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the rains. The seasons in general in this country, succeed to each 
other with so much regularity, and each in its appropriate period exhi- 
bits so little variety in the circumstances of different years, that it ap- 
pears unnecessary to enlarge upon those of the present season, further 
than to point at same period of last year. Referring therefore to my 
report for this quarter of 1830, I have to state, that the chief peculiari- 
ties of the present season have been a greater, and more continued, 
degree of heat, than in the hot months of last year, a somewhat more 
early occurrence of the rains, and their being in greater abundance 
than during the month of June, in 1830. In the beginning of April, 
several showers fell, andone* of these, on the 8th of the month, consist- 
ed of hailstones, the largest of which varied from six to nine inches in 
circumference. From this period, however, on to the commencement 
of the monsoon, with the exception of a few drops at distant periods, 
no rain took place, and this space of two months was one unbroken 
continuation of hot-weather. During this time a registering thermo- 
meter, exposed to a breeze in an outer room, shewed the rising of the 
quicksilver daily from the 27th of April to the 7th of June, with three 
exceptions, to from 100 to 107. To this succeeded the rains, which 
commenced on the afternoon of the latter date, and throughout the re- 
mainder of the month showers took place almost daily ; the quantity of 
rain by the end a the month being nearly double that of the same 
ede of last year.” 
‘ Third quarter of 1831.—*‘* This period comprises the chief part 
of the rains, and at the same time the most unhealthy portion of the 
year, As mentioned in last report, a great quantity of rain fellin June; 
but this was followed by a dry period of twenty days, viz. from the 
22nd of June, until the 11th of July. The remainder of the latter 
month was, generally speaking, wet, especially towards the end of the 
month ; but altogether the rain which fell in July was somewhat below 
the quantity in the same period of last year. The month of August in 
both years has been attended with the most continued rain of the sea- 
son, and this has kept upa continued degree of moisture on the surface 
throughout the month. In September, there have been a few larger 
intervals of fair weather, but occasionally heavy falls of rain have taken 
place, and the ground has been in a constantly moist state in conse- 
quence. The monsoon, on the whole, has been accompanied with the 
average quantity of rain, the chief peculiarities being the extensive fall 
m June, and the succeeding dry weather until the middle of July. 
The wind, as usual, has been chiefly from the westward, and, at times, 
in the early part of the season, has blown with considerable strength. 
oer * Vide page 5. 
