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Rain-fall in Tropical Cyclones. 
Date. Place. Lat. | Long. Poca Authérity. 
1839. June 4] Dacca 23-7 | 90°) | 6-00 Piddington, 1st Memoir, p. 37 
1842. June 3 | Calcutta 5 | 88°3 | 5°17 Tth Memoir, p. 35 
June 3 | Kissenuggur | 23:4 88°4| 9°00 7th Memoir, p. 42 
Oct. 3) Pooree 9°8 | 85°9 | 5°10 9th Memoir, p. 27 
1843. May 23} Cannanore /| 11-9 | 93 10th Memoir, p. 32 
ay 23 adras 13-1 | 80°3 {10°50 10th Memoir, p. 20 
ay 23 Hyderabad | 25-3} 68 10th Memoir, p. 29 
1851. May 5] Madras 13-1 | 80°3 }11 21st Memoir, p. 1 
1864. Oct. 6 | Contai 21°8 | 87-8 |10-00 Rep. of Gastrell & Blanford, p. 82 
Ocbs. 6 rah 24°8| 89-4] 7°10 p. 82 
Oct. 6} Goalparah | 26°2 | 90-7 |60°00 p. 82 
Oct. 6 isgu 23°4 | 88°5 | 7-50 p. 82 
1874. May 4 13°1 | 80°3 | 7-10) Willson’s Report, p. 127 
Oct. 15 False Point | 20°3 | 86°8| 6:30 p. 9 
Oct. 15 | J 21°5 | 86-9 p.9 
Oct. 15 | Midnapore | 22-4 | 87-2 |10-27 p. 8 
Oct. 16 an 23°2 | 87 p. 8 
Oct. 16 | Lalgolla 24°5 | 88°3 |16°30 p. 8 
Oct. 16 | Jungipore 24°5 | 87°8| 8-0 p. 8 
Oct 16 | Bood Bood 3° | 88 40 p. 8 
17 | Rungpore 5-9 | 89:3 | 6 p. 9 
1876. Oct. 17 | Vizagapatam | 17-7 | 83-4| 5-60/Elliott’s Report, p. 48 
Oct. -8 | Vizagapatam | 17-7 | 83-4 |12-6 p. 48 
N oakholly | 22°8/| 91°0| 5-1 0. 153 
Nov. 1) Putuakhally | 22°3/ 90-4} 5-8 D. 153 
1877 May 1 adras 13°1 | 80°3 |13-01 p. 42 
y ya 24°6 | 85°1 | 5-0 ». TB 
May 20 | Nowada 23°9 | 88°4; 8°00 ». 15 
May 20| Aurungabad | 19-9 | 75:3) 8°68 9. 16 
May 20 | Rajmahal 25°0 | 87-7 | 5°20 ». TH 
May 20 | Raigunge 25° | 88: | 6°71 0. 75 
May 20 | Jawai 20° Poh? Oe ». 15 
May 2 rrh 25°5 | 85°7 | 6°43 ‘ae gd 
May 21 | Chanchal 25-0 | 88°2| 6°14 0. 17 
May 21 | Rungpore 25°9 | 89-3 |11-1¢ ey: 
May 21 /| Kurigram 25° | 89° | 5-7 ». TT 
May 21 | Bogdogra 25° | 89° |12-1S wee a | 
May 21| Julpigoree | 26°5/ 88-7) 5-5: 17 
May 21 | Boda 26° | 89° | 8°5% ». TT 
May 21 | Cooch Behar | 26-3 | 89-5 | 9°77 eb 
May 21 | Dhubri 26°0 | 90-0 | 5°66 9. 17 
May 21 | Jawai 26° 1 91- 114°2¢ tt 
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_ Tnext examined all the maps of the International Observa- 
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