The following table shows the average maximum, minimum and mean temperatures for each month of the year, the figures covering the period January, 1902, to January, 1908:—­

        Month Average Average Mean
                    Maximum Minimum
                         deg.F. deg.F. deg.F. 
        January 75.1 50.2 63.3
        February 75.4 45.8 61.6
        March 77.5 49.4 64.1
        April 78.2 51.9 65.7
        May 77.7 54 66.2
        June 77 56.8 66.2
        July 75.9 55.9 65.4
        August 76 54.9 65.1
        September 75.2 56 65.2
        October 76.4 53.8 65.1
        November 76.4 49.8 64.1
        December 76.1 50.3 64.1

All of the above figures are for temperatures at a height of six feet above the ground.  Temperatures nearer the ground are decidedly lower.  It has been found that in the Baguio plateau the lowest temperatures correspond to the deepest valleys.  In such places white frost is not rare during the months of January, February, and March, while on the tops of hills the temperature is milder, frost being almost unknown.  During typhoons conditions do not differ essentially from those experienced elsewhere in the islands, except that the rainfall is exceptionally heavy.

Major-General J. Franklin Bell, who has given special attention to mountain resorts the world over, vigorously asserts that Baguio has no equal on the globe.  Certainly the climate is more nearly perfect than any other of which I have personal knowledge, and the delightful coolness and the bracing air afford heavenly relief to jangling nerves and exhausted bodies, worn out by overwork and by a too prolonged sojourn in tropical lowlands.

One of the very important things about the Baguio climate is its marvellous effect upon victims of tuberculosis.

Persons suffering from this disease in its earlier stages may confidently look forward to restored health if willing to live out of doors under the pine trees, and there have been a number of extraordinary recoveries among those in advanced stages.

A series of little cottages which can be thrown wide open have been operated for some time in connection with the government hospital, in order practically to demonstrate the effect of the climate on tuberculosis victims.

The results are conclusive, and whenever funds are available there should be established a settlement of such cottages on some one of the numerous good sites sufficiently removed from the town to avoid any possible danger of infecting healthy persons.  There should also be a large mess hall from which good nourishing food can be served, and plenty of level ground on which tents can be erected during the dry season.  Baguio’s potential importance as a resort for victims of the great white plague justifies every cent of expenditure necessary to make it readily accessible.