Report of the Philippine Commission, to the President [January 31, 1900-December 20, 1900]. Volume 4; V. 1900 by United States Commission Islands
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...for the study of the yearly distribution of rain at large on the oriental coast of this island. We have been benefited by the observations made by the observatory there, which were verified by the missionary, Father Francisco Sanchez, of the Jesuits, during the two years he was stationed there, and we give the result in averages in Table LXXVII. Similar to the state of rain on the oriental coast of Luzon is the rainy season on the oriental coast of Mindanao, and here the high pressure from the northwest predominates, particularly as to the rains on the west coast of Mindanao, which are more abundant and constant than in the stations east of the island of Luzon, and vet more than those observed in Manila and the occidental coasts during the months from July to September. Only in the month of December of 1897 there was collected in Fandag 1,321.1 mm. of water, and 610.8 mm. in the same month in 1896. For these regions, contrary to the conditions in Manila, the months in which it rains least are June, July, August, September, and October, notwithstanding the fact that the averages for these months, as seen in Table LXXVII, is greater than 100 mm. It must be understood that the yearly average is much higher than that of Manila. The total amount of rain collected in Fandag during the year 1897 was 1,299.2 mm. IMPORTANT ADVICE. We can not close this paragraph without inserting the one idea which we have already indicated; that is, that the averages which appear in Table LXXVII, and in the maps of the monthly distribution of rain in the Philippine Archipelago, concerning the station of Visayas and Mindanao, are only provisional with the exception of the model farm Im Carlota. For this reason, in the said maps, we have inclosed in a limited circle by one line of pe...
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