Hotmes.—Meteoroloyy of Fijt. xxvii 
The mean temperature for December, 
yet erasa at the station, since Janua 
84- y ue by 2:3 the highest monthly average 
ary, 1 
LM temperature in isdi in December dal 90-0 every day in the month except 
t 
The rainfall in pres exceeded the total rainfall during the remaining eleven months 
of the year id 2-87 inches 
In 74 hours ending 8 a.m. Ja anuary 29, 27-32 inches of rain fell, causing peo 
m but little. duties of property ; this included 12:08 inches which fell in 24 hours 
7th. 
The only em bp the year — on March 31, from S.E., with light rain, thun- 
der and lightn g; it was not sev 
There was very little thunder or puta i the year, particularly 
nine months, In April thunder was heard o 
two s ; then none till the 26th Nee Les 30t 
— These results have been reduced from cie rais taken daily throughout 
the -— T seem 8a.m. Thermometers by Casella. Rain gauge by Negretti and Zambra, five 
inch circular, fully exposed. 
ated particulars of the drought which prevailed from August 11th to the close of 
year :— 
we sedi during the nye 
ays, tie lightning ; in May 
h Dec uber. 
. DIRECTION OF WIND. SUNSHINE AND CLOUDS. 
E x l 
g] s i 
2 3.8]43|3 à (2 
E apja | 8| § |2 |4 
1877. z a Baig | S1] B a le 1 
> a: d|z9|5 B1 91 —I18 TN 
S M ZS g ee Es t p = d g Ss 
4|mH|zs SI aloa &| &| 8| 2 Sals 
Sialan "E95 ES 2] 3| 5| 3 |3| 8 
= g 
Zlala |z I ie feet S| 2 E18 
August 11 to31 21 |18| 2 li 01 5 9; 2} 8] 5| 2| 086 8| 4 
September ../30|236| 1| 0| 1| 2|141 6| 4 61.0104] 2! 8 
October s eek te 8910] 81281341 2| Nl 31 1:29 4! 6 
Novembr ..| 30| 21] 9| 0| 0| 0| 15| 8| 4 8| 0|048| 3| 4 
-.|81/18|13| 0| 0| Of 14/10] 7] 0| O GSP 21 3 
143 10£|30]| 4| 1| 4|65|33|25| 17| 3|335 | 14 | 19 
* This includes 0:63 inches which fell on the 30th. 
[Norg—January 7, 1878.—During the e past week only one shower of rain, ring! n 0:10 
inch, = — the total for the five months (nearly) 3-45 ty ge cn à 
6, temperature in shade rose to 98:6, the e highest registered here in 
Widi in sas her pretty vues d but never increasing to a eng or diets to a calm, 
except occasionally at night or in the early mornings. 
Sun’s rays in Dec trips intensely ax on some days; on the 24th, thermometer for solar 
radiation, by Negretti and Zambra, with black ened "bulb, and placed vg short grass 
registered 172-0, the extreme limits ot the instrument, and on the 26th 165-7. 
On epi 24, the salt TE in a tidal creek, five feet below the 
surface, was 97-0; 
near the surface, in brackish water, 95-0. - 
The hygrometer ae some eu able readings during November and December, 
ary ball for Fiji, e Fiet of the chasm of :—On November 18 at 230 p.m., 
bulb 93:6 
b ` vet bulb. 48, nae haga 188, peres Rigg point 5 
ity 3 
denied by 100. 
