TO CORRESPONDENTS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 139, 12 June 1912, Page 6

TO CORRESPONDENTS

"Argument." — Your question was answered thus in The Post of 19th May, 1911:— "The astronomical or solar division of tue seasons Is quite arbitrary, depending upon< the bolstices and equinoxes. This is often confused with the natural or meteorological division of the seasons, which follows the effects of the eolar changes. These effects In temperature, rainfall, growth, etc., usually follow the solar periods, and are then, it must be admitted, associated somewhat .loosely or roughly with the several months. January, the month of greatest mean tempertuture, is thus reckoned as midsummer hi New Zealand, and December, January, and February the summer months. July, Hjo month of lowest mean temperature, is thus regarded as midwinter, and June, July, and August the wittier months. The actual dateß of absolutely greatest beat and cold, rain or istorm, fall ai very different timea in these latitudes, but. the temperature means are fairly regular, and climatic comparisons are usually based upon them." "Coin." — The value of tlie coin ta the value placed upon It by any person who may prize it as a curiosity. "Mack."— April 16th and 17th. "W.J.H."— Every driver of a vehicle plying for hire must have a license, and must produce it if called upon by a Corporation official, or a person who intends to hire him.