*. 
344 A. Woeitkof—Mean Annual Rain-fall. 
less rain than to Concepcion and Valdivia. Professor Loomis 
probably made use of the observations at Ancud, Chiloe, and 
seeing that this place had less rain than Valdivia and Puerto 
oo Rater it as generally admisstble for the latitudes above 
° S. on the west coast. But Ancud is protected by a roc 
ae on the west, that is, the wind and rain side, white 
the other two stations are open to the west. 
In the LaPlata States the interior is very dry, only the eastern 
slopes of the mountains and their vicinity have more rain. Now 
all the interior stations from which we have rain Saati tape 
are so situated, and all except Mendoza give much more r 
than would be the aver age of more evenly distributed gine. 
e know that westward from the stations of Cordo a, Tucu- 
man, Salta are the States of Catamarca, Jujuy, San Luis, which 
are so dry that even good pasturage is scarce. It would thus 
be safe to extend the region with less than 10’’ much to the 
eastward, and that of 10’25” also 
s to Australia, the region of 25'’-50” in the north of the 
Continent probably extends along the coast somewhat to the 
southwest from the position given ‘it by Professor Loomis. As 
to that of less than 10” there is no reason why we should admit 
that it is so very restricted in the interior as in Professor 
Loomis’ map. We have no observations from an extensive 
district, but what we know of the mA pees of the interior allows 
us to make this very pee supposition 
On the whole, Professor Loomis s work is certainly a good 
one, but on account of ‘ahiat I have pier above, a revised 
— of the map is yet desirable. 
would besides draw attention to some perplexing and 
erroneous designations of the countries and regions in whic 
are situated some of the stations mentioned by Professor 
mis. I give here some of them, with the corresponding num- 
bers of Professor Loomis’s table. 
254 Ragusa, Kuropean Turkey. Is situated in the Austrian 
province of Dalmatia. 
363 Ajansk, Russia. As other places in Siberia are cited as 
such, it would be better to mention Ajan, the exact name, as 
being i in Eastern Siberia. The same applies to 524 Ner -tschinsk, 
522 Irkuzk; 646 Kjachta, 510 Enisseisk; while 512 Tobolsk, 516 
Tomsk, 517 [schim, 519 Omsk: 520 Isalair neh 645 Bar naoul, 
644 Akmolinsk are situated in Western ria. 
521 Nikolaiewsk, 525 Phspeccctidvesieh, 526 0 haba eee: 528 
Vladivostok are placed by Professor Loomis in China, while 
aed are in Eastern Siberia (in the Amur and Littoral prov- 
"The appellation Tartary applied to 529 Tashkent, and 647 
Irgis is wanting in precision. If it is meant for the Kirghiz 
