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RAINFALL IN AUGUST IN PENANG. 



August from past experience being the wettest month in the year, 

 a comparative statement of the rainfall registered at the Prison 

 Observatory, Penang, for August from 1880 to 1907 is herewith 

 forwarded : — 



880 

 1881 

 1882 

 18S3 

 1884 

 1885 

 1886 

 1887 

 1888 

 1889 

 1890 

 1891 

 1892 



1893 

 1894 



1895 

 1896 



1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 



1905 

 1906 

 1907 



Ins. 

 12*26 



5*44 



16- 53 

 6*09 



n*6o 

 14-29 



15*17 

 23*39 

 9-92 



8*02 



7*98 

 20*96 

 10*24 



18- 28 



7*55 

 10-44 



15*27 



19- 44 



25*56 

 24*08 



17- 32 



II'OI 



6-69 



6-5i 

 26-33 



4*76 

 10-51 



4-68 



From the above it will be seen that although there has been small 

 records of rain for the month under review during 1881, 1883, 1888, 

 1889, 1890, 1899, 1894, 1903, 1904, and 1906, that for the current 

 year has been the lowest, viz., 4*68. 



M. E. SCRIVEN, 

 Prison Observatory, Assistant Surgeon. 



Penang, \yth September, 1907. 



