METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4206, 12 September 1874, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.

For August, 1874. From Self-Registering Instruments* « for 24 hours previously. -a S'g g a n C ■£ «S"j, -22 ft P Sw So (§£ ft

* Means, &c. f Previous 10 years. Notes. —Showery unpleasant weather on the whole, though occasionally fine bright days ; winds generally N.W. and S.E. and moderate, but on night of 2nd it came on to blow from S.E, bar. falling, and rained heavily, 116 in. recorded on 3rd ; the max. for the month: storm continued on 3rd with rain and hail; on 19th, strong N.W. wind with rain, and on 25th and 2Cth stormy from same quarter with rain, a very heavy shower on afternoon of 2Gth with thunder and lightning, but of short duration ; thick fog on morning of 23rd, but cleared off and splendid day; the max. temp, in shade was G2T>, min. 33.5. Very slight earthquakes reported on sth at 7.20 a.m., and on 15th at 2.15 a.m. K. B. Gore, Government Observer.

SHIPPING. mediately adjacent to the Christopher and Barclay saloon of the Lessing is athwart ihe entire width of the vessel, giving it PORT OP WELLINGTON the appearance of a large drawing room. The LessHigh Water. 6.23 a.m.: 6.33 r.u. inc was built on the Clyde by Alexander Stephens Glasgow. and her dimensions are as AKKi V ED, September 11.—Wellington, s.s., 2C2 tons, Carey, Irom the South. Passengers—cabin : Mr. ami Mrs. follows : —Length, 375 feet ; beam, 40 feet: depth of hold, 32 feet; height of spar deck, 7 feet 4 inches; Williams, family (3) and servant, Mr. and Mrs. Turner and servant, Mrs. Pa relay. Miss Webb. lie vs. Messrs. Grainger and Aldred, Messrs. Roberts, Dundas, Buckland. Read, Brett, Boddington, McKcllar. Kirton, Denham, Sanders, Gunn, Cowell, and 4 for North. Steerage : 17, and 4 for North. Tl. S. Ledger, agent. Stormbird, s.s., 07 tons, Dollo, from Wanganui. Passengers—cabin: Mrs. Alklnan, Mrs. Aitkius, Misses Haro (3), Francis, Mrs. Meehan and 2 children, Mrs. Reid, Messrs. Meehan, Williams, Broadbent, Knowles. Meyers, and Paterson. Steerage : 4. Turnbull and power, and 3.C00 tons burthen, and is brig-rigged, having a compound vertical engine, with two cylinders of 104 inches diameter. She has seven watertight compartments, completely separated, and the the working engines there arc thirteen steam engines to perform mechanical work. There is a steam steering apparatus, a starting and a stopping engine, and the vessel is entirely under control of the captain, regardless of the engineers’ province, by means of these apparatus. The grand saloon has eight tables, ranging crosswars, each of which will seat eight persons, in order that parties may be formed separately for dining; and this saloon has a large number of windows eacli side of the vessel, affording complete ventilation. The Co., agents. _ Falcon, ketch, 37 tons, Fisk, from Wairau. Passengers: Messrs. Newton, Herman, iValker, and Monteith. Turnbull and