RAINFALL. (RETURN OF ANNUAL RAINFALL IN THE COLONY FROM 1864 TO 1892.)

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1893 Session I, H-16

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1893. NEW ZEALAND.

RAINFALL. (RETURN OF ANNUAL RAINFALL IN THE COLONY FROM 1864 TO 1892.)

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives, dated 28th June, 1893. Ordered "That there be laid before this House a return of the annual rainfall from 1864 to 1892 inclusive, at Bay of Islands, Auckland, Napier, Taranaki, Wellington, Canterbury, Hokitika, Greymouth, Dunedin, and Invercargill, so far as the same can be furnished."—Hon. Sir J. Hall.)

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Return of Rainfall (in inches) for each Year from 1864 to 1892 inclusive, together with Diagrams for the Four Principal Stations.

* Ten months only.

Average annual rainfall for New Zealand for the above period (twenty-nine years) from records at Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury, and Dunedin .. .. 38319 inches. Average annual rainfall for New Zealana from all observations .. .. .. 53322 inches. Meteorological Office, Colonial Museum, James Hectoe. Wellington, 12th July, 1893. Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, nil; printing (1,365 copies), £1 15s.

By Authority: Samuel Costall, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB93. Price, 3d.]

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