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Return of Rainfall (in Inches) for each Year from 1864 to 1897 inclusive, together with Diagrams for the Four Principal Stations.

Average annual rainfall for for the above period (thirty-four years) from records at Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury, and Dunedin .. .. 38-947 inches. Average annual rainfall for New Zealand from all observations .. .. 53976 „ Meteorological Office, Colonial Museum, JAMES HECTOR, Wellington, 20th July, 1898. Director.

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Note.—1 .ho end of thi 'his reti i year. irn is foi the yei js 1864 to 1897 nclusive. The informal iion for 1898 will not avai. le un 3 a o So a o a •a a 3 a 'A 1 a a EH 3 a a 3 a' o ■a a a o w >, u 3 £ a 3 o I 3 o B .a' +3 3 O a © a © a 3 Q o CO CD O a 'So a © a 1864 67-900 37-400 49-300 43-800 30-410 44-500 63-400 22-000 24-200 51-700 1865 40-800 40-000 56-800 50-700 68-300 24-300 46-600 63-600 1866 42-000 30-000 55-700 36-580 41-100 56-000 19-400 127-500 29-000 47-200 1867 55-200 53-180 60-690 38-250 41-950 46-310 30-070 110510 39-050 41-620 1868 49-087 50-420 34-130 55-522 79-370 30-041 120-210 33-893 46-346 1869 48-340 52-797 55-125 42-960 56-768 65-230 27-292 88-210 32918 42-680 1870 52-870 44-831 32-410 54-720 35-030 48-205 48-430 28-364 116-680 39-202 53-950 1871 57-640 47-505 35-890 72-120 51-090 64-057 55-670 27-935 122-440 22-146 39-030 1872 46-900 42-096 23-940 63-640 40-420 50-945 78-610 19-741 123-210 27-393 28-880 40-110 1873 63-720 41-237 42-380 53-120 39-000 54-985 65-440 26-330 96-170 35-825 32-300 37-480 1874 56-950 35-024 37-940 57-220 36-760 53-496 71-550 22-790 104-480 28-739 30-190 44-650 1875 52-530 51-310 38-260 66-960 44-340 65-827 69-070 32-310 130-790 42-631 31-760 44-180 1876 58-640 44-025 38-390 48-180 33-880 43-374 60-640 23-990 116-325 38-260 30-930 40-590 1877 54-470 40-375 33-450 52-000 33-970 51-925 48-520 23-720 136-660 37-460 35-590 43-150 1878 40-140 37-169 21-100 56-730 41-980 54-602 51-900 13-540 154-446 45-235 60-020 54-020 1879 58-920 46-130 53-140 60-180 33-650 57-441 61-420 23-180 128-295 42-099 22-420 33-260 1880 55-480 38-890 38-400 47-220 36 270 46-767 37270 17-670 122-840 33-063 27-690 39-140 1881 34 237 30-270 50-132 28-071 26-402 1882 45-630 33-880 55-685 25-391 41-796 1883 52-215 74-870 47-290 51-994 30-336 38-312 1884 38-070 60-640 45-770 62-335 28-451 33-881 1885 28-140 23 580 36-813 22-080 24-598 1886 32-640 46-410 54-477 35-287 52-632 1887 37-710 38-590 56-969 32-890 39144 1888 34-600 31-300 41-009 29-155 48-356 1889 41-970 35-410 31-356 20-384 23-446 1890 46-100 27-620 68-190 32-840 45-230 14-836 27-984 44-520 1891 53-570 36-040 30-360 73-100 35-470 35-125 20-575 * 70-590 32-734 28-890 68-500 1892 59-550 41-331 40-630 36-910 67656 27-883 118-960 47-552 20-870 39-090 1893 86-370 53-810 57-730 42-990 53-034 22-112 112-970 54-495 26-750 33-240 1894 71-000 41-110 40-640 63-120 33-930 51-006 45-090 29-844 115-890 106-680 39-436 23-480 35-530 1895 60740 44-150 33-970 67-880 46490 61-473 46-400 30-982 92-320 92-160 51-396 26-930 64-930 1896 37-970 37-790 35-900 66-661 41-540 57-546 34-340 30-228 115-830 106-920 48-538 23-990 36-600 1897 56-360 45'361 41-280 72-530 40-810 48-495 37-940 14-480 128-830 114-050 38-110 30-560 52-800 56-161 42-168 37-270 60063 37-942 51-247 56-706 25-132 118-505 103-190 37-246 30-926 45-140 averages .. To. of years 22 34 21 25 33 34 21 34 19 34 17 24 * Ten months only.