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Part II. — Major Phillipps's Observations on the Eain-eall at 

 St. Helena. 



Height above the Sea, 700 Feet. 







LADDER HILL, 



ST. HELENA. 











Year. 



Date. 



January. 



February. 



Marcli. 



April. | 



May. 



June. 



i-s 



1 



< 



September. 



October. 



November. 



December. 





1st, . . . 









0-02 









O'll 





0-01 



0-02 







2nd, . . . 

















0-08 







001 



0-01 





3rd, . . . 











0-33 





o-ii 



0 05 





o-oi 



0 01 







4th, ... 











0-04 







0-04 







001 







5th, . . . 















0-02 



0-02 







0-02 







6th, . . . 







R* 



0-45 







.0-06 



0-30 



o-oi 





0-01 







7th, . . . 









0-19 







0-47 



o-oo 







0-03 



o-oi 





8th, . . . 







g 



0-16 







0-11 









0-04 



0-02 





9th, . . . 







) Observati 



0-08 



0-02 





0-16 



o-oi 



o-oi 



0-01 





0-19 





10th, . . . 

 11th, . . . 







0-07 



0-04 

 0-04 





0-13 

 0-02 



0-27 



o-oi 



0-05 



0*04 



o-oi 





0-03 



o-oi 





12th, . . . 



CO 





ft 



0-02 



0-61 



ken. 



0-02 



0-06 









0-03 





13th, . . . 









0-13 



0-12 





0-05 



0-06 







0-03 



1861. 



14th, . . . 

 15th, . . . 

 16th, . . . 



bservation; 



Ditto. 





0-07 





rvations ta 





0-54 

 0-28 

 0-05 



001 





0-05 



0-08 

 0-01 





17th, . . . 

 18th, . . ' 

 19th, . . . 



O 

 o 

 ft 





0-30 

 0-14 

 0-01 



0-03 



taken. 



No Obse 





o-oi 



003 



0-02 

 0-06 

 0-01 



o-oi 



0-02 

 0-01 



0-01 





20th, . . . 









0*05 



SUO' 





o-io 





0*05 



0'01 



0 "03 







21st, . . . 







0-07 



0-05 



■% 



> 





o-oi 



■■ 



0-10 



0-02 



0-02 







22nd, . . . 







0-05 





CO 

 CD 



,Q 





0-07 





0-08 



0-02 



o-oi 







23rd, . . . 

 24th, . . . 







0-05 

 0-20 



0-08 



o 



o 





0-02 

 0*11 



0*17 



0'08 

 0-03 



0-01 



0-05 



0-01 

 0-02 







25th, . . . 







0-18 









0-35 



0-02 



0-01 











26th, . . . 







002 









0-04 



0-01 









o-oi 





27th, . . . 









0-03 







0-20 















28th, . . . 







0-06 









0-15 









0 02 



0 08 





29th, . . . 















0-04 





0-06 





o-oi 



0*03 





30th, . . . 















0-06 





o-oi 



0-01 





0-02 





31st, . . . 















0-08 







0-04 





0-03 



The Rain Gauge used was a zinc funnel, five inches diameter, made by Messrs. 

 Negretti and Zambia, placed in a bottle buried to the neck in earth. Rain-fall was 

 measured in a glass having one inch of rain divided into 100 parts. Observations were 

 taken at 9 A. m. each day. 



