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Return of Rainfall (in Inches) for each Year from 1864 to 1894, inclusive, together with Diagrams for the Four Principal Stations.

* Ten months only. Average annual rainfall for New Zealand for the above period (thirty-one years) from records at Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury, and Dunedin .. .. 38 625 inches. Average annual rainfall for New Zealand from all observations .. .. 54037 „ Meteorological Office, Colonial Museum, Wellington, 25th July, 1895. James Hector. Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given: printing (1,200 copies), £115s.

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