OBSERVATIONS TAKEN IN INDIA 
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To General Cullen of the Madras Artillery, and British minister, with the Rajah 
of Travancore, I am indebted for the following- comparison of rain-fall at stations on 
the coast of Malabar and Coromandel : — 
Years. 
January. 
February. 
March. 
April. 
May. 
June. 
July. 
August. 
September. 
October. 
November. 
December. 
Total. 
20 feet. Cochin. 
1842. 
3-05 
25-07 
25-05 
13-70 
21-95 
1015 
3-55 
3-65 
105-27 
1843. 
5 15 
2-00 
4-50 
27-15 
37-32 
21-05 
4-27 
7-75 
9-45 
0-10 
5-75 
124-49 
1844. 
0-45 
1-70 
1-70 
19-35 
22-42 
19-10 
11-75 
2-37 
17-55 
4-50 
1-07 
101-97 
1845. 
3-42 
5-80 
2-20 
3-57 
31-37 
16-10 
11-22 
1-67 
11-85 
0-92 
4-45 
92-60 
1846. 
002 
0-70 
4-80 
19-70 
37-32 
1672 
16-27 
2-15 
5-95 
2-25 
0-10 
106-00 
Means 

1-72 
0-09 
2-04 
3-25 
18-97 
30-69 
17-33 
13-09 
4-82 
9-67 
2-28 
2-27 
106-06 
30 feet. Quilon. 
1842. 
M7 
1-32 
3-30 
22-24 
16-00 
8-65 
8-60 
7-42 
4-87 
7-47 
81-06 
1843. 
1-42 
0-47 
0-50 
9-85 
24-62 
26-52 
20-72 
7-45 
5-15 
5-85 
2-15 
1-00 
105-72 
1844. 
0-55 
0-70 
8-15 
15-55 
5-75 
6-70 
2-37 
13-95 
3-25 
3-60 
60-57 
1845. 
3-’30 
4-65 
0-25 
4-85 
13-80 
9-55 
3-95 
0-45 
15-35 
1-85 
3-70 
61-70 
1846. 
2-90 
1-60 
22-70 
17-65 
10-55 
3-80 
130 
9-40 
4-75 
0-10 
74-75 
Means 
0-94 
0-33 
1-98 
314 
16-51 
17-90 
11-04 
6-10 
3-34 
9-88 
3-89 
1-68 
76-76 
30 feet. AUepy. 
1842. 
M5 
0-25 
2-92 
2-50 
27-67 
20-00 
10-60 
12-30 
7-57 
12-95 
6-50 
0-10 
104-52 
1843. 
3-20 
0-75 
6-90 
5-75 
30-12 
32-80 
21-57 
5-22 
9-72 
9-12 
0-90 
5-77 
131-85 
1844. 
0-37 
2-87 
2-55 
3-00 
24-33 
23-12 
16-60 
10-42 
4-92 
15-37 
9-90 
5-40 
118-70 
1845. 
4-92 
0-50 
8-80 
2-65 
17-80 
25-20 
11-92 
6-47 
1-00 
9-67 
4-35 
4-50 
97-80 
1846. 
000 
1-70 
0-20 
3- 15 
31-45 
29-00 
12-45 
12-27 
3-42 
13-00 
5-77 
1-00 
113-43 
Means 
L93 
1-21 
4-27 
3-41 
26-27 
2602 
14-63 
9-33 
5-32 
12-02 
5-48 
3-35 
11.3-26 
50 feet. Cape Comorin. 
1843. 
0-90 
6-50 
0-80 
0-95 
0-65 
4-80 
4-60 
19-20 
1844. 
1-20 
3-00 
1-00 
7-50 
4-60 
2-20 
19-50 
1845. 
6-20 
6-90 
1-30 
2-20 
0-70 
10-70 
1-40 
Heavy 
18-00 
shower 
1846. 
2-80 
3-30 
9-40 
12-25 
1-20 
1-45 
12-10 
9-82 
4-40 
56-72 
Means 
0-27 
092 
075 
4-55 
4-56 
0-71 
0-36 
0-41 
8-77 
3-95 
2-80 
28-35 
60 feet. Vaurioor, close to 
1842. 
