Sept. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1283

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1892.

THE Ivy of Linwood Lodge, No. 233, of the United Ancient
Order of Druids, situated at Linwood, is registered as
a friendly society under "The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,"
this 12th day of September, 1892.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar.

Rainfall for August, 1892.

Meteorological Office.

THE following is the rainfall for the month of August,
1892:—

| Station. | Observer. | Total
Rain in
Inches. | Days
of
Rain. | Maximum
Fall
and Date. |
|----------|-----------|--------|---------|-------------------|
| Pakaraka (Bay of Islands) | Hon. H. Williams, M.L.C. | 9·35 | 14 | 2·61 on 7th. |
| Auckland | Govt. Observer | 4·34 | 20 | 0·70 on 7th. |
| Cuvier Island (Hauraki Gulf) | Lightkeeper .. | 2·79 | 13 | 0·83 on 23rd. |
| Omokoroa (Tauranga) | L. A. Shadwell | 6·01 | 12 | 1·50 on 22nd. |
| Te Aroha | T. M. Lawlor | 5·86 | 17 | 1·32 on 7th. |
| Rotorua | Dr. Ginders .. | 9·66 | 18 | 2·65 on 7th. |
| Gisborne | Archd. Williams | 3·21 | 17 | 0·59 on 23rd. |
| Mahia Peninsula | G. C. Ormond | .. | .. | .. |
| Matahiia (Gisborne) | F. J. Kemp .. | 10·27 | 15 | 2·30 on 29th. |
| Papatu Station (Poverty Bay) | H. N. Watson | .. | .. | .. |
| Waipiro (Gisborne) | S. Dodgshun.. | 7·10 | 15 | 2·08 on 23rd. |
| Napier.. | E. Lyndon .. | 2·67 | 12 | 0·61 on 25th. |
| Erew hon, H.B. | W. J. Birch .. | 3·12 | 12 | 0·39 on 8th |
| | | | | and 24th. |
| Onepoto (L. Wai-karemoana) | F. R. Phillips | 7·44 | 13 | 1·38 on 19th. |
| Waimarama, H.B. | Thos. R. Moore | 2·50 | 15 | 0·45 on 15th. |
| Mt. Vernon, H.B. | R. Harding .. | 2·23 | 14 | 0·48 on 24th. |
| Gwavas, H.B. | J. Nicoll .. | 2·93 | 18 | 0·47 on 16th. |
| Inglewood | Miss N. Trimble | 15·16 | 19 | 2·32 on 18th. |
| Ngatimaru | Miss A. Hut-chinson | 9·26 | 18 | 1·83 on 17th. |
| Opunake | A. H. Moore .. | 4·32 | 19 | 0·67 on 28th. |
| Manaia | G. A. Hurley | 4·54 | 20 | 0·98 on 16th. |
| Kaponga (Wanganui) | E. J. Ellerm.. | 12·23 | 19 | 1·60 on 15th. |
| Hawera (Waipapa) | J. Livingston | 4·80 | 16 | 0·85 on 16th. |
| Wanganui | W.L. Mountfort | 3·68 | 14 | 0·83 on 29th. |
| Kinkazan (Wanganui) | L.W.R.McBeth | 4·19 | 10 | 0·90 on 30th. |
| Feilding | S. Goodbehere | 3·62 | 18 | 0·76 on 24th. |
| Woodville | E. A. Haggen | .. | .. | .. |
| Palmerston North | Capt. S. Brown | 3·71 | 18 | 0·72 on 29th. |
| Ashurst | Henry Barnes | 4·04 | 19 | 0·79 on 29th. |
| Ramatawa (New-man) | W. H. Herbert | 5·74 | 21 | 0·90 on 30th. |
| Masterton | B. Couborne.. | 3·40 | 15 | 0·66 on 20th. |
| Otahuaoo | J. Bennett .. | 3·17 | 14 | 0·95 on 20th. |
| Carterton | H. Braithwaite | 2·71 | 12 | 0·64 on 17th. |
| Featherston | H. C. Smith .. | 4·11 | 8 | 1·70 on 20th. |
| Dry River (near Martinborough) | C. Phillips .. | 3·74 | 14 | 0·82 on 7th. |
| Summit (Rimu-tuka) | M. Cronin .. | 8·04 | 17 | 1·36 on 26th. |
| Upper Hutt | T. Lewis .. | 5·10 | 9 | 1·32 on 29th. |
| Taita .. | T. Mason .. | 5·25 | 15 | 2·11 on 20th. |
| Petone.. | Sir J. Hector | 5·08 | 16 | 1·26 on 8th. |
| Wellington | Govt. Observer | 5·85 | 16 | 1·31 on 7th. |
| Wainuiomata Reservoir | Keeper .. | 7·93 | 13 | 3·94 on 20th. |
| Wellington Reservoir | W. Edmonds | 5·34 | 16 | 1·35 on 8th. |
| Flaxbourne | W. Tatchell .. | 8·68 | 13 | 2·85 on 24th. |
| Cape Campbell .. | Lightkeeper .. | 4·00 | 10 | 1·05 on 24th. |
| Kaikoura | Miss E. Collins | 6·56 | 13 | 2·50 on 24th. |
| The Brothers | Lightkeeper .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Farewell Spit .. | Lightkeeper .. | 5·24 | 11 | 1·19 on 28th. |
| Highfield (Wai au) | J. A. Northcote | 2·81 | 13 | 0·90 on 24th. |
| Lincoln | E. Wilkinson | 2·41 | 11 | 0·76 on 24th. |
| Rhodes Convalescent Home, Port Hills, Christchurch | Mrs. Macpherson | 2·16 | 12 | 0·73 on 17th. |
| Rangiora | T. W. Rowe .. | 3·06 | 14 | 1·73 on 24th. |
| Almora (Riccarton) | J. O. B. Beckett | 3·55 | 13 | 1·05 on 17th. |
| Hororata (Selwyn) | Hon Sir J. Hall, M.H.R. | 2·99 | 11 | 1·20 on 17th. |
| Kapur atiki (Rangitata) | Hon. W. Rolleston, M.H.R. | 1·69 | 11 | 0·40 on 17th. |

