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the year; such being the case, May is always the most favourable 
month for weather statistics, therefore, I am forwarding Rainfall 
Returns from 23 registering stations this side of Singapore, in order 
to shew where the most and least rain are recorded ; these com- 
parative statements, if I may call them, have never before been 
published in this form, and will be of some important use to those 
interested in the Meteorology of the Straits : — 
Penang. 
Balek Pulau 
Ins. 8-47 
Pulau Jerajak ... 
„ 9-82 
The Government. Hill .. 
.. 8-84 
The Fort 
» 4-33 
The Prison 
7-82 
Province Weli 
ESLEY. 
Sungei Bakap ... 
Ins. 7-03 
Bukit Mertajam 
» 4-65 
Butterworth 
3-39 
Federated Malay 
States. 
Taiping ... 
Ins. 14-89 
Ipoh 
». 8-41 
Parit Buntar 
„ 5-09 
Selama . 
„ 14-5 [ 
Tapah 
,» 1 2-58 
Serernban 
6-42 
Kwala Lumpur 
„ 10-82 
Lenggong 
» 5-94 
Bagan Serai 
„ 7 60 
The Cottage 
„ 11-26 
Mot Wells' Hill 
M C3-53 
Batu Gajah 
» 7-47 
Gopeng ... 
y > 10-03 
Kampar 
» 17-65 
Tehik Anson 
„ 5-68 
Meteorological Office, Penang, 
M. E, SCRIVEN. 
Office r- in- Ch a rge . 
VITALITY OF PARA SEEDS. 
As Para rubber seeds have the reputation ot very quickly losing 
their vitality, the following extracts from a letter received from Mr. 
J. C. Harvey of Vera Cruz, Mexico, will, no doubt, be read with 
interest. 
