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Barometric Pressure (b,b9>\ fC elevation). 
1891. Mean. Eange. I 
January ... 24-571 ... 187 
February ... 24-567 ... 230 i 
March ... 24-570 ... 166 ! 
April ... 24-570 ... 168 
May ... 24-511 ... 311 I 
June ... 24-510 ... 220 
July ... 24-506 ... 202 , 
August ... 24-519 ... 175 
September ... 24-554 ... 190 
October ... 24-528 ... 252 : 
November ... 24-550 ... 208 
December ... 24-563 ... 218 ; 
The twelve months 24-543 ... 364 
Highest reading ... 24-694 on Feb. 14 
Lowest reading ... 24-330 on May 21 
Temperature of the Air. 
1891. Mean. Range. 
January ... 57-5 ... 23-5 
February ... 59-8 ... 21-5 
March " ... 62-2 ... 25-7 
April ... 638 ... 235 
May ... 63-3 ... 17-5 
June ... 61-6 ... 15-2 
July .. 62-1 ... 16-5 
August ... 62-5 ... 20-0 
September ... 63'3 ... 20-0 
October ... 62-2 ... 15-5 
November ... 60-9 ... 18-0 
December ... 60-6 ... 16-5 
The twelve months ... 61-6 ... 31-5 
Maximum temperature 73-0 on April 16 and May 5. 
Minimum temperature of air 41-5 on January 14. 
The highest temperature in'the sun's rays during the year was 148-8 on March 22, against 149-0 on May 10 
last year. 
The lowest on grass was 33-8 on March 1, against 36-5 on February 18 of the year before. 
The mean amount of cloud was 6-3, against 6-6 last year. The cloudiest months this year were October and 
December, with a mean of 8-5 each, against April of last year with a mean of 7-5. The brightest month was August, 
with a mean amount of cloud of 5-0, against February last year with a mean of 6-0. 
4. — Henaratgoda Garden. 
The condition of this branch remains excellent, and the various newly-introduced economic 
plants are progressing most satisfactorily. 
Rainfall returns were kept here during the year for the first time, with the following result : — 
Rainfall at Henaratgoda, 1891. 
Fall. 
Days. 
Fall. 
Days. 
January 
1-93 
4 
July 
4-82 
13 
February 
3-,32 
7 
August 
543 
9 
March 
8-29 
11 
September ... 
7-01 
21 
April 
11-19 
13 
October 
22-51 
28 
May 
14-44 
19 
November . . . 
16-91 
11 
June 
14-30 
17 
December ... 
10-58 
19 
Total for year, 1-20-17 in. on 172 days. 
Comparing this with Peradeniya, it is to be noticed that though the fall is slightly (2-46 in.) 
greater, it fell on much fewer (40 less) days. Even the very much heavier falls in November and 
June occurred in both months on less days. 
This heavy rain did a good deal of damage to the paths, but most have been remade and 
stamped. Some old Liberian coffee has been removed to allow one path to be widened, and a 
good many old trees, too miich crowded, have been cut out. 
The Conductor's little house has been roofed with tiles in place of the old thatch. 
It remains a subject for regret to me that this pretty and interesting little Garden has so few 
visitors. Besides a party of the boys of the Royal College (40 in number), only 34 persons came 
during the year. Probably the wet weather had something to do with this diminution of the 
number of the previous year : but it is chiefly the want of a place to stay at during the necessary 
waiting for the trains that makes a visit to the Garden a matter of discomfort. 1 have been in 
communication with the Government Agent as to the desirablity of the establishment of a small rest- 
house somewhere between the Garden and the Railway station, and I believe that he has selected a 
site, and that a building will be erected very soon. 
5. — Anuradhapura Garden. 
The season of 1891 has been on the whole a favourable one. This part of Ceylon shared in 
the generally heavy rainfall, as much as 75-04 lulling. On the whole it was well distributed, 
though Ihcre was tlie usual dry period from June to September, during whieli four months there was 
a rainfall of only 1-G8 in., August being absolutely rainless. An unusually heavy fall of 19-42 in. 
occurred in May, and the last thi-ee months of the year were very wet, ;56-.54 in. falling, of which 
11-87 were recorded in December. 
As a result the trees, shrubs, and other plants in the Garden are looking very well at the end 
of the year, and much growth is apparent in most of them. The mastic and divi-divi trees are in 
fruit, and the sandalwood in flowei-. Teak ha'^ done remai-kably well ; young trees, six years old 
