up in secondary forest, but I cannot find anything to show this. 
Further, the re-clearing of the ground for the extensive cultivation of 
pineapples, about 1890, should have shown a decrease in the rainfall, 
but this does not seem to be the case. 
However, it must be remembered that the study of the meteoro- 
logy of the Colony and the rest of the Peninsula has been practically 
utterly neglected. 
We have a few records of rainfall kept by some amateurs, and 
'also of late years by the Government, but no known records of the 
■early times before the forest was felled, and no proper collation and 
study of such records as we have. The study of the meteorology of 
a country is one of very great importance from a hygienic and agricul- 
tural view besides its general interest and it is very regrettable that 
we never had a proper Meteorological Bureau, with a Scientific 
Meteorologist to record and study the influence of the changes due to 
clearing the forest, on the rainfall temperature, water supply, health 
of the people and the numerous other points on which a study of 
meteorology throws light. 
Rainfall at the Botanic Gardens, Singapore, for S9II. 
Date 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
1 7 
18 
19 
20 
2 f 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
31 
January 
February 
March 
I 
60 
.. j ... 
2 60 
1 ::: 
t 
I 
70 
1 '■■■ 
1 
2 
I 
i 80 
... 
1 I 
1 
70 
1 I 
75 
... 
| 60 
I 20 
| I 
I 60 
! 
30 
60 
I 60 
... 
i 7 ° : 
; 36 i 
i : sc 
1 
1 
30 1 
ZL 1 
» . . 
"■ 1 
... 
1 
1 
... 
50 
... 
1 1 
15 
21 
5 | 70 
1 j 
50 , 
I 
April 
I 70 
20 
50 
40 
May 
10 
93 
03 
Total 
