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to one another, which is an illustration of what has been 

 previously mentioned about the difficulty of getting fairly 

 representative figures of rainfall : but the rain-bringing winds 

 may be taken as about the same at the two places ; and a 

 table prepared by Mr. G. Gray, of the Agricultural College, in 

 his 1886 report as to the chemical department, exhibits the 

 following facts for the year 1885 : — 



Of the total rainfall of the year, — 



71-9 per cent, came from S.W. on 74 days. 



Similarly, for the past year, 1889, through the kindness of 

 Mr. Ivey, who has supplied me with the daily records of wind 

 and rain, I find— 



S.W. wind brought 12-337in. of rain on 43 days. 



N.E. „ 2-405in. „ 25 „ 



S.E. „ l-847in. „ 4 „ 



W. „ l-499in. „ 11 „ 



Calm in-evailed while 0'830in. , 13 „ 



S. wind brought OGloin. „ 3 „ 



N.W. „ 0-3G0in. , 4 „ 



N. „ 0-312in. „ 3 „ 



E. „ 0-203in. „ 3 „ 



20-40Sin. „ 109 „ 



Whence we see conclusively that the rain-bringing wind 

 with us is — even more conspicuously than elsewhere in New 

 Zealand — the south-west ; after that north-east and south- 

 east. 



In regard to Nelson, through the kindness of Dr. Hudson 

 I am able to give the following facts pertaining to the year 

 In that year rain fell to the amount of — 

 ll-G4in. on 21 days of N.E. weather. 



So that the rain-bringing winds of Nelson are north-east, 

 north-west, south-west. 



Whence the rain comes a.t other stations in the colony I 

 have no means of telling ; but an analysis of the tables of the 



