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RETURN showing Percentage of Correct Forecast at the under-mentioned Places during Nine Months ending 30th June, 1878.

RETURN showing Monthly Percentage of Correct Forecasts for the whole Colony for Nine Months October, 1877, to June, 1878.

COMPARATIVE RETURN showing Monthly Percentage of Correct Forecast for Six Months, January to June, 1877, and same period 1878.

Place. Forecast of Direction of Wind. .Forecast of Force of Wind. Forecast of Barometer Movement. Forecast of Sea Movement. > Gales Without Warning. Remarks. °/ 972 932 1000 829 75-0 97-7 870 932 755 90-7 956 821 913 962 98-7 961 91-3 875 928 712 531 971 94-9 94-9 7c 640 717 39-5 225 565 511 39-0 7L4 63-2 460 72-7 52-6 54-9 65-4 61-0 52-7 28-3 87-5 36-8 250 521 91-2 25-3 610 / O 829 690 77-7 77-0 809 732 65-8 72-5 77-7 88-0 756 75 0 75 3 87'5 72-5 900 864 70-2 73-4 75-7 80-5 891 892 709 7. 7» lokianga ... ... ... iussell Thangarei :'okalca (altitude, 1,200 feet) rlanukau (altitude, 900 feet) luckland /ambridge (altitude, 200 feet) 'auranga )potiki ?aupo (altilude, 1,200 feet) •Hsborne (Poverty Bay) ... )punake (altitude, 10b feet) Napier Vanganui 3astlepoint kelson "ophouse (altitude, 2,200 feet) Slenheim Vestport Caikoura Cekerangu lokitika 5ealey (altitude, 2,180 feet) '.'.'. jyttelton 'imam )amaru Jaseby (altitude, 2,000 feet) Jort Chalmers ... Jalclutha Jucenstown (altitude, 1,100 feet) ... Roxburgh (altitude, 300 feet) 7T4 78-3 430 842 923 77-7 857 io'6'o 2.2 2.0 23 1-2 1-8 1-3 The warnings are limited to area of 12 points of the compass. Force —7 of Beaufort scale is the lowest for which warnings are considered as being verified. 615 750 77-7 77-2 835 94-7 875 980 1000 90-2 63-6 47-2 23-8 65-6 431 580 44-3 72-4 662 85 0 738 769 862 922 215 315 i-8 ilean average for nine months 8923 5280 78-99 6767 0.40

Month. Forecast of Direction. Forecast of Force. Forecast of Barometer. Forecast of Sea. Without Warning. Remarks. Ictober, 1877 November, 1877 December, 1877 January, 1878 February, 1878 darch, 1878 ... Ipril, 1878 day, 1878 rune, 1878 Mean of tho average for nine months % 85-44 92-50 86 85 88-88 83 05 87-65 89-70 92-70 88-00 7. 6014 4752 35-39 57-64 44-83 5770 54-23 57-55 34-90 ■.7= 77-54 80-72 85-54 7767 6994 80-24 7717 79-40 79-80 7o 6800 56-52 6757 61-22 57-14 7143 76-08 75-00 7600 7c The warnings are limited t( an area of 12 points of thi compass. Force—7 of Beaufort scab is the lowest for whicl ■warnings are considered a: being verified. 88-31 49-99 j 77-56 68-77

January. February. March. April. May. June. Mean of six months. Forecast of 1877. 1878. 1877. 1878. 1877. 1878. 1877. 1878. 1877. 1878. 1877. 1878. 1877. 1878. Remarks. Direction of Wind Force of Wind °l \ °l \ °! to /o I /o 7925 8888 80-18 50-55 57:64 38-60 73-81 7767 7619 7143 6122 9166 7» 8305 44-83 7c 810 23-21 7c I 87-65 57-70 7 79-A3, 3727 7c 89-70 54-23 4959 7c | 88-10 c; °/ °/ 92-70 87-97 88-0 - I 57-55 4053; 349 79-40J79-94 7908 7c 8232 41-29 7c 88-33 51-41 The warnings are limited to an area of 12 points of the compass. Force-7 of Beaufort scale is the lowest for which warnings are considered as being verified. Barometer Movement 6994 77-77 80-24 6 -78 7717 80-21 74-95 77-37 Sea Movement 5714 76-54 7608 88-46 8002 69-48 71'43! 77-78 75-0 74-5076-0