83 
RAINFALL IN AUGUST IN PENANG. 
August from past experience being the wettest month in the year, 
a comparative statement of the rainfall registered at the Prison 
Observatory, Penang, for August from 1880 to 1907 is herewith 
forwarded : — 
880 ... 
)88i ... 
1882 ... 
1883 ... 
1884 ... 
1885 ... 
1886 ... 
1887 ... 
1888 ... 
1889 ... 
1890 ... 
1891 ... 
1892 ... 
1893 ... 
1894 ... 
1895 ... 
1896 ... 
1897 ... 
1898 ... 
1899 ... 
1900 ... 
1901 ... 
1902 ... 
1903 ... 
1904 ... 
I 9°5 
1906 ... 
1907 ... 
Ins. 
12*26 
5‘44 
16*53 
6*09 
ir6o 
14*29 
i5*i7 
23*39 
9*92 
8*02 
7-98 
20*96 
10*24 
18*28 
7*55 
10*44 
15*27 
19*44 
25'56 
24*08 
17*32 
iroi 
6*69 
6*51 
26*33 
4*76 
10*51 
4*68 
From the above it will be seen that although there has been small 
records of rain for the month under review during 1881, 1883, 1888, 
1889, 1890, 1899, 1894, 1903, 1904, and 1906, that for the current 
year has been the lowest, viz., 4*68. 
Prison Observatory, 
Penang, lyth September , 1907. 
M. E. SCRIVEN, 
Assistant Surgeon. 
