kept at Calcutta, 1843-44-. 



545 



April 1844. 



There was high west wind on the 3rd, 4th, and 10th ; high south 

 and south-west wind on the 8th, 9th, 13th, 18th, 21st, 24th and 25th. 

 The following are the relative proportions and various directions of 

 the wind during the month. 



South wind 20, south-west 3£, west 2£, east 1J, south-east If, 

 north-west 0£, north-east oj , north 0J, calm 0£ in 30 days. 



N. B. —Light southerly winds prevailed, rising gradually towards 

 noon ; closeness and oppression very great, at night particularly ; 

 in the early part of this, and latter part of the preceding month, 

 Cholera prevailing. 



TABLE XII. A. 



Variation of the Wind at different Hours in the month of Aprils 1844. 







Result of Observations. 









Hour. 



























H 



£ 





W 



£ 







a 







£ 



fc 



£ 



C/2 



18 



GO 



3 



C/2 



2 



£ 



5 







Sunrise, 





I 







9h. 50m 



... 



2 



1 



19 



1 



5 



1 



1 



... 





Noon, 



... 



1 



... 



17 



1 



3 



6 



2 



... 





2h. 40m 



... 





... 



22 



1 



3 



3 



1 



... 





4h. p. m 



1 



... 



... 



19 



2 



5 



3 



... 







Sunset, 



... 



1 



1 



25 



120 

 20. 



2 



10 

 1.6G 



1 



19 



""Is" 



9 

 1.5 



1 



.16 





Total of each 6 -f- 



1 



3 



2 



- 180 



Proportionof each 



.16 



1.83 



.33 



3.16 



2.16 



= 30 



The aspect of the sky was clear in the proportion of 12-, and 

 cloudy \\, cumuli strati and cumuli each 4, cirro cumuli \\, foggy 

 0|, haze 1^, mist 0*- and cirro strati 0J in 30 days. 



N. B. — After a period of 3^ months drought, a fall of rain at 

 intervals took place, commencing about the middle of the month, 

 accompanied with thunder ; this checked the excessive heat, but 

 the nights continued sultry and close. 



