The Ntilgherry Mountains. 



[No. S4, 





Month. 



Mean Tempe- 

 rature. 



Mean 

 range 

 of the 

 Ther- 

 mome- 

 ter. 



1 Kain in Inches. | 



K E M A U KS • 





At Sunrise. 



g 



o 



^ a 



<5 



At Sunset. 



Sunrise to 

 Sunset. 



<0 

















<u 



January « . 



51-5 



66 



60 



15 



2 



N. E. and N. "W. winds prevail. 



s <^ 



Februury • . 



52-5 



67 



63 



15 



3 



Do. do. rain very uncertain. 



O O 



jSlarcli, 



5i 



67 



63 



13 



6 



Winds variable N . E . to S . E . 





Api'il. 



56 



68 



64 



12 



10 



Do. do. N. E. toE. & S. E.rain 















uncertain. 





May 



oQ-5 



68 



64 



12 



2 



Do. from N. E. to N. W. & West. 







58 



69 



65 



11 



2 



Do. from N, W. to S. W. rain var. 







60 



70 



65 



10 



4 



S. W. monsoon winds, but light & var. 





August.. . . 



'60 



71 



65 



11 



2 N. W. winds prevail in this month. 





September. 



59 



69 



64 



10 



2 



1 Do. do. veering to W. 





October. . . 



56 



68 



63-5 



12 



10 



1 Do. do. light and variable. 



ol 



November. 



54 



67 



61 



13 



2iN. E, winds veering to N. W. 





December. 



52 



66 



60 



14 



5 j Winds generally from the N. gusty. 













Total. 



50 Inches of rain. 



Productions ^^^^ resources of this highly favoured region 



are as diversified and valuable, as they appear 

 easy of attainment, and comparatively inexhaustible. With a cli- 

 mate and soil such as have been described, great productive powers 

 in the vegetable kingdom, ^^and a proportionately high development 

 of them, would naturally be looked for. That the latter is want- 

 ing to a lamentable degree is to be accounted for, by the wretch- 

 ed system of husbandry pursued by the agricultural tribes who 

 have settled upon the Neilgherries, as also possibly, in some de- 

 gree, by the absence of that encouragement which would be pro- 

 duced by the institution of some channel, through which the pro- 

 ducts of their industry might reach a ready, certain, and ever de- 

 manding market. 



^^Q^i I commence the long list of productions, which 



the Neilgherries are capable of supplying, with 

 wheat, as one of the most important, and as one, moreover, which 

 the Honorable Court of Directors appear at the present time to be 

 much interested in collecting data regarding, from all districts in 

 India capable of producing it. 



In making up the returns of the gross quantities of grains of all 



