WEATHER RETURNS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1268, 3 January 1883, Page 2

WEATHER RETURNS.

■ We a(0 indebted to.our,weatljer , for the following returns from April Ist to Pecembor 31st, 1 1882. These'aro>s'timowhat imperfect because the first quarter.of_tho.„ year is not included, but for the Bine months which they record, thoy may bo dep. nded upon aabeing approximately forraott ] jl'heyrj were takn each morning at 8 a.m., nut arV'not''reduted to sea level. If reduced to this, they would closely represent the average for Wellington in atmospheric iprepure, but in temporaturo and rain fall averages, they most likely will exceed thojp, fpr .Wel--lington.•• iTho total rain fall for .thiajjeflinV J months is 41.135 inchoa.: The > was August and tho; wettest' day] Augusta 13th,'for theiinoath i). 105 day I.s2s;inohea It will bo have lmd for these nine months ,a somewhat. heavy rain fall; and this .is niote when we oompare the averages f»i; u fitieun -r years\ ending .1879, at, Auelflap inches, Wellington 51.8G2;'iiiches, - fet-,.. ohuwhiJiOWS lophes, < and inches, . These returns show to us jth/it lijore rain falls in this distriot than iu/£hpse tionud, and ought .to be ;an, induwiimnlj jpr gl | farmers, either pastoral ora settle in the Wairarapa Valley.,•ln, to theso returns as quoted from iho reports published by.:command at Wellington and oompared with the latest returns in my pompon viz,j 1880.; there-appears in jhe ; raii fall at all] the mentioned, for' Auckland ' 33.890 VYellinrtoi) j45 767 j incliOß, Christchurch 17 670 niches, and for 1 Dunedin 33.063 inches, . And if % returns wore publishod up to'the end'of 1883,' too in all 'probability would find'afurtlier diminished supply.oL„ raiu. Now supposing this to he correct, it must,present a question to us of great im>' \. pbrtauce i; aud ono whicb will require vory caroful inquiry, so'that a reason or roasons uiay.be assiguei for this diminished supply of rain.' Are we making top freo' with the destruction ofour forej;s in « rainy parts bt New; •out what tCfeot this'' muvfchiva on to rain fall. Are we providing a remedy for this by planting extensively to neutralize the' • oilects the destruction of our forests will cause ? If not, what will ho the result of the present wholes ile clearing of the land by the .axe and fire.j What effrct jviU this ha'vi on the Wairampa Valley in'ii feiv Wars tirfia ? Wo from past experience in other parts of iho jlobe; ought to bear in mind, that the future progress and prosperity of New Zealand as an'agricultural country depends on a large rain-fall.' It'is' hoped tins-casual referenco to this matter will not be lost sight of, oth >rwise it maybe regretted when it is. t|io.;la)o to restore this equilibriuni,., Tho mean barometer reading'' jot nine months is 29.47*2 inches, and mean: thermometer reading for the same time is 52.33 Fah. The hottest day was Decembor 25th, and tho coldest day May 25th. 'l'he number of fine days 137, wot days 138. Tho wind has blown N.W, 10 days, N. -91 days,- < N.E. b7'(]ay3,'S W. 52 days,* 8/ 39 (jays,/! S.E, 7 days, E. 11 days, W' 25 days. \\'t\ winds S.,iS.W. aud W,.:' Diy-wjnd&! E. N.E.andN,