The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1866.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 28, 6 April 1866, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1866.

We feel much surprised that the Electric Telegraph is not used in New Zealand as a means for tabulating meteorological observations. The meteorological stations as well as the telegraph, being under the control of the Government, observations taken daily at certain stated hours could be regularly interchanged; if these observations were tabulated at every statiou. By comparing the changes of weather as it takes place at various parts of this island, its future changes could be frequently foretold with tolerable accuracy, several days iv advance. In almost every other country this use is made of the telegraph at the expense of the Government. We have before us a Sydney paper giving account of observations made at 38 stations in different colonies of Australia. The information thus obtained, is frequently of the greatest use in the service of humanity, independent of its value to science. In England, the observations taken, not only at the principal stations in Great Britain and Ireland, but also at many foreign observatories, are regularly interchanged, and may be seen by any person who reads the Times. It is upon the information transmitted in this manner that Admiral Fitzroy formed his celebrated system of storm signals, which has prevented the loss of hundreds of lives, and the destruction of much valuable property.