534 FRUIT CULTUEE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



Minimum tension (December 24) 3,0 



Average evaporation ^-^ 



Maximum evaporation (July 8) 24.0 



Total of evaporation 3,340.9 



Rainy days ^8 



Days of inappreciable rain - 22 



Stormy days 7 



Days of snow 1 



Rain-fall during the year 420.5 



Rain-fall, maximum (September 7) 92.0 



Kilometers. 



Average velocity of wind 283 



Maximum velocity of wind (February 26) 962 



Minitnum velocity of wind (January 1 and August 30) 40 



Freguenoy of the winds. (Observed twice during the year.) 



North 70 



Northeast J - ■ 134 



East 126 



Southeast i. 105 



South 11 



Southwest 37 



West 130 



Northwest 117 



Atmospheric state. 



Clear days - 167 



Cloudy days 97 



Covered days 101 



Days of calm - 51 



Days of breeze 274 



Days of wind 39 



Days of storm -. — 1 



The rain when the weather is not stormy is nearly always accom- 

 panied by south or southeast winds, and the rainiest months of the 

 year, or at least those when the rains which are most beneficial for the 

 soil occur, are November, February, and April, although in consequence 

 of the great felling of trees, which has taken place during the present 

 century, as also owing to unknown causes, the rains are much less fre- 

 quent than they were last century. In this province electricity exists 

 to a very great extent in the atmosphere by reason of the dryness of 

 the climate and the pureness of the sky, especially in the mountainous 

 districts. 



SOIL. 



The greater portion of the soil in this region is tribasic, cretace- 

 ous, and tertiary, and contains a large proportionate admixture of clay, 

 sand, and lime, which is the true reason why the earth in this prov- 

 ince is so very fertile, as is proved by the luxuriant vegetation, the 



