A mild, equable, damp climate, not so hot as would be met with at a corresponding distance north of the line, never cool, and equally free from excessive heat, but very enervating; and unfortunately the health records of these islands are by no means satisfactory. From January to early April the winds are usually from the north-west, and from May to October north-east, the remaining two months of the year being characterised by winds of very variable direction. The two following tables will give some idea of the temperature and rainfall of a few sites in this Archipelago, arranged progressively in their order north and south of the Equator. As examples of places in this archipelago which chance to have a special interest for English-speaking people on both sides of the Atlantic, I give below fuller data of the climates of Manila in America’s new acquisition of the Philippines, based on from 16 to 34 years of Spanish records; and of Port Moresley, in the newly established British colony in New Guinea, which naturally cannot as yet do more than furnish a single year’s experience:-- MANILA. LAT. 14° 36′ N.; LONG. 120° 58′ E. NEAR SEA-LEVEL. =========+===========+============+===========+=====+=============== Month | Mean | Absolute | Absolute |Rela-| Mean | Monthly | Monthly | Monthly | tive| Monthly |Temperature| Maxima | Minima | Hu- | Rainfall +----+------+-----+------+----+------+midi-+-----+--------- | F. | ~C.~ | F. | ~C.~ | F. | ~C.~ | ty | Ins.| ~Mm.~ ---------+----+------+-----+------+----+------+-----+-----+--------- January |77·0|~25·0~| 93·0|~33·9~|62·1|~16·7~| 77·7| 1·19| ~29·4~ February |77·7|~25·4~| 95·7|~35·4~|61·0|~16·1~| 74·1| 0·41| ~10·3~ March |80·4|~26·8~| 95·9|~35·5~|63·3|~17·4~| 71·7| 0·74| ~18·8~ April |82·9|~28·2~| 99·0|~37·2~|66·0|~18·9~| 70·9| 1·14| ~29·1~ May |83·3|~28·5~|100·0|~37·8~|71·1|~21·7~| 76·9| 4·20| ~106·7~ June |82·0|~27·8~| 97·0|~36·1~|70·9|~21·6~| 81·5| 9·62| ~244·1~ July |80·8|~27·1~| 94·8|~34·9~|70·0|~21·1~| 84·9|14·57| ~369·3~ August |80·8|~27·1~| 94·3|~34·5~|69·1|~20·6~| 84·4|13·87| ~351·8~ September|80·4|~26·8~| 93·7|~34·3~|70·5|~21·4~| 85·6|14·93| ~378·9~ October |80·4|~26·8~| 94·8|~34·8~|68·7|~20·4~| 82·6| 7·54| ~191·6~ November |79·0|~26·1~| 92·1|~33·4~|64·9|~18·2~| 81·6| 5·13| ~129·7~ December |77·4|~25·2~| 91·9|~33·2~|60·3|~15·7~| 80·7| 2·13| ~53·5~ ---------+----+------+-----+------+----+------+-----+-----+--------- Year |77·0|~26·8~|100 |~37·8~|60·3|~15·7~| 97·4|75·46|~1,916·6~ =========+====+======+=====+======+====+======+=====+=====+========= TABLE OF TEMPERATURES IN MALAY ARCHIPELAGO.