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Jerajah, and the mean fall recorded at the other stations for the month 
was only 1.62 inches. October seems to have been the wettest month, 
the record shewing 21.03 inches. 
Malacca. 
30. The mean fall registered at the three stations where the returns 
were complete was G7.71 inches, being 10 inches less than that for 1884. 
The driest month was February, when the mean fall was 0.75 inches only. 
The maximum fall was in October ; 14.32 inches of rain fell at Kandang. 
31. The greatest fall in 24 hours was 4.29 inches on the 15th Octo- 
ber at the same station. 
32. The following brief notes on the general state of the weather in 
the Straits will be found interesting. « 
33. The month of January was dry, more so in Province Wellesley. 
In Singapore, although the days were hot and dry, the nights were cool 
and refreshing. Those in January were the coldest on record. From the 
9th to the 14th in particular, the minimum temperature fell from 69.9°F. 
to 63.9°F., with a corresponding fall of the grass radiation thermometer, the 
lowest recorded on the latter instrument being 59.9°F. on the 14th January. 
This low temperature was also observed on reliable independent testimony 
at Johor, and at the time formed a subject of common talk among the 
residents. In February, there was a small amount of rain at Singapore, 
but the days and nights were cool. The minimum temperature at night 
was low, 63.4 being registered on the 10th. In Penang, Province Wel- 
lesley and Malacca, it was a very dry month. In Singapore, March was 
remarkable for a long drought. No rain fell in the last sixteen days of 
the month, and the total fall registered was only 1.17 inches at Kampong 
Kerbau. In Penang, it was very dry, and so also in the other Settlements. 
There was a fair amount of rainfall in all the Settlements during the 
months of April and May; June and July were wet months throughout. 
August was somewhat dry in Singapore, and in Malacca, principally at 
Kandang, Kessang, and Ayalas , but in Penang and Province Wellesley, 
rain was abundant. September -was a dry month in certain parts of Sin- 
gapore, but in the districts of Teluk Blanga, and Sepoy Lines, rain was 
heavy, so also in Province Wellesley and Malacca. October was unusu- 
ally dry in Singapore, but abundant rain fell in other Settlements. Novem- 
and December were wet months throughout the Straits, there being 
abundant rain. On the night of the 12th and one or two nights following, 
an unusual number of meteors were observed. This phenomenon was 
• also seen in other parts of the globe. 
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34. I take this opportunity of tendering my thanks, in connection 
with the registration of rainfall at Singapore, to Messrs, Geiger, Knight, 
McRitchie, St. Vincent B. Down, and Gantlet, for their valuable con- 
tributions of monthly returns of rainfall registered at the P. & O. Co.’s 
Depot, Killiney Estate, Water- Works Reservoir, Thompson Road, Neid- 
path and the Botanic Gardens, respectively. 
T. IRVINE ROWELL, m.d„ 
Principal Civil Medical Officer, S.S. 
Singapore , SCbA January , 18Sd. 