Co., agents. Elizabeth, ketch, 33 tons. Short, from Havelock. Luna, p.s., 100 tons, Fairchild, from East Coast, Napier, s.s. 44 tons. Butt, from Foxton. Lessing is very staunchly built,and the state rooms are fore and aft, entirely separated from the noise and Manawatu p.s., 103 tons, Griffiths, from V anganm. Passengers: Mrs. J. Hurlev, Miss C'iiadwick, Miss Wilkinson, Miss Luxford, Messrs. Moss, Forclyco, Duckworth, Hurley, and Wilkie. SAILED. September ll-”Stormbird, s.s., 07 tons, Doile. for Wanganui. Passengers ; Miss Davis, Messrs. Scott, Harding,McGregor, and Meyers. Turnbull and Co., agents. Benclengh, schooner, G5 tons, Francis, for All Day Klopstock are finished, the Eagle lino will have a weekly steamer leaving New York, The Lessing will leave her dock in Hoboken for Hamburg at two o’clock this afternoon. —Hew York Herald, June 1G. COMMERCIAL. BY TELEGRAPH. CHRISTCHURCH. CLEARED OUT. September 11.—Ruby, schooner, 24 tons, Dalton, forKaikouras Bothune and Hunter, agents. Chevert, barque, 312 tons. Martin, for Newcastle. In ballast. Johnston and Co., agents. Colleen' Bawn, schooner, 29 tons, Carnes, from September 11. The following are the produce market quotations f.o.b. at Lyttelton : —Wheat, 5s. 3d.; oats, 5s.; bartey, 5s. Gd.; potaloes, £S; flour, £13 10s.; bran, £0 ; sharps, £0; hams, uncovered. 12|d. ; bacon, uncovered, lOd. Market quite bare of barley and potatoes. Pelorus Sound. .In ballast. Master, agent. AUCKLAND. IMPORTS. September 11. Wellington, from Dunedin : 1 qr-cask. 4 parcels, 9 reports : —Sales : Royal pkgs, 03 cases, 8 casks, 2 coils, 189 bundles, 20 sacks. Buyers : National Bank, OSs.; Sank of New 2 bags, 81 lengths pipe, 1 piece chain, 10 bars iron. 1 truss, 2 drums, 1 tierce. From Lyttelton : 4 parcels. 350s. Sellers ; South Britisl , 53 ; Cure, New Zealand , 355s. Caledonian, 1 drum, 53 cases, 1 box, stove, 33 sacks, 3 trunks, 1 bole, 1 horse-power, 7 iron rods. ?at sheep. 030 sold at Stormbird, from Wanganui : IS hides, 1 case, 1 bale, higher rates ; dairy cows, £ » to £9 10s. ; calves, 25s. 1 qr-cask, 3 boxes. 20 bags, 4 3 register stoves. 35s to 45s. ; sheep. 5d. per lb. ; Falcon, from Wairau: 50 bales, 100 bags, 1 case. 24s. Gd. : couple store wethers, Elizabeth, from Havelock ; 20,000 feet timber. Napier, from Foxton : 15 tons potatoes, SOD Mr. G. W. Binney reports — Breadstuffs improving. sleepers, 1 bale wool. 2 sacks bacon, 0 hides. to £14 ; oats 5s. 3d. to Gs. 3d. ; barley. Manawatu, from Wanganui : 49 bdls sheepskins, 7 3d : butter, very scarce, Is. 3d.; do lines, 1 case. ; hams and bacon. lOd. to lid. ; EXPORTS. 2d. ; potatoes, £9 ; oatmeal, £25 ; Stormbird, to Wanganui : 3 bellows, 1G3 cases, 1 puncheon, 35 casks, 5 pkgs, 2 hhds, 15 bundles, 8 kegs, 2 chests, 142 half do, 15 bales, 2 pots, 9 camp NAPIER. ovens, 17 covers, 2 crates, 3 boxes. 187 bags, 3 parcels, September 11. 9 ovens, 1 block, 30 coils wire, loOO tire-bricks, 2 doz Mr. R. 293 head of cattle. spades, 5 trusses, 2 churns, 1 levelling staff. There wa attendance of buy rs, and the Ruby, to Kaikouras : 11 boxes, 2 qr-casks, 42'cases. 