TABLE IIL—Showing the RArwrAnL in the Norru and Sovru Istanps of New ZEALAND, compiled from the earliest 
Observations to the present date, 1867. 
* The monthly averages for the amount of rain and the number of days of oir are d for eight years, 
n years 
ere are a 
greater nu 
mean fall for Nelson is one of the highest ave 
stations, the annual rainfall and number of days of rain is greater in the "North t 
cd pM 
at place idum pim vis "1 [^ 
of rai 
han in i in the So 
Averages of — for the different Seasons s: be Year, with the N * b 
ean an Number of Da ays of R fD, ad 
Place. Annual sth) 
: on whic! 
SPRING. SUMMER. AUTUMN. WINTER. ain falls 
(Sept., Oct., Nov.) | (Dec., Jan., Feb.) | (Mar., April, May.) | (June, J uly, Aug.) || annuall 
NORTH Tutajn, Inches Inches Days. Inches, Days. Inches. Days. Inches, Days Days. 
Auckland ecc» | 49893 | 11031 | 45 8378 | 27 1L000 | 37 14365 | 56 177 
Taranaki i 58584 | 17088 | 42 10974 | 27 14133 | 80 17199 | 47 146 
Wellington ... ... '091 | 12148 | 35 9685 | 27 12:600 | 33 16'021 | 46 146 
Means for North Island 51:119 13:422 40 9:679 27 12:602 83 15:828 49 156 
Sourn ISLAND. 
Nelson . 54/721 16:746 28 18:211 I? 87795 19 14/551 23 9 
Christchusehs 81:636 5:145 24 7:266 28 8:022 26 13:193 85 113 
Dunedin 32:886 8:129 |» 44 9:428 41 7:943 88 7:258 36 178 
Means for South Island 39747 10:006 83 9'968 27 8:263 27 11:665 81 12 
61119 | 13422 | 40 9679 | 27 12602 | 33 15828 | 49 156 
89747 10-006 82 9:968 27 8:253 27 1:665 $1 127 
Means for both Islands 46:483 117714 36 9:823 27 10:427 30 13:746 85 141 
15 years. 
12 ,, 
10 
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16 years, 
IE 
16 ,, 
uth Island. 
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n that locality is the least of all, 
while the mean annual fall and number of days are for the 
iani N ic is the next (54 721), 
uch er annual 
and although ^ 
Taking these six 
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