| Station. | Observer. | Total
Rain in
Inches. | Days
of
Rain. | Maximum
Fall
and Date. |
|----------|-----------|--------|---------|-------------------|
| Holnicote (Mount Peel, Canterbury) | J. D. Acland | 2·32 | 12 | 0·57 on 19th. |
| Drayton (Methven) | E. Chapman .. | 2·17 | 10 | 0·76 on 19th. |
| Winchmore (Ashburton) | R. W. Hart .. | 2·78 | 12 | 0·95 on 17th. |
| Dunedin | Govt. Observer | 2·97 | 13 | 0·52 on 29th. |
| St. Bath an's (Otago) | J. Ewing .. | 0·58 | 11 | 0·16 on 31st. |
| Greymouth | J. Conner .. | 5·65 | 13 | 1·10 on 7th. |
| Milford Sound .. | Dr. Porter .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Balclutha | W. McHutcheson | 0·51 | 6 | 0·22 on 18th. |
| Bealey.. | J. Ryan .. | 4·94 | 15 | 1·30 on 30th. |
| Maheno (Otago).. | R. A. Chaffey | 1·32 | 8 | 0·33 on 24th |
| | | | | and 28th. |
| Dipton | R. D. MacLachlan | 0·87 | 11 | 0·29 on 8th. |
| Invercargill | J. L. Bush .. | 3·15 | 7 | 0·75 on 11th. |
| Puysegur Point.. | Lightkeeper .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Queenstown | L. Hotop .. | 1·24 | 6 | 0·73 on 6th. |
| Chatham Islands | A. Shand .. | .. | .. | .. |

J. HECTOR, Director.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the
month of August, 1892. Altitude above the sea, 140ft.
Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

From Self-registering Instruments, for Twenty-four Hours previously.

[Large meteorological table with daily observations - numerical data omitted]

Means. +Same month previous years.

REMARKS.—Up to 6th, fine weather, with fresh N.W.
wind, and strong on 4th and 6th; showery on 6th and 7th,
1·31in. recorded on 8th (the maximum for month); then
fine weather from 8th to 13th, and moderate wind; re-
mainder of month generally showery, 1·10in. recorded on
20th; prevailing wind from N.W., and fresh. Maximum
temperature in shade, 61; minimum, 36·8; mean tempera-
ture of dewpoint, 43·1; mean humidity, 78. Earthquake on
1st, at 5 p.m., east and west, slight; on 14th, 2 a.m., two
slight shocks; on 19th, slight in afternoon, from S.E.; on
24th, at 8·5 a.m., long and moderate. Meteor on 21st, at 1
a.m., in N.E. direction.

R. B. GORE, Observer.