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. j tn hp attacked at night and in the early 
The stumps are reported to be attacKeu at & 
morning after and during rainy weather. 
This would be a dangerous 
that the nest which it inhabits is eas y fumes Q f arsenic 
“d sulphu^applied 11 through the * nozzle of the Universal White 
Ant Exterminator. 
E. HOLMAN HUNT. 
EFFECT OF CLEARING OF FOREST ON 
RAINFALL. 
An article in the Agricultural Bulletin «*%'»£££ 
Drought Spell refers to this su ^ reliec i n for accuracy, 
available records are not L pederated Malay States are kept at 
The rainfall records of ( he . ^^‘“bfe Xther the rain gauges 
Government Hospitals. It is ^icname but 
are always placed in SUC P“ fair” indication of the relative 
^during" certain periods, even if they are not 
.quite accurate as to the actual rainfall. 
The following records are of inteiest . 
In Taipeng. from 1897 to 1903, the -^fnche^Th*" 
165 inches. From 1904 to 1910 the average “ have 
is little to be deduced from these figures The 
been made in the immediate vicinity J ^ fowe^t record since 
rainfall during I 9 I0 was only 149 inches, the , n . 
1903. During 19x0 a considerable amoun of jungle (mostly 
darv growth) was felled and burned on Scott s Hill. 
' At Ipoh for the decade 1891 to 1900 the annual 
■ V, Lr the decade 1901 to I 9 IO it was 93 inches. There was 
inches cleared immediately round Ipoh during the 
probably more jungle c rp. iiac been a 
theHstfour years is nearly 102 inches, or 6 inches over the average 
for the last 20 years. 
Records are available in Kuala Lumpur from 1879. lining the 
16 years 1879X0 1894 .the ^ Ttere was more felling 
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