CHAPTER XVII 



TEMPERATURE AND CLIMATE 



That Trinidad possesses a climate suitable for the growth 

 of cacao is indisputable, and it may be assumed that all 

 countries having similar meteorological conditions will 

 also be suitable for the cultivation of cacao, provided the 

 soil conditions are favourable, and the lands are well 

 protected from wind storms. 



The mean annual meteorological records for twenty 

 years, from 1888 to 1907, are as follows, no later being 

 obtainable : 



Teinidad Botahioal Department Recobds, 1888 to 1907 = 20 Years 



The above rainfall may be taken as a fair average for 

 the whole island of Trinidad, as records for many years, 

 taken from upwards of a hundred stations, show that the 

 mean average for the whole island per annum falls within 

 a point or two of the annual fall at the Meteorological 

 Station of the Botanical Department. 



It will be seen from the table given that the average 

 humidity is 79-0, taking Saturation at 100. In some 

 districts of the island the amount of humidity or moisture 



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