3 £1734. C4 mats sugar, 1 gunny do, 14 bags; 10 pkgs, 50 sheets iron, 1 doz spades, 4 casks, 1 crate, 4 trunks, 10 empty cases, 4 sacks, 1 half-chest tea, 2 bales, 1 set harness, METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 1 bundle, 23 pieces architraves, 1 parcel. For August, 1874. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Lojtdojt.—Panthea, Douglas, to sail June IS ; Froi t Self-Registering Instruments* Langstone, June 20 ; Hindostan, July 15 ; Wanganui, July 25 : Cartvale, Star of India, and Hourah S for 24 hours previously. d sailed August 25 : loading, Jungfrau. New York. — Oneco ; sailed 2nd of June J5 § .S % *0 Newcastle. — Result, ship. 4> o La S g g S3 £ a Northern Ports. — Phcebe, s.s., 17th inst. 3 s 2 Southern Ports,—Taranaki, s.s., 18th inst. a R o Melbourne via the South. — Otago, s.s., 10th H'CJ’S - rt S a ■ inst. ft S3 S rr, So §.3 >■ s ft 48.5 E. 1 30*048 50*0 41*0 98 34 •350 1*100 Napier. — Rangatira, this day. 29*356 55*0 41*5 497 517 84 30 185 150 N.W. S.E PROJECTED DEPARTURES. •790 39*3 *220 GOO S.E. . Blenheim.—Falcon, this day. 38-0 *030 250 W. Northern Ports. — Wellington, this day. 52*0 30 0 45*5 100 30 •050 115 N.W. Southern Ports, — Ladybird, this day. ■US 47*2 •o-xo 215 N.W. Foxton. —Napier, s.s., this day. *798 55-0 40*0 102 32 N.W. Wanganui.—Manawatu, this day ; Stormbird, s.s. 9 30*131 59*0 39*3 49*1 110 30 •ioo 105 S.E. 14th inst. *344 473 41*3 44*3 93 33 *010 17(J S.E. Melbourne, via the West Coast—Otago, s.s., 11 *235 48*0 41*0 44*5 94 33 •240 12C £. 19th inst. 51*7 711 E. * East Coast Ports (North Isi^vnh).—Rangatira, 13 *048 49*8 353 42*5 99 28 75 N.W. s.s., 14th instant. 14 T95 52-3 39*3 45*8 111 31 100 S.E. 15 •325 53'7 39-2 4G*4 108 30 •001 240 S.E. BY TELEGRAPH. 10 •150 54*0 41 *0 47*5 108 30 95 S.E. 17 •009 56*5 40*3 51*4 113 40 *010 150 N.W. FOXTON. IS •029 4S*3 52*9105 39 •oso N.W. September 11. —Sailed 7,.30 a.m.: Napier, for WeiID 20-SS2 58*5 50*3 54'4|l05 39 •300 330 N.W. lington. 20 •977 53*0 51*0 53*0 100 34 •050 485 N.W. — 21 30’035 56*0 47*8 51*9 105 38 •050 320 N.W. WANGANUI, 22 ■331 58*0 42*3 50*1 109 33 100 N.W. Sent,ember 11. —Sailed, 9 a.m.: Manawatu, for Wei23 ‘440 G2*5 41*0 517 112 33 70 N.W. lington. ?4 *035 61*0 42*3 51-G 112 34 85 N.W. ——— 20*410 59*3 4S*5 53*9 89 40 •370 120 N.W. SPIT. 26 *413 59*0 49*8 547 100 40 •280 390 N.W, September 11.—Sailed, 11 a.ra.; Rangatira, for Wei?7 •284 57*0 47*3 52*1 105 41 •GG0 400 N.W. lington. 2S •311 55*3 4C0 50‘G 95 40 •C20 250 N.W. — 29 *785 52*0 42*3 47*1 87 34 •050 7C S.E. AUCKLAND. 30 *845 53-5 39*3 4G*4 100 31 *200 90 S.E. / September 11.--Arrived : Phcebe, from South ; East 31 52*9 45*3 49*1 100 39 •120 8C S.E. Lothian, Ryno, from Lyttelton. — 29*885 54*6 42*8 48.7 100 34 5-G41 190 N.W. NAPIER. September 11,—The Rangatira sailed at 10.30 a.ra. t 29.837 48 *4 5 352 for Wellington. Some persons who intended to pro16 days