1852.] Ou the Meteorology of Ramp ore Bauleah. 593 



On the Meteorology of Rampore Bauleah, for the year 1851. — By 

 J. R. Bedford, Esq. Assistant Surgeon, Bengal Army. 



The following reductions are obtained from observations made at 

 Rampore Bauleah, the principal town of Zillah Rajshahye. Newman's 

 standard Barometer and carefully compared Thermometers were employ- 

 ed. Time was determined by observations of the rising and setting sun. 

 The Barometric observations have been reduced to 32°. 



Rampore Bauleah is in latitude 24° 21' 26" N., and longitude 88° 

 37' 45" East, having an elevation of 65.8 feet above the sea level. 



The station is bounded on the South by the Ganges — five miles 

 broad in the rains ; to the North, East and West by a well cultivated 

 flat country studded with large trees. 



The Barometer and Air Thermometer were placed in a small room 

 of a pucka house, open to the air, without being exposed to the breeze. 

 The Pluviometer and Vane were distant from any object likely to inter- 

 fere with their indications. 



The wind's force was noted according to the Admiralty symbols, 

 which necessarily affurd an imperfect expression to a land's-man. 



The "Term observations" are wanting on several occasions during 

 the year, owing to my forced absence from home ; and December is 

 altogether excluded for the same cause. 



Dr. Buist tells us, in his Manual of Physical Research for India, 

 that "at Aden there is a departure from the law," which seems to 

 obtain in nearly all parts of India, the maximum depression for the 

 year occurring, not in January, but in February ; the minimum in July 

 instead of June. It is much the highest in December, but makes a 

 plunge down in January to recover itself again in February, " after- 

 wards descending regularly to its minimum." A glance at the accom- 

 panying Barometric diagram will show that such a curve did not take 

 place at Rampore Bauleah at either of the periods named. 



One remarkable atmospheric disturbance took place during the year, 

 viz. on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th of October, which I was prevented 

 from observing in the consecutive way I could have wished. The 

 lowest Barometric reading noticed on that occasion was 29.586 ccr^ 

 rected for temperature at 4 p. m. of 22nd, or .155 below the mean of 

 that hour for the month. 



