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TABLE II. — Barometrical Observations, — Rainfall, etc., recorded for 



the year 1870. 



Place. 



Mean 

 Barometer 

 reading for 



year. 



Range 



of 



Barometer 



for year. 



Mean 



Elastic Force 



of Vapour 



for year. 



Mean 

 Degree of 

 Moisture 

 for year. 



Total 

 Rain Fall. 



Mean 

 Amount 



of 

 Cloud. 



North Island. 

 Mongonui 

 Auckland . 

 Taraiiaki 

 Napier 

 Wellington 



Means for Nth. ) 

 Island ) 



South Island. 

 Nelson . 

 Christchurcli 

 Hokitika 

 Dunedin 

 Southland 



Means for Sth. ) 

 Island ) 



Means for Nth. ) 

 & Sth. Islands \ 



Inches. 

 30-010 

 30-015 

 29-946 

 29-881 

 29-845 



Inches. 

 1-576 

 1-398 

 1-536 

 1-705 

 1-270 



Inches. 

 -401 

 -418 

 -355 

 •411 

 •361 



Sat. -100. 

 75 

 82 

 75 

 80 

 81 



Inches. 

 52-870 

 44-831 

 54-720 

 32-410 

 48-205 



to 10. 



5-7 

 5-4 

 6-4 

 2-5 

 4-8 



29-939 



1-497 



•389 



78 



46-607 



4-9 



29-870 

 29-882 

 29-9.34 

 29-867 

 29-831 



1-218 

 1-505 

 1-530 

 1-492 

 1-540 



-344 

 -324 



•349 

 •290 



•288 



77 

 81 

 87 

 79 

 79 



48-4.30 

 28-364 

 116-680 

 39-202 

 53-950 



5-3 

 5-5 

 5-3 

 5-6 



5-2 



29-876 



1-457 



•319 



80 



57-325 



5-3 



29-939 

 29-876 



1-497 

 1-457 



•389 

 -319 



78 

 80 



46-607 

 57-325 



4-9 

 5-3 



29-907 



1-477 



-354 



79 



51-966 



51 



TABLE IIL — Wind for 1870,— Force and Direction. 





Average 

 Daily 







Number of days 



it blew from each point. 







Place. 



Velocity, 























in miles. 



N. 



N.E. 



E. 



S.E. 



S. 



s.w. 



w. 



N.W. 



Calm. 



North Island. 























Mongonui . 



172 



13 



40 



41 



42 



29 



75 



19 



64 



42* 



Auckland 



318 



39 



43 



27 



26 



57 



80 



44 



26 



23* 



Taranaki . 





19 



38 



9 



83 



16 



106 



54 



38 



2 



Napier . 



242 



26 



72 



15 



48 



66 



65 



36 



36 



1 



Wellington 



202 



31 



22 



11 



104 



1 



7 



1 



188 







South Island. 























Nelson 



148 



34 



50 



9 



48 



28 



93 



34 



69 







Ghristchurch 



140 



9 



43 



95 



22 



23 



135 



11 



21 



6 



Bealey 



133 



1 



37 



1 



22 



1 



25 







223 



55* 



Hokitika 



185 



53 



39 



59 



63 



5 



55 



26 



48 



17* 



Dunedin . 



171 



25 



43 



19 



16 



26 



50 



95 



17 



74* 



Southland 



209 



47 



10 



36 



64 



1 



2 



132 



73 







* These returns refer to the particular time of observation, and not to the -whole 

 t-w^enty-four hours, and only show that no direction -was recorded for the -wind on that 

 number of days. 



Average daily horizontal movement, in the North Island (four stations), 233 miles. 

 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, South Island (six stations), 164 ,, 



,, ,. ,, ,, ,, New Zealand . . 198^5 ,, 



