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the  year;  such  bein^  the  case,  May  is  always  the  most  favourable 
month  for  weather  statistics,  therefore,  I am  forwarding  Rainfall 
Returns  from  23  registering  stations  this  side  of  Singapore,  in  order 
to  shew  where  the  most  and  least  rain  are  recorded  ; these  com- 
parative statements,  if  I may  call  them,  have  never  before  been 
published  in  this  form,  rind  will  be  of  some  important  use  to  those 
interested  in  the  Meteorology  of  the  Straits  : — 
Penang. 
Balek  Pulau 
Ins.  8-47 
Pulau  Jerajak  ... 
„ 9-82 
The  Government.  Hill  ... 
8-84 
The  Fort 
4-33 
The*  Pri.son 
,,  7-82 
PrON  INCI 
Sungei  Bakap  .. 
Bukit  Mertajam 
Butterworth 
F EDERATED 
We  LI. ESI. EV. 
ins.  7-03 
..  4-65 
••  3-39 
Malay  States. 
Taiping  ... 
. . . 
Ins. 
14-89 
Ipoh 
> » 
8-41 
Parit  Buntar 
} ) 
5-^9 
Selama  ... 
) y 
14-5  f 
Tapah 
yy 
12-58 
Seremban 
yy 
6-42 
Kwala  Lumpur 
10-82 
Lenggong 
y t 
5-94 
Bagan  Serai 
)) 
7 60 
The  Cottage 
y > 
1 1-26 
Mot  Wells^  Hill 
y t 
13-53 
Batu  Gajah 
yy 
7-47 
Gopeng  ... 
yy 
10-03 
Kampar 
yy 
17-65 
Teluk  Anson 
... 
5-68 
Meteorological  Office,  Penang, 
M.  E.  SCRIVEN. 
Officer-in-Char^e. 
VITALITY  OP  PARA  SEEDS. 
As  Para  rubber  seeds  have  the  reputation  of  very  quickly  losing 
their  vitality,  the  following  extracts  from  a letter  received  from  Mr. 
J.  C.  Harvey  of  Vera  Cruz,  Mexico,  will-,  no  doubt,  be  read  with 
interest. 
