506 



REPORT — 1891. 



District I. includes (a) Hokianga-Kaipara, (b) Kaipara- 

 Cambridge. 



District II. includes (c) Tauranga-Opotiki, (d) Hot Lakes- 

 Taupo, (e) Taranaki, (/) Manawatu-Wanganui. 



District III. includes (g) Gisborne-NaxDier, (Ji) Napier- 

 Castlepoint, (i) Wellington- Wairarapa. 



District IV. includes (j) Marlborough, (k) Nelson, (I) Buller- 

 Grey. 



District V. includes (m) Bealey, (n) Christchurch, &c.,. 

 (o) South Canterbury, (^j) Dunedin, (q) Southland. 



District VI. includes (r) Central Otago. 



Earthquakes in Ne7v Zealand Districts. 



1. Total number of earthquakes in New Zealand 



between 1868 and 1890... ... ... 537 



2. Total in each district — 



I. Hokianga-Kaipara-Cambridge ... 2 



II. Tauranga-Taupo-Taranaki-Manawatu... 184 



III. Gisborne-Napier-Wellington ... ... 183 



IV. Marlborough-Nelson-Grey ... .. 88 

 V. Bealey-Christchurch-South Canterbury- 



Dunedin-Southland ... ... 98 



VI. Central Otago ... ... ... 30 



3. Percentage of total number of earthquakes in each 

 m.onth : — 



Per Cent. Per Cent. 



January . . . . 8 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



11 



10-4 

 7-4 

 6-9 

 8-4 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



10 



8-4 

 6-5 

 7-4 

 7 



