Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1870 – No. 45

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✨ Meteorological Observations and Public House Licence



Solar Radiation—

Mean 99.9
Highest in month (on 16th) 120.5

Terrestrial Radiation—

Mean 24.6
Lowest in month (on 6th) 14.2

Hygrometer (deductions)—

Mean temperature of dew point 39.7
Mean tension of vapour 0.244 inches
Mean humidity (Saturation = 100) 88

Rain—

Total rainfall on 19 days 4.436 inches
Greatest rainfall on one day
registered at 9:30 a.m. for
previous 24 hours (on 26th) 1.467

Wind—

Mean velocity in miles per day ...
Greatest velocity in miles
per day, registered at 9:30
a.m., for previous 24 hours
(on 5th) 126 miles

Cloud—

Mean amount at 9:30 a.m.
(0 = clear, 10 = overcast) 6.2

Evaporation—

Total 1.874 inches

Number of days on which the wind blew
from each point at 9:30 a.m.—
N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm.
0 2 5 2 3 16 1 2 0

Remarks.

The rainfall during the month, extending
over 19 days, was considerably in excess of
the ordinary rainfall for this time of the
year. It was 2.116 inches above the average
for the month for the previous 6 years,
and 0.253 above the fall in 1864, the highest
previously registered at this station for
August. From the 23rd to the 27th, rain to
the depth of more than 2¼ inches fell. A
smart shock of earthquake was felt between
6 and 7 p.m. of the 31st.

R. MAINWARING,
Observer, Christchurch.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,

that at the Quarterly Meeting of Her Majesty’s
Justices of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand, held on Tuesday,
the 6th day of September, 1870, at the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Akaroa, in
pursuance of "The Public House Ordinance, 1866," and "The Public House Ordinance Amendment Ordinance, 1867," the following Licence was granted:—

Name of Applicant Kind of Licence Where Situate
John G. Hughes Wine and Beer Akaroa

C. W. BRIDGE,
Clerk to the Bench.

Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Canterbury, at the "Lyttelton Times" Office, Gloucester street, by W. Reeves, Official Printer for the time being to the said Government.




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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🎓 Meteorological Observations for August 1870 (continued from previous page)

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
Meteorology, Weather, Temperature, Barometer, Radiation, Rainfall, Wind, Cloud, Evaporation, Christchurch
  • R. Mainwaring, Observer of meteorological data

⚖️ Public House Licence Grant

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
6 September 1870
Licence, Public House, Wine and Beer, Akaroa
  • John G. Hughes, Granted Wine and Beer Licence

  • C. W. Bridge, Clerk to the Bench