnus calms and 

 rain at 4 p. m. The British Princess and Prince Amadeo were a little 

 further to the north. The former, in Lat. 19° 9' N". and Long. 85° 15' E. 

 at noon, had variable winds during the day varying in force between 2 

 and 5. The latter, in Lat. 19° 23' N. and Long. 86° 56' E., had gentle 

 south-west winds, sultry weather, and a smooth sea. There were hence 

 no indications on this day of the existence of an atmospheric whirl in 

 the Bay. 



26^^ Ju7ie. — During the previous 24 hours the barometer had risen 

 rapidly at the Bombay stations, and the depression off that coast was 

 much less marked than on the 25th at Bombay and the adjacent coast 

 stations. South-westerly gales were blowing, but the rainfall brought 

 up by them was as yet moderate in amount. In parts of Southern and 

 Central India the barometer had also risen, but over the whole of 

 Northern India a considerable fall had taken place. Along the foot of 

 the hills, from Assam to the Punjab, the wind was generally easterly or 

 north-easterly, and in the Central Provinces and Central India it was 

 westerly. The weather was dull and sky overcast over the whole 

 country except the Punjab, and rain was falling except in North- Western 

 and Central India, but the amounts registered were in the great majority 

 of cases small. The rainfall returns, as compared with the average rainfall 

 between June 1st and 26th, shew that there was a deficiency of from 1 to 

 3 inches over the plains of the Punjab, the western half of the North- 

 Western Provinces, Central India, and Bajputana, and of 7 inches in 

 Bombay. 



The following are the more important observations taken at 10 

 A. M. of the 26th at the selected stations near the Head of the Bay : — 



