THE RAINFALL.
Mr G. S, Huffam has kindly furnished us with the following record for the month of October : Total Rainfa in inches.
Total ... ... ... 2.71 Rain fell on 10 days during the month. The maximum fall being on the 16th. The records are taken at 12.45 daily. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Week ending Maximum.JjMinimum. Oct. 3 66 28
WELLINGTON PRODUCE REPORT. Wheat— (fowls’), 3s 9d to 4s bus, broken wheat 3s Bd, feed oats 3s to 3s 3d. discoloured 2s lOd, Tartarian seed 3s sd, dun oats 3s Id per bushel black, oats 3s 3d,barley 3s 3d to 3s6d, maize 4s 6d bushel, flour <£ll, pollard 135 s ton, bran 135 s ton, oatmeal £l4los ton, oatsheaf chaff £5 5s to <£s 15s ton, straw chaff £3 10s, hay 90s ton, horse beans 4s 3d bushel, seed potatoes, Fluke Kidney £5 10s, seed Derwents 90s, Derwents L 5 5s to L 6, onions American LI2 ton, cheese s|d, factory ; bacon 9d, best factory ; hams 9d ; rolls 9d ; prime butter 9d to 9§d lb, fowls 4s to 4s 9d pair, ducks 5s 6d to 6s, turkeys, hens 7s to 8s pair, gobblers 9s to 11s, geese 5s 6d, fresh eggs lid doz, cabbages 3s to 5s sack, cauliflowers 9s to 12s sack for choice, cooking apples 9s to 11s 401 b case, dessert apples 9s to 17s per 401 b case, red carrots 80s, swedes 80s, parsnips 12s to 14s sack, rhubarb 4s to 7s dozen.
October i ... 0.25 3 0.01 4 ... 0.03 15 ... 0.04 16 ... »-54 *7 ... 0.20 18 ... 0.39 19 0.14 23 ... 0.04 25 ... _••• 0.07
IO ... ... 69 33 17 ... ... 70 35 24... ... 72 26 31 ••• ... 69 36
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Motueka Star, Volume III, Issue 129, 7 November 1902, Page 4
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278THE RAINFALL. Motueka Star, Volume III, Issue 129, 7 November 1902, Page 4
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