0-35, 0-65 
2-25 
1-20 
0-40 
1-82 
4-35 
9-25 
! 
20-27 
Cape Comorin. 
1843. 
1-40 
100 
(>•75 
6-40 
9-90 
2-05 
0-80 
0-10 
0-35 
4-15 
0-45 
4-40 
25-75 
1844. 
0-50 
0-20 
0-90 
3-00 
0-80 
0-15 
7-45 
3-70 
1-35 
18-05 
1845. 
2-75 
3-65 
1-70 
1-45 
2-70 
0-35 
1292 
2-40 
8-90 
36-82 
1846. 
090 
1-65 
5-20 
2-90 
0-55 
4-00 
5-50 
1-75 
22-45 
Means 
0-90 
0-43 
110 
0-41 
3-99 
2-12 
0-97 
0-10 
0-53 
6-57 
4-26 
3-28 
24-67 
130 feet. Trevandrum. 
1842. 
3-70 
0-35 
0-85 
3-60 
13-70 
9-50 
4-25 
3-75 
6-30 
3-05 
8-30 
0-35 
57-70 
1843. 
0-80 
002 
2-52 
8-80 
17-12 
16-62 
12-90 
2-55 
3-10 
7-52 
2-05 
11-42 
85-45 
1844. 
110 
0-30 
4-55 
6-15 
3-80 
5-67 
3-75 
15-17 
4-40 
2-15 
47-05 
1845. 
4-40 
0-77 
3-40 
0-85 
4-55 
15-80 
4-30 
0-90 
0-15 
18-52 
3-92 
5-00 
62-57 
1846. 
010 
107 
4-02 
11-42 
17-75 
6-92 
3-67 
0-75 
17-50 
4-40 
2-30 
69-92 
Means 
1-80 
0-23 
1-79 
3-51 
10-27 
13-16 
6-53 
3-31 
2-81 
12-35 
4-61 
4-24 
64-54 
200 feet. Palemcottah. 
1842. 
1-20 
0-19 
105 
0-45 
0-55 
0-02 
0-01 
0-03 
2-50 
6-60 
9-62 
0-95 
23-12 
1843. 
4-02 
2-50 
0-77 
1'20 
5-65 
7-15 
1-65 
3-95 
26-90 
1844. 
0-20 
0-55 
075 
0-10 
1-17 
0‘05 
1-75 
2-65 
1-70 
2-76 
11-68 
1845. 
0-43 
5-27 
0-55 
1-62 
0-15 
0-65 
6-17 
2-02 
8-75 
25-63 
1846. 
0-80 
i-35 
0-57 
2-30 
4-05 
0-07 
0-07 
0-30 
1 80 
5-97 
0-65 
17-75 
Means 
1-33 
0-92 
1-53 
1-05 
2-39 
0-28 
0-03 
0-006 
1-05 
4-87 
4-19 
3-41 
21-06 
600 or 700 feet. Shenkottah. 
1842. 
1-20 
1-30 
205 
3-90 
5-65 
2-80 
1-40 
3-10 
3-20 
14-85 
39-45 
1843. 
415 
0-80 
2-45 
4-15 
11-20 
4-80 
6-20 
1-05 
1-15 
7-15 
1-50 
3-50 
48-10 
1844. 
2-40 
0-50 
3-60 
1-80 
1-60 
6-25 
4-25 
3-70 
24-10 
1845. 
2"6o 
4-40 
‘J'20 
3-80 
4-65 
0-35 
15-40 
4-05 
5-85 
42-70 
1846. 
0-57 
0-70 
4-65 
6-20 
8-60 
3-40 
I-IO 
2-50 
5-95 
4-47 
3-45 
41-60 
Means 
1-58 
0-42 
1-99 
2-61 
4-36 
5-29 
3-41 
1-14 
1-67 
7-59 
5-82 
3-30 
39-19 
