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Rainfall registered at the undermentioned stations, in the Straits Settlements and the Native States, during the half-year ending 31st December 1879

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Rainfall registered at the undermentioned stations, in the Straits Settlements and the Native States, during the half-year ending 31st December 1879

This is a tabular rainfall report by T. Irvine Rowell, M.D., Principal Civil Medical Officer of the Straits Settlements, recording monthly precipitation in inches for the half-year ending 31st December 1879 (p. 62).

Summary

The document presents a single table of monthly rainfall figures (July–December 1879) for stations across the Straits Settlements (Singapore, Malacca, Penang, Butterworth, Bertam, Bukit Miniaik, Sungei Bakup) and the Native States (Province Wellesley, Sungei Ujong, Klang/Selangor, Kuala Kangsa, Thaipeng, Matang, Kinta). Notable values include an exceptionally high October reading of 82.40 inches at one station and a December figure of 33.31 inches at another, both in the Native States column (p. 62).

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