442 
From this monthly Return we infer that there are two fruit 
Seasons within a year as follows : — 
a* 
Spring. 
•Autumn. . 
February 
August 
March 
September 
April 
October 
November. 
It will be noticed that there are abnormal conditions within these 
seasons and that there is some floral and foliar activity resulting in 
minor fruit crops in other months of the year, and also that there is 
considerable variation both in the Spring and Autumn crops. The 
best crop month in Spring is March which over a period of nine 
years stands third in the annual returns, and varies from a nil return 
in 1905 and only 50 seeds in 1902 to 43,050 seeds in 1901. A 
similar variation may be observed in the Autumn crop for the month 
of August, which out of a total of 79,600 seeds for nine completed 
years produced no less than 60,850 seeds during that month for the 
year under review, i.e., 1905. This may be explained as partly due 
to the change (and variability) of seasons or what corresponds to the 
change of seasons in temperate climates, and as we shall have 
occasion to refer to the effect of climatic conditions particularly 
as influenced by rainfall we append a summary of the Rainfall 
Returns for the Island of Singapore during the past nine years : — 
Mean Annual Rainfall for Singapore Island 
from 
1897 to 1905. 
Years. 
Inches. 
1897 
101-58 
1898 
101*19 
1899 
108*60 
I900 
90-98 
1901 
83*56 
1902 
82*28 
1903 
103-9$ 
I 9°4 
101*54 
1905 
83*40 
If, therefore, 50,000 seeds or upwards for the Spring months of 
February, March and April, and 100,000 seeds or upwards for the 
Autumn months of August, September, October and November be 
regarded “good” and 100 inches or upwards wet as regards the 
annual rainfall, the following Return may be drawn up : — 
