Table II.—Barometrical Observations.—Rainfall, etc., recorded for the year 1875. Place. Mean Barometer reading for year. Range of Barometer for year. Mean Elastic Force ...

Rainfall Table II.—Barometrical Observations.—Rainfall, etc., recorded for the Year 1876. Place. Mean Barometer reading for Year. Range of Barometer for Year. Mean Elastic force ...

... of Temp, for year. North Island Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Mongonui 60.2 58.0 66.2 62.1 54.6 14.1 57.5 Auckland 58.5 56.1 64.8 60.4 52.4 13.6 49.2 Taranaki 56.3 53.8 62.1 58.6 50.9 16.3 53.6 Napier 58.0 58.1 63.3 58.6 51.8 15.7 52.0 Wellington 54.6 52.8 61.2 56.0 48.7 11.5 44.6 Means, etc., for North Island 57.5 55.7 63.5 59.1 51.6 14.2 57.5 South Island. Nelson 55.1 53.9 63.7 56.4 46.5 20.5 56.0 Christchurch 52.0 51.6 60.8 52.5 43.3 15.5 62.0 Hokitika 53441 51.7 59.6 54.9 46.1 13.0 45.7 Dunedin 50.3 49.7 56.9 51.0 43.8 14.1 55.0 Southland 50.0 49.1 57.0 51.3 42.7 19.5 65.0 Means, etc., for South Island 52.1 51.2 59.6 53.2 44.5 16.5 65.0 Means for Nth. and Sth. Islands 54.8 53.4 61.5 56.1 48.0 15.3 —

... of Temp. for year. North Island. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Mongonui 62.9 59.7 69.5 66.1 56.2 14.6 54.0 Auckland 59.7 56.9 67.3 62.7 52.4 14.8 52.9 Taranaki 57.0 55.3 63.4 58.7 50.6 17.0 59.0 Napier 58.0 57.4 66.4 58.8 49.6 18.2 59.0 Wanganui 55.2 54.4 62.1 56.9 47.5 19.9 55.0 Wellington 54.7 53.5 62.1 55.5 47.6 11.8 45.7 Means, etc., for North Island 59.7 56.2 65.1 59.7 50.6 16.0 59.0 South Island. Nelson 55.2 55.0 63.8 55.9 46.7 22.1 63.0 Cape Campbell * For 11 months only.58.1 56.9 64.7 58.9 48.4 13.2 44.5 Christchurch 52.2 51.8 62.0 52.6 42.6 15.5 62.7 Hokitika 52.4 51.1 58.9 53.8 45.8 13.8 48.4 Dunedin 49.7 48.9 57.4 51.0 41.4 14.5 55.0 Queenstown 48.8 48.0 59.6 50.4 37.2 15.5 61.4 Southland — 48.5 56.3 — — — — Means, etc., for South Island 52.7 51.4 60.3 53.7 43.7 15.7 63.0 Means ...

... of Temp. for year. North Island. Degs. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Mongonui 61.5 61.0 68.1 62.3 54.7 17.8 53.0 Auckland 58.8 57.9 65.2 60.7 51.6 13.8 46.8 Taranaki 56.5 55.7 62.5 57.9 50.0 15.4 50.0 Napier 59.7 61.0 65.9 60.6 51.4 15.1 54.0 Wanganui 55.5 55.8 62.4 55.4 48.3 20.4 61.0 Wellington 55.1 54.7 60.9 56.9 47.8 13.0 48.2 Means, etc., for North Island 57.8 57.6 64.1 58.9 50.6 15.9 61.0 South Island Nelson 54.2 55.8 60.8 54.7 45.7 21.9 52.0 Cape Campbell 56.3 56.4 61.5 57.8 49.3 10.4 41.8 Christchurch 52.8 54.8 59.6 53.6 43.2 19.4 66.5 Hokitika 51.6 51.6 57.9 52.9 44.2 11.9 43.2 Dunedin 49.9 51.9 54.4 51.0 41.9 14.4 60.0 Queenstown 50.1* For 11 months only. 50.2 57.7 55.2 39.0 16.7 62.4 Southland 48.9 51.0 54.5 49.6 40.6 17.3 60.0 Means, etc., for South Island 51.9 53.1 58.0 53.5 43.4 16.0 66.5 Means, ...

