REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 



75 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Month*. 



1900. 



January . . 

 February . 

 March.. . 



April 



May 



•Tune 



July 



August.. . 

 September 

 October . . 

 November 

 December 



Averages 



1901. 



January . 

 February . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August . . . 

 September . 

 October . . . 

 November 

 December . 



Averages 



<3 



52 

 52 

 48 

 52 

 57 

 69 

 75 

 73 

 70 

 66 

 60 

 49 



■5 

 

 ■5 

 ■5 

 •8 

 



■o 





 

 

 •5 

 



60 48 



47-0 

 455 

 47 

 540 

 57-0 

 630 

 77-0 

 780 

 765 

 680 

 575 



60 95 



S 



a 



17 

 7 

 15 

 32 

 34 

 40 

 49 

 51 

 47 

 37 

 27 

 20 





 

 ■5 



■5 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



3141 



50 

 190 

 190 

 340 

 34.0 

 44 

 530 

 600 

 480 

 410 

 300 



Id 

 I J 



■a.! 



35 18 



Inches. 



•76 

 •59 



15 

 •55 



04 

 •84 

 ■25 



16 

 •66 

 •31 

 •94 



94 



409 



324 

 321 

 4 04 

 236 

 4 97 

 23S 

 290 

 336 

 165 

 452 

 2 10 



317 



bT3 

 V — £ 

 bflUJ-S 



s ** * 



Miles. 



23 

 26 

 22 

 19 

 16 

 14 

 13 

 13 

 16 

 17 

 22 

 21 



7 



5 



2 



4 



•2 



■2 



•4 



•6 



■2 



4 



•7 



-8 



189 



227 

 219 

 202 

 194 

 133 

 148 

 12 9 

 11-3 

 174 

 184 

 182 



S.-s 



X > 



56 

 56 

 52 

 46 

 37 

 27 

 32 

 40 

 49 

 51 

 46 

 52 



45 



58 

 45 

 56 

 60 

 34 

 36 

 36 

 34 

 42 

 48 

 62 



a "3 



3 be 



Eh 



Days. Days. 



20 



20 



19 



16 



6 



6 



3 



4 



7 



11 



24 



15 



12 



14 

 9 



12 

 4 

 1 

 1 

 

 1 

 5 

 4 

 7 



173 



46 



14 

 17 

 16 

 14 

 19 

 21 

 23 

 17 

 17 

 21 

 11 

 14 



17 



19 

 12 

 23 

 24 

 18 

 24 

 28 

 26 

 26 

 25 

 23 



22 



8" 



Days. 



5 

 3 



8 



6 



7 

 14 

 18 



6 



8 



5 



8 



3 



9 



4 



11 



17 



10 



15 



19 



13 



7 



9 







10 



PROGRESS OF THE WORK. 



Letters have been received from the Superintendent every time an opportunity has 

 occurred of sending one. As a rule the only communication the island has with the 

 outside world is when a supply boat visits them, which is seldom more than three or 

 four times a year. We left the island on the 23rd of May, and the first letter received 

 bears date of 17th June, written in anticipation of the visit of the steamer as it did 

 not reach me until July 12. Mr. Boutellier says : ' I feel that I can write to you now 

 and give you all the particulars as to the planting, as we put in the last of the trees 

 to-day at 4.30 p.m. There are about 200 to 300 planted at east end light, about 3,000 at 

 No. 4 station, 1,000 at No. 2, and about 5,000 at No. 3 station, the balance were 

 planted in what I have named Gourdeau Park. I managed to plough about nineteen- 

 twentieths of the ground in this park, and there was about three inches of the black 

 mould all over, and I was surprised at the even thickness of it as it varied very little 

 in that respect. The pine and maple seed I also put in there to-day in ploughed ground, 

 and then run a harrow over it lightly. I expect to have this ground all fenced before 

 the end of the week with the wire and posts you brought over. 



1 1 may say that almost everything planted seems to have taken root, those you 

 first put in are budding freely, although I regret to say that on Friday last we had a 

 moderate gale which lasted about 24 hours when the wind at times exceeded 40 miles 

 an hour. I find that on the trees with soft leaves which had just opened, they were 

 burned off as if from frost. The pines and spruces were not affected as far as could 



