344 
president’s address 
TABLE IY. 
Monthly and annual rainfall during the ten years 188S — 1897. 
Year. 
Jan. 
Fl B. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
May 
June 
July 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Oct. 
Nov . 
Dec. 
Year. 
ins. 
ins. 
ins. 
ins. 
ins. 
ins. 
ins. 
ins. 
ins. 
ins. 
ins. 
ins. 
ins. 
1 S 8 S 
1.24 
1.93 
3.01 
1.74 
1.08 
1.52 
4.88 
2.12 
2.24 
1.82 
2.94 
1.13 
25.65 
1889 
1.10 
1.91 
1.24 
2.06 
3.79 
1.74 
4.11 
3.72 
3.57 
3.82 
1.55 
1.22 
29.82 
1890 
2.77 
.81 
2.69 
.95 
1.50 
2.81 
4.12 
2.68 
.92 
2.05 
3.90 
.76 
25.96 
1891 
2.27 
.07 
1.79 
1.25 
3.60 
.78 
4.71 
3.90 
1.25 
3.60 
2.15 
2.98 
28.35 
1892 
1.37 
2.01 
1.34 
2.24 
1.52 
3.92 
2.94 
3.34 
2.12 
7.62 
1.41 
1.22 
31.05 
1893 
2.34 
2.24 
.54 
.10 
.97 
1.11 
2.43 
1.83 
1.15 
1.47 
3.48 
2.00 
19.66 
1894 
1.72 
1.09 
.81 
2 . OS 
2.73 
2.43 
4.14 
2.17 
1.68 
2.85 
2.59 
3.03 
27.32 
1895 
3.44 
.88 
1.86 
1.20 
1.09 
.85 
3 21 
3.4 o 
.46 
4.00 
2.67 
1.80 
24.91 
1890 
1.01 
.47 
3.02 
1.43 
.73 
2.24 
1.00 
1.64 
3.63 
3.38 
1.48 
3.25 
23.28 
1897 
2.44 
2.17 
2.33 
1.81 
.91 
2.23 
.67 
1.27 
3.94 
.94 
1.54 
1.82 
22.07 
Mean 
of teu 
1.97 
1.36 
1.86 
1.49 
1.79 
1.96 
3.22 
2.61 
2.10 
3.16 
2.37 
1.92 
25.81 
years . 
TABLE Y. 
Prevailing direction of wind in each month during the ten years 
1888—1897. 
Year. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
May 
June 
July 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Oct. 
Nov. 
Dec. 
1888 
W 
N.E 
N.E 
N.E 
YY 
N.E 
S.W 
S.W 
E 
S.W 
E 
S 
1889 
N.E 
NAY 
NAY 
E 
N.E 
N.E 
w 
S.W 
N AY 
N.E 
N.W 
S.W 
1890 
S.W 
E 
S.W 
E 
E 
S.W 
IV 
SAY 
W 
W 
N.W 
E 1 
1891 
s.w 
W 
NAY 
N.E 
S.W 
N.E 
S.W 
W 
S.W 
S.W 
s 
S.W 
1892 
w 
NAY 
N.E 
N.E 
W 
W 
N.E 
S.W 
S.W 
N.E 
s 
w 
1893 
NAY 
W 
W 
N.E 
N.E 
E 
NAY 
S.W 
S.W 
S.W 
N.E 
s 
1894 
S.W 
S.W 
W 
S.B 
N.E 
S.W 
S.W 
SAY 
N.E 
E 
S 
s.w 
1895 
N AY 
E 
S.W 
S.W 
NAY 
N.E 
S.W 
S.W 
S.E. 
W 
S.W 
w 
1896 
SAY 
S.W 
s.w 
NAY 
N.E 
NAV 
S.W 
N 
S.W 
S.W 
N.E 
IV 
1897 
E 
S.W 
N.E 
NAY 
N.W 
N 
S.W 
N.E 
s 
S.W 
s 
Prevailing 
monthly 
S.W 
W 
w 
N.E 
N.E 
N.E 
and 
S.W 
s.w 
S.W 
s.w 
s.w 
s.w 
direction. 
S.W 
