METEOROLOGY.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 64, 16 March 1911, Page 3

METEOROLOGY.

REV. D. C. BATES'S:TOUR.'

Th>3 Rev D. C. Bates, Dominion Meteorologist, has returned to Wellington fiom a visit of inspection of tlie Southern weather < stations. He visited most of the chief stations between Lyttelton and the Bluff, also Queenstown, and then went through Central Otago. Mr Bates passed over the ranges by th© Bealey, and in-specte-l th© stations at Hokitika, Greymoubh, and Westport. He found the country 'extremely dry in Central Otago, but Canterbury had perhaps suffered less than other places. The West Coast impressed him very much in ' regard to resources, scenery, and fenerat progress. • During1 his1 visit outh the value-of the meteorological observations- was- frequently brought under his ■ notice. Mr Bates was pleased to- hear the appreciation that was expressed pi the work of the Meteorological Office is- doing. He leaves shortly on a similar-visit of inspection of the North Island stations. "I am watching with interest tha developments of wireless telegraphy and its a&sistance to the weather bureau," says Mr Bates. "Already some experiments have been carried out with a number of steamers coming to New Zealand, and they now report, when it is convenient, their wireless weather communications from other vessels in these seas, especially tho warships. When the New Zealand high-power are established we will have regular reports, from ships travelling between Australia and New Zealand and ? the islands, and these will undoubtedly be a valuable factor in determining bur weather forecasts." ■