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better supplied than now. It is the officers of his sendee that have 
done so much to bring about the supply he has advocated. Dr. Gordon 
spoke on a very important subject, and as he did so it seemed to me how 
extensive was the question I had introduced ; I had contemplated only the 
rainfall, but I see now how many other things it leads to. My old friend 
and brother officer, Dr. Park, has also introduced a question of great interest, 
though hardly germane to the subject of the paper — the health of Europeans 
and their families in India. I merely touched on it because I thought it right 
not to pass it over altogether, for how could one deal with so large a subject, 
or do more than just touch upon it in the brief space at my disposal ? The 
question of the continuance of the European race in India is a very 
important one, and as it has been discussed, I may say that my expe- 
rience is the same as that of Dr. Chevers, and that I have never heard of 
an instance of the fourth generation of pure Europeans living in India* 
I have seen the third generation ; and I think, if anything were wanted to 
make one satisfied that the fourth could not thrive, it would be a sight 
of the third. I have nothing to add, except to thank you for the kind 
way in which you have listened to me. 
The meeting was then adjourned. 
ADDENDUM. 
REMARKS ON RAINFALL AND FLOODS IN INDIA. 
By W. P. Andrew, Esq. 
In India the "rains commence about the middle of June, and continue 
with little intermission until the end of September. 
The rainfall varies greatly in the North-West Provinces and Guzerat. 
It ranges from 15 to 30 inches, most of it falling in three months. 
In the Khasia Hills, 600 inches of rain have been measured in the year 
There is also the season of inundations from the melting of the snow in the 
mountains causing the rivers to overflow their banks. 
The rivers of India vary much, according to the season of the year, at 
one time being small streams, at another resembling mighty seas : as, for 
instance, the Indus. In the summer months the melting of the winter 
snows swells the volume of its waters ; then the pent-up torrents, warmed 
into new life by an almost tropical sun, dash down from the everlasting 
glaciers of the Himalayas, and, mingling with their parent stream, roll in 
one turbid mass through the narrow gorges of its upper courses. Bursting 
