78 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 90 



Notes: All values have been corrected to normal gravity (Lat. 

 45°) by a PPly m g a correction of —.006 in., and to 

 Mean Sea Level. All reductions have been revised 

 and some of the corrections are important. The 

 data preceding 1921 are printed in part III. 



WELLINGTON 



Authority. 



Dominion Meteorological Office, Wellington, New Zealand. 

 Site. 



Wellington Observatory was ] mile from the Harbor and 90 ft. 

 above Mean Sea Level in 1866. In 1869 it was 

 removed to a site 60 ft. above Mean Sea Level ; 

 next year to a permanent site above the Sydney 

 Street cemetery, 140 ft. above Mean Sea Level. 

 The barometer, however, was kept at the Museum, 

 at an altitude of about 25 ft. On June 19, 1906, 

 this Observatory was removed to what is known as 

 " Mount Cook," at a height of no ft. above Mean 

 Sea Level. It continued there until July 191 2, when 

 it was removed to the present site, at a height of 

 10 ft. above Mean Sea Level, and near the water 

 front. 

 Pressure. 



Hours: The hours of observation were : 



1864-1867 . io h 



1868-1905 March 9 h 30™ 



1905 April-1930 9 h 



Notes: All values have been corrected to Mean Sea Level and 

 to normal gravity (Lat. 45 ). The observations 

 have been revised and some of the corrections 

 are considerable. Some of the observations were 

 rough. 



NIUE ISLAND 

 ALOFI 



Authority. 



1921-1928. Manuscript data supplied by the Meteorological 

 Office, Wellington, New Zealand. 



