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up ill secondary forest, • but I cannot find anything to sliow this. 

 Further, the re-clearing of the ground for the extensive cultivation of 

 pineapples, about 1890, should have shown a decrease in the rainfall, 

 but this does not seem to be the case. 



However, it must be remembered that the study of the meteoro- 

 logy of the Colony and the rest of the Peninsula has been practically 

 utterly neglected. 



We have a few records of rainfall kept by some amateurs, and 

 also of late years by the Government, l)ut no known records of the 

 early times before the forest was felled, and no proper collation and 

 study of such records as we have. The study of the meteorology of 

 a country is one of very great importance from a hygienic and agricul- 

 tural viev;^ besides its general interest and it is very regrettable that 

 we never had a proper Metecn-ological Bureau, with a Scientific 

 Meteorologist to record and study the influence of the changes due to 

 clearing the forest, on the rainfall teuiperature, water supply, health 

 of the people and the numerous other points on which a study of 

 meteorology throws light. 



Rainfall at the Botanic Gardens, Singapore, for 1911. 



Date 



January 



February March 



April 



May 



I 







.. ! ... i ... 







... 





2 



I 



60 



2 60 j ... 











3 











. I 



70 





4 



I 















5 



2 













10 



6 

















7 



I 



80 













8 



... 





... 











9 



I 



70 







... 







10 



I 



75 

 60 



::: ::: :: 





:: 



20 



1 



12 





20 



... 









1 



15 



I 



60 



. 









j 



14 





30 













15 





60 



I 60 









i 



16 



... 



70 













17 



... 



36 



I 50 











18 















93 



19 





30 













20 



... 







50 









2r 











I 



50 





22 

















23 

















24 

















25 















! 



26 





... 





... 









27 

















28 

















29 

















30 



::: 















31 



... 



;:: 





... 









Total 



15 



21 



s 1 ;o h 



I 



50 



3 



40 ' 



I 03 



