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inch, but without rainfall or thunder storms. In Southland the maximum 

 force of the wind reached to 52Ibs. on the squai'e foot ; in Canterbury it was 

 felt as a -hot wind, and at Wellington as a strong dry north-wester, also with 

 sudden fall of barometer. Auroras — "Wellington, 9 th ; Dunedin, 1st and 

 13th ; and Southland on 9th, 11th, 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th. 



James Hector, 

 Inspector of Meteorological Stations. 



