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days, especially in winter, is excessive.e The winds are generally strong and 
are mostly westerly with a southerly tendency. The mean temperature is 10°, 
the mean maximum nearly 4° more and the mean minimum 2° less. Frosts 
are extremely light and rare while snow is seldom seen. The distribution of 
the rainfall is as follows:— spring 21.5 p. c.; summer 22.3 p. c.; autumn 
26.7 p. c.; winter 29.5 p. c. 
18. Zhe Subantarctice province. 
The question of climate for the province in general receives consideration 
in Section IV, Chapter III. Here only those parts are dealt with for which 
meteorological statistics are available. 
a. The Campbell district. 
Here cloudy and squally weather predominates with “brave westerly winds 
of the roaring forties” with frequent changes to the S. W., these bringing hail, 
sleet or snow. The mean annual temperature for 1905—06 was 7° with a 
mean daily range of 5.3°. The summer temperature is low, averaging 
and the mean winter temperature 4.3°. Judging from the plant-life and from 
the observations of COCKAYNE in midwinter, frost is less severe than in certain 
parts of the South Island of New Zealand. The rainfall at Tucker Cove in 
1905 was 136.7 cm on 260 days and in 1906 143.5 cm on 280 days. 
b. Macquarie Island. 
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Extremes of heat and cold are altogether wanting, the absolute maximum 
during the summer months very ne. indeed reaching 10°, while the abso- e 
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