28i 



Rain Register, Killeney Estate, 1911. 





Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



May. 



June. 



July- 







33 







84 





II 



... 





2na 









03 





41 



00 





3rd 



1-54 



;;• 





37 





01 







4tri 



1.21 



1.23 





15 





... 







5tn 



14 



... 





01 



04 



... 







otn 



00 









04 





39 





7th 



1. 14 



Oo 





07 



02 





tA 



lo 



q 



otn 



00 















Qth 



34 









12 



13 



DO 





lOth 



41 







10 



01 









Ilth 



35 







03 









>| 



"3 



T It 



izin 



T iA 



1.40 















»— » 



13th 



01 











I.2o 









I4tn 



Ol 



05 















15th 



34 



94 















loin 



91 



30 





00 









c« 

 3 



i/in 



lo 



1.30 



01 





05 







JQ 



Join 



02 













9i 



19th 



22 

















20th 







52 



01 



12 



07 







2lSt 



17 







1.32 



22 







e 



22nd 



U4 



01 





28 



... 



16 





 S 



23rd 







13 



08 









24th 







04 



07 



1.78 







so 



25 th 



03 



... 



61 





3.02 





55 





26th 



43 





02 



06 



'7 



1.06 



66 





27th 



04 









... 



12 







28th 









26 



1.04 



21 



14 





29th 





... 



32 





13 









30th 



... 









1.05 





45 





31st 







02 







... 



57 





Total 



12.55 



405 



1.54 



3-57 



8.78 



340 



3.74 



= 37.63 



Mr. Knight's letter is a further contribution to our knowledge 

 of the Meteorology of Singapore. It must seem remarkable to the 

 Colonial Governments of other nations that here, where the study 

 of Meteorology is of such importance to the Agriculturist, there has 

 been practically no attempt made to record or make observations 

 on rainfall, sunshine, etc., except by amateurs. A kind of Meteorolo- 

 gical report has been issued from time to time, but it is by no means 

 of an up to date standard. In most countries there is a proper 

 Government meteorological bureau, permanent so that the records in 

 lapse of years become absolutely invaluable. If this had been started 

 50 years ago and properly maintained we should by this time have a 

 clearer idea as to the effects of clearing ground for cultivation on the 

 rainfall, and water supply, and incidentally too, probably some 

 evidence as to the relations of variations in climate to epidemic 

 disease. — Ed. 



