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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1465, 26 October 1872, Page 2

The tahle of the rainfall in the several meteorological districts ot the Colon), for the month of July, published by Dr Hector in a recent General Government Gazette, shows considerable diversity in different parts of the two islands. Hawke's Buy being the driest of all, and Nelson the reverse. We append the table arranged according to the quantity in each district. It will be seen that the quantity varied from in. in Napier to 15| in. in Nelson : Rainfall in pays on which inches rain fell Napier 1-530 . 10 Chrwtclwrch 2080 . 14 Dnnedin 4 448 . 15 Wangauui 4*500 . 20 Wellington 4-614 . 21 Auckland 6-046 . 25 Mongonui 6610 . 24 Tatanaki 11020 . 16 Hokitfka 15-170 . 22 Nelson 15750 . 15

At the last meeting of the Wellington Phiiosophioal Society Dv Hector gave a short account of the Turner Reef, which had been discovered near Jackson's Head, on the south side of Cook's Straits. The reef had been traced on the surface for about 1,000 feet, crossing the promontory between Queen Charlotte's Sound and Point Gore, and yields on an average, by several analyses, half an ounce to the ton. Some specimens are, however, very rich. The rock is a foliated schist, and quite different from the rock in which the gold is found on Baker's Hill and Terawili.

A new Chinese newspaper- has been started in Shanghai, and for the present comes put on alternate dayH.