:486 Appendix. 
for Taranaki (56:8 degs.) the next, while Wellington is the lowest (557 
degs.) 
In the South Island, Christchurch and Nelson show the highest annual 
mean temperature (551 and 55'0 degs.), and Dunedin is very much lower, 
viz. 5077 degs. 
January and February, corrésponding to July and August in England, 
are the two warmest months in New Zealand; and July and August, the two 
coldest (excepting in Nelson and Wellington, at which places the mean 
readings are lowest for June and July). 
The climate of London is 7:2 degrees colder than that of the North 
Island, and 3:8 degrees colder than the South Island of New Zealand ; and 
the difference between the mean annual temperature of the whole of New 
Zealand and that of London is 5-7 degs., the former being 55/7 degs., and the 
latter 50 degs. 
The following are the means je the two warmest and two coldest months 
in the year in the several localities, with their differences :— 
Auckland. Taranaki. Wellington. Nelson. Christchurch. Dunedin. 
68B . 6477 at 64/6 UN 63:6 ys 65:2 b 
531 vd 49:3 Hi 478 ne 45°9 me c MS 
165 154 168 177 209 148 
From which we find that the average difference between the mean tempera- 
ture of the warmest and coldest months of the year in New Zealand is 17 
degs. ; at Rome it is 27 degs., at Montpellier 33 degs., at Milan 38 degs., 
and at Jersey 22 degs. 
The observations from these six stations have been selected to form the 
above table, as they extend over a tolerably long period, and give a fair com- 
parison of the climate of the North and South Islands. 
TABLE IIL—Showing the IxrLvENCE of the SovTHERN ArPs on the 
CurwATE of the East and West Coasts of the Sourm Isnawp, from - 
Averages for the years 1866 and 1867. 
Mean | | Maximum | Minimum| Mean Average Average 
1 Locality. Annual | Solar  |Terrestrial Elastic Mea: f Mean |Number of bee 
i | | s Kotia Force of Degree 9 ME m 8 kp of Wind, 
Moisture. | R in miles 
ture. ecorded. | recorded. | Vapour. Rain fell. per day. 
pup  Degs. | Degs. Degs. | Inches. |Sat.—100| Inches. Days. | Miles. 
poser 533 |137: Feb.|18: July| :347 | 76 | 2470 | 91 | 165 
‘i aes j| 523 |103- Jan. 22% Aug. -393 89 |11900 | 202 133 
