355 



TABLE IV. — Bealey, — interior of Canterbury, at 2104 ft. above sea. 



Mean 

 Annual 

 Temp. 



Mean 

 daily range 



of 

 Temp, for 



year. 



Extreme 



range 



of 



Temp, for 



year. 



Mean 



Barometer 



reading 



for 



year. 



Range 



of 



Barometer 



for 



year. 



Mean 



Elastic 



Force of 



Vapour for 



year. 



Mean 



Degree of 



Moistui-e 



for 



year. 



Total 

 Rain Fall. 



Mean 

 Amount 



of 

 Cloud. 



Degrees. 

 46-8 



Degrees. 

 15-4 



Degrees. 

 65-0 



Inches. 



29 770* 



Inches. 

 1-228 



Inches. 

 •256 



Sat. -100. 



80 



Inches. 

 106-293 



to 10. 

 5-2 



TABLE V. 



* Reduced to sea level. 



Earthquakes in New Zealand, in 1870, recorded at the 

 Government Meteorological Stations. 



station. 



t-i 



^-5 



1 



nd 







a5 





< 



i 



03 



o 

 u 

 O 



> 



u 



ID 



1 



i4 





 H 



Mongonui . 

 Aiickland 

 Taranaki . 

 Napier . 

 Wellington 

 Nelson . 

 Christchui-ch 

 Bealey . 

 Hokitika . 

 Dunedin 

 Southland . 



8,15,17 



10 



12* 



17* 



... 



4 



3,25 



21 

 14 



... 



25* 



13 



7*8 



7* 

 7*8* 



U 

 22 

 31* 

 24*31* 

 31 

 31 



29 

 30 



l' 



3,24 



'3' 

 3 



2 



29 



2 



10,19 



19 



18 

 19 





 



7 

 6 

 9 

 5 

 2 

 5 

 5 

 1 

 



The figures denote the days of the month on which one or more shocks were felt. 

 Those with an asterisk affixed were described as smart shocks. The remainder were very 

 slight and may have escaped record at some stations, there being no instrumental means 

 employed for their detection. The only shock which damaged property was that at 

 Christchurch on the 31st Aiigust. 



Notes on the Weather during 1870. 



January. — Month marked by excessive rainfall in the extreme north and 

 south of the Islands, and continued dry westerly winds about the central 

 portion, especially on the West Coast ; in the North there occurred a storm 

 from N.W. on 28th and 29th, and on same date a severe thunder stoi^m took 

 place in the South from S.W., with heavy rain; at Bealey, 3 "750 inches 

 recorded on morning of 29th for previous 24 hours ; in Southland, four heavy 

 falls occurred— 2-61 (4th), 3-02 (14th), 2-12 (29th), 1-09 (31st), the first three 

 from S.E. and last from N.W. Aurora on 3rd, seen in North. 



February. — The weather during the month generally veiy fine, but rather 

 sultry, with slight rainfall, and on the whole moderate winds. The rainfall, 

 however, in the South was excessive, but no severe gales are repoi'ted. At 



