224 APPENDIX. 



Abstract of Montlily Means at Kingstown, St. Vincent's. 



Year. 



Temperature. 



Rain in inches. 



1823 



81-10 

 81-10 

 82-21 

 81-27 

 81-50 

 81-48 

 81-54 



68-990 



85-500 



78-945 



76-526 , 



88-415 



77-700 



65-150 



1824 



1825 



1826 



1827 



1828 



1829 



Mean of seven years 



81-45 



77-31 





N.B. — The above tables, which, have been carefully copied from the 

 originals, seem to contain some discrepancies ; bnt as the variations between 

 the given means and some of them, as deducible from calculation of the 

 given figures, do not appear to differ very considerably, and as no check can 

 now be put on them, and they can only be taken as approximations, they may 

 yet serve to give a general idea of the climate, and as such they are here 

 recorded. 



JVb. 5 (p. 21). — Wallaroo, S. Australia. 



" This is the barest, driest spot conceivable ; since Yalparaiso 

 I have seen nothing so dry. There was once scrub and grass ; now 

 there is a relic of each, and much dust. All the timber having 

 been taken off for fuel, for miles and miles, all is red-hot and 

 dusty." — Commodore Groodenough's Journal, p. 263, Jan. 27, 

 1875. 



Iffl. 6 (p. 35.) — Value of Forests. 



Mr. Ellwood Cooper, after pointing out how great chmatic 

 changes have taken place within the period of human history, in 

 many eastern countries, once highly cultivated and densely 

 peopled, but now arid wastes, and this " by the improvident 

 acts of man in destroying the trees and plants which once clothed 

 the surface and sheltered it from the sun and the winds" — goes 

 on to point out that " in European countries, especially in Italy, 

 G-ermany, Austria, and France, where the injuries resulting from 

 the cutting off of timber have long since been realized, the 

 attention of the Governments has been turned to this subject by 

 the necessities of the case, and conservative measures have in many 

 instances, been successfully applied, so that a supply of timber 

 has been obtained by cultivation, and other benefits resulting 

 from tliis measure have been realized." * * # jk 



" The preservation of forests is one of the first interests of 

 society, and consequently one of the first duties of Government, 

 All the wants of life are closely related to their preservation ; 

 agriculture, architecture, and almost all the industries seek 



