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distributed as to time that it proved sufficient for all agricultural purposes. In
Serampore the total fall registered was 47·76 inches, and at Hugli 56·20 inches.
At Kishnaghar, Nuddia, the fall was 43·78 inches, which is very much below
the average! At Jessore it was 76·042 inches. The fall at Berhampur was 56·69
inches, which is less by 10 inches than the fall of the preceding year. At
Faridpur the total rainfall was 76·15 inches. In a tabular statement of the
greatest mean monthly variations of heat in each month at Faridpur for the
five years, from 1866 to 1870, it is shown that, as usual, the rainy months main-
tained the most equable temperature during the year, the cold months and
the three immediately preceding the rains showed increased variations, and
the two most varied months were February and March. As was to be
expected, the prevalence of general sickness observed a direct ratio to the extent
of the diurnal range in each month, in other words, more sickness prevailed
when the temperature was the most varied and less when it was the least so.
A tabular statement of the monthly distribution of the rainfall for the four years,
from 1867 to 1870, shows the total fall of 1870 to have been 16·15 inches
greater than in 1869 and 14·10 greater than in 1868, and 14·13 inches greater
than in 1867. In the Bakirgunj station the total rainfall measured by the
old gauge was 75·2 inches and by the new gauge only 62·38 inches. At
Mymensingh the rainfall was 78·49 inches. At Kachar 107·23 inches.
At Chittagong the rainfall was 94·285 inches, or 10 inches below the
average of the preceding seven years. The only peculiarity of the year here was
the dryness of the season up to the end of July and the unusual rainfall from
August to October. At Tipperah the rainfall was 62·51 inches; at Nuakhali
78·52 inches; at Pubna 59·73; at Bogra 8032 inches; at Malda 53·5; at
Rajshahi 48·97 inches. At this station during October and November, when
cholera was very prevalent in the jail, the meteorological conditions were as
follows :—The temperature was greater by 6° than in 1869 ; the daily range
varied 1° to 5°, whilst in the corresponding period of 1869 it was uniformly
5°. The raiafall was 3·24 inches (the last day being the 28th) in the corres-
ponding week of 1869. The barometric pressure was ·15 lower than in the
same period of 1869 ; the diurnal range was ·02 against ·04 in 1869. The
prevailing wind was north-east instead of south-east as in 1869. For the first
12 days in November in the mornings the thermometer ranged from 80° to 84°,
the maximum varying from 84° to 86°, the maximum range for the same period
of 1869 being 74° to 77°, and the maximum from 80° to 81°. On the morning
of the 14th November, however, the temperature suddenly fell to 76° ; the days
were cloudy, while the temperature continued high; the nights were dewy, when
the temperature fell very low. The atmospheric pressure for this period was
lower by ·14 than in the corresponding period of 1869, the direction of the
wind being north-east against south-west in 1869.
At Julpaiguri the total rainfall was 167·09 inches for the last eight months
of the year. The range of the thermometer was very considerable, especially
in February, March, and April, and least in July and August.
At Burdwan the total rainfall of 1870 was 43·15 against the average
rainfall of 61·41 inches.
At Bankurah the total rainfall of 41·61 in 1870 was much below the
average of the preceding 20 years, which was about 52·73 inches.
At Birbhum the rainfall was 62·26 inches. At Deogurh the year 1870
was much cooler than the preceding year. The total rainfall was 47·8 inches,
exceeding that of 1869 by 3·7 inches and that of 1868 by 8 ·24 inches. At
Ranchi the rainfall was 53·32 inches ; at Singhbum 48·81 inches ; at Man-
bhoom 47·80 inches; at Bhagalpur, 41·04 inches—which is lower than for
some years back—at Shahabad 47·13 inches, against 48·25 in 1869, 27·44 in
1868, and 51·95 in 1867, At Gya the fall was 39·51 ; at Saran 43·32 inches,
against 43·00 in 1869, 25·70 in 1868, and 77·17 in 1867. At Tirhut the fall
was 79·5 inches, which was more than double that of 1869, which was only
39·5 inches. The country, and especially the station, suffered from scarcity
of water and drought during the second quarter of the year. The level of the
sub-soil water was observed to have sunk very low at the time the cholera
broke out; wells and tanks became dry as the hot season advanced.
At Balasore the rainfall was 51·60 inches; the rains set in rather late,
continuing till the first week of November.
At Cuttack the rains were
very irregular, and but for the canals, the whole of the crops would have
perished. At Puri the rainfall was 32·46 inches.