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Appendix. 



TABLE II. — Baromktrical Observations. — Kainfall, etc., recorded for 



the year 1879. 



Place. 



Mean 



Barometer 



reading 



for year. 



Range 



of 



Barometer 



for year. 



Mean 



Elastic Force 



of Vapour 



for year. 



Mean 

 Degree of Total 

 Moisture for Eainfall. 

 year. 



Mean 

 Amount 



of 

 Cloud. 



KoETH Island. 

 Mongonui 

 Auckland 

 Taranaki 

 Napier 

 Wellington 



Means for North I 

 Island J 



South Island. 

 Nelson . . 

 Cape Campbell* 

 Christchurch , . 

 Hokitika 

 Dunedin 

 Queenstown 

 Southland 



Means for South ) 

 Island 1 



Means for North) 

 & South Islands] 



Inches. 

 29-993 

 29-990 

 29-964 

 29-964 

 29-961 



Inches. 



1-648 



1-546 



1-470 



1-551 



1-545 



Inches. 

 •427 

 •385 

 •362 

 •361 

 •356 



Sat.=100. 

 77 

 76 

 77 

 72 

 81 



Inches. 

 58-920 

 46-130 

 60-180 

 53-140 

 57-441 



to 10. 

 6^4 

 6^3 

 5-9 

 3-1 

 5-2 



29-974 



1-552 



•878 



76 



55-162 



5-8 



29-909 

 80-058 

 29-936 

 29-935 

 29-871 

 29-843 

 29-850 



1-441 

 1-460 

 1-803 

 1-691 

 1-895 

 1-700 

 1-910 



•340 

 •347 

 •279 

 •336 

 •277 

 ■240 

 •278 



78 

 75 

 71 

 83 

 76 

 67 

 77 



61-420 

 23-990 

 23-180 

 128-295 

 42-099 

 22-420 

 38-260 



5-2 

 6-6 

 6-4 

 5-5 

 6-4 

 5-6 

 6-6 



29-914 



1-700 



•299 



75 



47-809 



6^0 



29-944 



1-626 



•338 



75 



51-485 



5^6 



TABLE III. 



* For 11 months only. 



-Wind for 1879. — Force and Direction. 





Average 





Number of Days it blew from each Point. 





Place, 



Daily 

 Velocity 









































m 



N. 



N.E. 



E. 



S.E. 



S. 



S.W. 



W. 



N.W. 



Calm* 





Miles. 





















North Island. 























Mongonui . . 



180 



23 



66 



46 



18 



16 



56 



85 



56 



54 



Auckland . . 



280 



85 



72 



33 



21 



50 



69 



51 



34 







Taranaki 



215 



21 



55 



39 



98 



10 



70 



29 



48 







Napier 



196 



16 



97 



18 



27 



67 



61 



28 



29 



22 



Wellington . . 



205 



1 



37 



4 



133 







8 



1 



179 



2 



South Island. 























Nelson 



188 



47 



93 



23 



77 



17 



77 



2 



29 







C. Campbell t 



425 



17 



6 



3 



146 



14 







1 



144 



3 



Christchurch 



142 



3 



94 



70 



17 



5 



144 



11 



21 







Bealej 



— 



57 



80 



10 



50 



2 



12 



8 



129 



67 



Hokitika 



— 



5 



56 



67 



17 



4 



129 



82 



55 







Dunedin 



133 



5 



80 



14 



13 



8 



86 



27 



6 



126 



Queenstown 



— 



8 



24 



5 



14 



7 



28 



38 



137 



109 



Southland . . 



170 



18 



58 



57 



21 



6 



73 



68 



64 







Wait an gi, \ f 

 Chatham I.| 



253 



61 



84 



24 



88 



17 



93 



21 



45 



2 



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

 hom-s, and only show that no direction was recorded, for the wind on that number of days. 



+ For 11 months only. 



