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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 103, 30 April 1908, Page 5

The total rainfall the mon'th-o£ April, as observed"by-Mr. T.-iCheeseinan (curator of '.the Auckland "Museum),? amounted to 3.37 mches'.^-Rairi'ifelf-oi twelve days T the heaviest fall being onthfe 21st, when .93 inch was registefedl The average fall "for April for" vious 40 years has .been 3.15 inches, the largest fall ever recorded being in 1883, when 9.93 inches fell. Other heavy\faHS" were 7.72 inches. ig>Tß67,. and J '~l£2X_ire 1902." The ' smallest "fail ;n_oted_was-7.-|3-, inch in 1864, others being .54 inTBBS, and .56 in ISSO. The rainfalls for the corresponding months_for the previous four years has been as follows:—1907, 2.94; 1906.- 3.10;" 1905, 3."20r and--1904,-5.-33--The-,-figures with regard to the -teTspe*a.-»' ture have not yet been calculated, out Mr." Cheesemah " states .tEat~.tfie~ meanaverage temperature, for the. moatE-vnll undoubtedly be found' f o "Be * in - "excess" of' the average for April during - , the previous 40 years. The month (he sayg) has been an average one, but the .excess of temperature., combined with" the considerable moisture of the last two months, has ueen responsible lor: an' unusual growth tDf vegetation and'pasture throughout the district. .-.-'-

The sale of the' Omapere Estate, Bay" oi Islands, comprising 3058- acres, subdivided into- 16 dairy-farms, ranging from-423 to? 7S acres each, is "advertised to take-places at the Chamber of Commerce, Sw'ansonstreet, at 2 o'clock. to-morrow Full par--. ticutars appear in our advertising col-.' umns to-day