... of Temp. for year. North Island. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Mongonui 61.8 59.2 69.2 64.2 15.6 54.0 Auckland 59.3 57.1 66.5 60.8 52.7 13.9 49.3 Taranaki 58.1 56.1 64.6 60.5 51.4 16.7 51.0 Napier 58.0 57.5 64.9 59.5 50.5 16.9 54.0 Wanganui 55.2 55.4 61.6 55.9 47.9 17.9 56.0 Wellington 55.4 53.7 61.1 57.4 49.4 11.9 45.0 Means, etc., for North Island 57.9 56.5 64.6 59.7 50.3 15.4 56.0 South Island. Nelson 56.6 55.8 64.4 57.6 48.4 22.2 58.0 Christchurch 52.9 52.6 61.2 53.4 44.4 14.4 60.0 Hokitika 53.7 49.5 59.7 55.3 46.9 12.9 49.0 Dunedin 50.6 50.2 56.9 51.3 44.1 13.8 50.0 Queenstown 50.8 50.3 59.2 51.8 41.1 16.4 58.2 Southland* Returns not reliable. Means, etc., for South Island 52.9 51.6 60.2 53.8 44.9 15.9 58.2 Means for Nth. ...

... of Temp. for year. North Island. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Mongonui 61·6 61·2 68·1 62·6 54·3 17·1 50·0 Auckland 59·1 58·3 65·6 60·8 51·8 13·5 48·2 Taranaki 56·8 56·3 62·5 58·8 49·9 16·1 53·0 Napier 58·8 58·7 65·4 60·2 50·8 13·2 49·0 Wellington 55·1 55·1 60·7 57·2 47·4 12·2 48·1 Means, etc., for North Island 58·3 57·9 64·4 59·9 50·8 14·2 53·0 South Island. Nelson 54·9 55·6 61·2 56·0 46·9 22·0 58·0 Cape Campbell * For 11 Months only.57·0 55·1 61·9 58·9 † For June and August ...

... For January and February only.72.0 64.3 55.0 14.9 56.0 Auckland 60.2 57.3 69.5 61.8 52.4 13.9 56.4 Taranaki 58.4 56.3 65.7 60.3 51.1 17.0 52.0 Napier 59.7 57.8 69.2 60.3 51.5 17.0 64.0 Wanaganui 56.7 54.5 65.1 58.6 48.8 16.6 58.0 Wellington 55.8 54.1 63.7 57.4 48.1 11.6 51.5 Means, etc., for North Island 58.8 56.7 67.5 60.4 51.1 15.2 64.0 South Island. Nelson 56.7 55.5 66.6 57.9 47.0 20.9 65.0 Christchurch 56.6 53.2 64.4 53.8 43.2 15.0 74.2 Hokitika 54.1 53.4 61.1 56.6 45.2 12.0 55.0 Dunedin 51.4 51.9 59.5 52.0 42.3 14.7 61.0 Queenstown 51.4 51.7 61.7 53.1 39.2 16.7 61.7 Southland* 49.2 51.2 †57.6 52.2 40.1 18.7 68.0 Means, etc., for South Island 52.7 52.8 61.8 54.2 42.8 16.3 74.2 Means for Nth. and Sth. Islands 55.7 54.7 64.6 57.3 46.9 15.7 74.2

... and changeable. Aurora visible in south on 27th. March.—Except at Nelson, Bealey, and Hokitika, the rainfall has been generally under ...

... of Temp. for year. North Island. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Degrees. Mongonui 61.6 60.8 67.9 63.9 54.1 16.4 51.10 Auckland 58.6 57.2 65.6 60.5 51.2 14.7 49.1 Taranaki 56.5 54.5 63.0 57.9 50.6 17.2 51.10 Napier 59.0 58.5 67.3 59.2 51.2 14.8 54.0 Wanganui 55.1 53.8 63.6 55.6 47.5 21.0 56.0 Wellington 55.5 54.4 63.0 55.7 48.3 14.0 50.5 Means, etc., for North Island 57.7 56.5 65.0 58.8 50.4 16.3 56.0 South Island. Nelson 55.2 54.9 63.4 55.7 47.2 21.7 55.0 Cape Campbell 56.9 55.8 63.7 57.7 50.6 11.1 44.6 Christchurch 52.3 52.9 61.5 51.2 43.7 19.5 62.7 Hokitika 52.2 51.2 59.4 53.1 45.3 14.3 49.3 Dunedin 50.3 50.6 57.8 49.5 43.3 14.3 53.0 Queenstown 49.3 50.1 58.7 48.9 39.5 15.8 58.3 Southland * For 11 months only.50.4 49.5 57.5 52.2 43.1 19.1 63.0 Means, etc, for South Island 52.4 52.1 60.3 52.6 44.7 16.5 63.0 Means ...