INTRODUCTORY. 
I wave given a general sketch of the vegetation of Pegu in my 
“Preliminary Report on the Forest and other Vegetation of Pegu” 
published! by the Government of India in 1876, and I now pro- 
ceed to give a summary of the forests in their relation to soil and 
climate as far as connected with practical forestry. 
urma, as a whole, forms the north-west corner of the Indo- 
Chinese or Further Indian region. Although extending from Lat. 
11° to 25°, still by far the greatest portion of it is situated within 
the influence of the monsoons, and hence the seasons are divided into 
a rainy and dry season. The former commences about the end of 
May and breaks up about November, with a temperature ranging 
from 70-75° in the morning to 90-95° in the afternoon. The 
rain-fall varies greatly according to the provinces, as may be seen 
from the subjoined table :— 
Rain-fall in inches in 
; Average 
Stations. of four 
1868. 1869. 1870. 1871. 
Akyab ‘ 208°70 | 187°16 | 17610 | 199°80 | 192°94 
Kyouk-phyoo ,| 153-90 | 166-11 | 157-50 | 19310 | 167 65 
Sandoway . : ‘ -| 253°15 | 191°50 | 217-93 | 229° 223°12 
Bassein : ; j .| 13856 | 89:14] 87°54] 93°40 | 10216 
Rangoon. , , . 14460 | 143- 144-00 
Swayghyeen*. 187°50 | 18310 | 183-80 | 201-90 | 189°07 
Myanoun 40 | 357 7413 | 73 
Thayet-myo 5015 | 3320| 41°13 | 5460, 49°77 
48°50 | 3400/| 46-2 47 
Tounghoo 46:90 | 6453 | 10330 | 70°91 
in 211-20 | 189°85 | 185°45 | 245°70 | 20805 
Tavoy 193°70 | 190°55 | 185°60 | 229-90 | 199°30 
178°40 | 165°00 | 147-70 | 16440 | 163°87 
In the central parts of Ava the climate becomes drier, and rain 
is said to cease altogether about Paghan. 
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