xlvi Appendix, 
TABLE IIL— BanowETRICAL OssEnvATIONS.—haArNrALL, etc., recorded for 
the year 1879. 
Mean Range Mean Mean Mean 
Barometer of Elastic Force Degree of Total Amount 
PLACE. reading | Barometer | of Vapour |Moisture a for Rainfall. of 
for year. | for year. for year. year. | Cloud. 
NORTH ISLAND. Inches. Inches. Inches. Sat.—100. Inches. 0 tc 10. 
Mongonui «| 20:808 1:648 427 "7 58:920 6:4 
Auckland x 29:990 1:546 385 16 46-130 6:3 
Taranaki 29-964 1:470 362 T7 60-180 5:9 
Napier è 29:964 1:551 361 72 53:140 31 + 
Wellington ; 29-961 1:545 356 81 51:441 5:2 
Means for North i 
cesa | 29-974 | 1552 378 76 55-162 5:8 
SOUTH ISLAND. 
Nelson .. 2 29-909 1:441 -340 78 61:420 5:9 
Cape Campbell* | 30-058 | 1-460 -347 75 23-990 66 
Christchurch .. 29-936 1:803 :279 71 23:180 6:4 
Hokitika " 29:935 1:691 :836 83 128-295 5:5 
Dunedin dv 29-871 1:895 :277 76 42-099 6:4 
Queenstown ..} 29:843 1:700 "240 67 22-420 56 
Southland 29-850 1:910 -278 "1 33:260 6:6 
mcr pam } 29914 | 1-700 -299 75 47-809 6-0 
m 29-944 | 1-626 -338 75 51-485 5-6 
* For 11 months only. 
TABLE III.—Wiwp» for 1879.—Force and Direction. 
Average Number of Days it blew from each Point. 
auy 
in N. | N.E.| E. | &E. |. 8S. 18W] W. | N.W. |Calm* 
Miles 
Mongonui 180 28 66 46 13 16 56 35 56 54 
Auckland ..| 280 35 72 33 21 50 69 51 34 0 
aran ss} 25 21 55 89 98 10 70 29 43 0 
Napier £s 16 18 67 61 28 22 
Wellingt 205 1 37 4 | 133 0 8 1 |179 2 
Sovts Is: 
Nelson sof 388 47 93 23 77 1 77 2 0 
C. Campbell 25 17 6 3 146 14 0 1 144 3 
Christchurch 142 3 94 70 17 5 | 144 11 21 0 
aley i = 57 30 10 50 2 8 129 67 
Hokitika .. — 5 56 67 17 4 | 129 32 55 0 
ein —..l| 138 5 80 14 13 8 86 27 126 
to 8 24 5 14 vd 28 88 | 187 10 
Lr ee «I RN 18 58 57 21 6 78 
Other's} | 259 | 61 | 34 | 24 | as | 17 | 95 | 21 | a5 | a 
*'These returns refer to the particular time of observation, and not to the whole twenty-four 
hours, and only show that no direction was recorded for the wind on that number of days. z 
+ For 11 months only. 
