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Return of Rainfall (in inches) for each Year from 1864 to 1891 inclusive, together with Diagrams for the Four Principal Stations.

Average annual rainfall for New Zealand for the above period (twenty-eight years) from records at Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury, and Dunedin .. .. 38041 inches. Average annual rainfall for New Zealand from all observations .. .. .. 49 845 inches. Meteorological Office, Colonial Museum, James Hectob. Wellington, 20th July, 1892. Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, nil; printing (1,500 copies), 12s. Gd.

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B o 60 O a o <! o i EH d a .8 ■5 o (5 O O erf 1 +3 o a o O p p t-H 1864 67-900 37-400 49-300 43-S00 30-410 I 44-500 63-400 22-000 24-200 51-700 1865 40-800 40000 56-800 50-700 68-300 24-300 46-600 03-600 1866 42-000 30-000 I 55-700 36-580 41-100 50-000 19-400 127-500 29-000 47-200 1867 55-200 53-180 ! 60-690 38-250 41-950 40-310 30-070 110-510 39-050 41-620 1868 49-087 50-420 34-130 55-522 79-370 30-041 120-210 33-893 46-340 1869 48-340 52-797 55-125 42-960 56-768 05-230 27-292 88-210 32-918 42-680 1870 52-870 44-831 32-110 54-720 35030 48-205 48-430 28-364 11C-C80 39-202 53-950 1871 57-040 47-505 85-890 72-120 51-090 64-057 55670 27-935 122-440 22-146 39030 1872 46-900 42-096 23-940 63-640 40-420 50-945 78-610 19-741 123-210 27-393 28'880 40-110 1873 63-720 41-237 J 42-380 53-120 39000 54-9S5 65-440 26-330 96-170 35-825 32-300 37-480 1874 56-950 35-024 37-940 57-220 30-700 53-496 ■ 71-550 22-790 104-480 2S739 30-190 44-650 1875 52-530 51-310 38-200 00-960 44-340 65-827 69-070 32-310 130-790 42-631 31-760 44-180 1876 58-640 44-025 88-890 48-180 33-880 43-374 G0-64O 23-990 116-323 38-260 30-930 40-590 1877 54-470 40-375 33-450 52-000 33-970 51-925 48520 23-720 130-660 37-460 35-590 43-150 1878 40-140 37-160 j 21-100 36-780 41-980 54-602 51-900 13-540 154-446 45-235 60-020 54-020 1879 58-920 46-130 53-140 CO-180 33-650 57-441 61-420 23-180 128-295 42-099 22-420 33-260 1880 55-480 38-S90 38-4C0 47-220 36-270 46-767 37-270 17-670 J122-840 33-063 27-C90 39-140 1881 34-237 30-270 50-132 28-071 26-402 1882 45-630 33-880 55-085 25-391 41-796 1883 52-215 74-870 47-290 51-994 30-336 38-312 1884 38-070 CO-640 45-770 62-335 •• 28-451 33-881 1885 28-140 23-580 36-813 22-080 24-598 1880 32-640 40-410 54-477 35-287 52-632 1887 37-710 38-590 56-969 32-890 39144 1888 84-600 j 31-300 41009 29-155 48-356 1889 41-970 35-410 31-356 20-384 23-446 1890 46100 I i 27020 68-190 32-840 45-230 14-836 27-984 44-520 1891 53-570 30040 30-360 I 73-100 35-470 35-125 20-575 •70-590 32-734 28-890 68-500 I Averages .. 54-004 41-799 I 35-505 58-639 37-390 50-117 60-417 25-004 119-917 35-240 33-926 46-178 ! I n t o. of years 16 28 10 21 27 28 17 28 15 28 11 18 *T< in mont; is only.