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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Part II Natural Science 1887

1888

And in the second place the majority of the stations in the secon:1 list lie to the north of the Satpura range those of the first list either on the range itself or to the south of it ; and as this range about coincides with the southern margin of the tract commonly followed by the cyclonic storms of the summer monsoon the distribution of the rainfall might be much affected by the fact of a s [...] The evidence thus afforded in favour of the influence of forests on rainfall appears to me to be of considerable weight and importance in virtue both of the magnitude of the area yielding it and of the apparent distinctness of the result. [...] In the case of the former the conditions are satisfactory in so far that the forest on the site of the observatories is a vigorous growth of chiefly Sttl coppice* with a weldefined boundary and the observatory stations are in the one case well within the forest in an opening only just large enough to prevent the gauge being sheltered or its contents unduly added to by the drip of the tre [...] I do not give the results of the Ajmere observations because the difference of the conditions within and without the boundary of the forest as far as I have seen them depend much more on the form and slope of the ground than on the density of the forest growth and I do not think the comparative observations have much bearing on the question at issue. [...] The general conclusion to be drawn from the facts set forth in the foregoing pages is that while no one of the instances cited fulfils the requirements of scientific proof the tendency of the evidence they afford is uniformly favourable to the idea that the presence of forest increases the rainfall.
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Pages
132
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India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
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Frontmatter
i-v The Natural History Secretary view
I.—on the Influence of Indian Forests on the Rainfail.—by Henry F. Blanford F. R. S. Meteorological Reporter to thee Government of India
1-15 The Natural History Secretary view
II.—on the Changes Observed in the Density of the Surface Sea-Water Coincident With and Due to Aerial Disturbances and Consequent Alteration of Baric Pressure Over Adjacent Sea Areas: and on the Usefulness of a More Exact Measurement of the Specific Gravity of Sea-Water: More Especially With Reference to the Waters Near and About the Hooghly River Pilot Station.—by Samuel R. Elson
15-22 The Natural History Secretary view
III.—Notes on Indian Rhynchota: Heteroptera No. 1. by E. T. Atkinson B. A. President
22-61 The Natural History Secretary view
IV.—a Second Series of New Species of Ficus from New Guinea.—by George King M. B. Ll. D. F. L. S. Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden Calcutta
61-65 The Natural History Secretary view
v.—on Some New Species of Ficus from Sumatra.—by George King M. B. Ll. D. F. L. S. Superintendent Botanic Garden Calcutta
65-67 The Natural History Secretary view
VI.—on the Mammals and Birds Collected by Captain C. E. Yates C. S. I. of the Afghan Bouandary Commission.—by J. Sculy
68-89 The Natural History Secretary view
VII.—on the Species of Loranthus Indigenous to Perak.—by George King M. B. Ll. D. F. L. S. Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden Calcutta
89-100 The Natural History Secretary view
VIII.—E’tude Sur Les Arachnides De Ľ Asie Meridionale Faisant Partie Des Collections De Ľ Indian Museum (Calcutta). Par M. E. Simon De Paris.—Communicated by the Superintendent of the Indian Museum
101-117 The Natural History Secretary view
IX.—on the Differential Equation of a Trajectory.—by Asutosh Mukhopadhyay M. A. F. R. A. S. F. R. S. E. Communicated by the Hon—ble Mahendralal Sarkar M. D. C. I. E
117-120 The Natural History Secretary view
Backmatter
i-i The Natural History Secretary view

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