386 METEOROLOGICAL REPORT, 1885, 
5. The highest barometrical pressure (30.197 inches) was 
recorded in Penang on the 7th January, and the lowest 
(29.611) at Province Wellesley on the 10th June. These 
two Settlements also registered the highest and lowest mean, 
viz., 29.972 and 29.833 inches, respectively. 
Temperature of Avr. 
: Hich Mean 
Stations. sat, | Date. jLowest. Date. | Range.|for the 
ae year 
Roe on © op. | oR 
Singapore, 92.0 |24th May) 63.4 (10th Feb.) 14.9 81.7 
Penang, 96.5 |l4th June 70.0 (10th Jan.) 14.5 82.7 
Pe. Wellesley, .. | 98.0 | 9th Jan.) 65.5 [28th Heb." 18 83.5 
Malacca, 96.0 |l8th June} 69.0 |15th Jan) 148 $2.3 
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6. The highest temperature (98.0°R.) was observed at 
Province Wellesley on the 9th January, and the lowest 
(63.4°F.) at Singapore on the 10th February, the lowest 
mean was also recorded at the latter Settlement, but in all, 
the mean temperature for 1855 is shehtly higher than that 
for 1884. 
Temperature of Solar Radiation. 
qi 
Mean for 
Stations. Highest.| Date. | Lowest.| Date. |the year. 
ee ie 2 oF, oF. 
Singapore, 161.6 |25th Mar.) 91:3 | 9th Awes ialased 
Penang. 159.0 | 2nd Feb. 90.1 [27th June} 145.7 
Province Wellesley.. 163.0 | 5th Jan. 90:0 | 7th Ades lee 
Malacca, 175.0 |14th Feb.| 125.0 |16th May 156.1 
7. The highest temperature of the sun’s rays (175.0°F.) 
was observed at Malacca on the 14th February, and the 
lowest (90.0°E.) was recorded on the 7th August at Province 
Wellesley ; the lowest mean, viz., 140.1 was registered at 
the same station. 
