60 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I05 



CHRISTCHURCH 



Site. 



Observations are still made at the Magnetic Observatory, condi- 

 tions of exposure of the instruments being unchanged. 



DUNEDIN 

 Pressure. 



The barometer was moved in December 1936 a distance of 13 mi. 

 from the Post Offxe, where it had been located since 1913, 

 to Taiaroa Head, with a new elevation of 246 ft. It appears 

 that the pressure at Taiaroa Head is, on the average, 0.4 mb. 

 lower than at the Post Office, probably owing to orography 

 and the prevalence of strong southwesterly winds at the 

 Head. 



The thermometer screen and the rain gage continue at an eleva- 

 tion of 240 ft. at the Botanic Gardens site. Back rainfall 

 records from 191 3 to 1930 are published with the Additional 

 Data. 



The observation time was 9^ throughout. 



HOKITIKA 

 Site. 



The site of the observatory was unchanged, with the height of the 

 rain gage 12 ft. above mean sea level. 



WELLINGTON 

 Site. 



The Wellington Observatory which was at Thorndon, altitude 

 10 ft., from July 191 2 to December 1927, was shifted in 

 January 1928 to the present Meteorological Office site at 

 Kelburn. This is on a ridge about half a mile from the former 

 site, the altitude of the grassed enclosure containing the rain 

 gage and Stevenson screen being 415 ft., while the barometer 

 mounted within the office building is at an altitude of 394 ft. 

 above mean sea level. Observations of pressure and of rain- 

 fall and the resetting of the extreme thermometers continue 

 at 9" N.Z.M.T. 



NIUE ISLAND 



ALOFI 

 Authority. 



Meteorological Office, Wellington, New Zealand. 



