New Zealand Gazette – 1904 – No. 9

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✨ Rainfall Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 9

Rainfall for December, 1903—continued.

Station.
Observer.
Total Fall, in Inches.
Days of Rain.
Maximum Fall, and Date (for Previous Twenty-four Hours).

SOUTH ISLAND—continued.

(C.) EAST ASPECT—KAIKOURA TO CAPE SAUNDERS.

Cheviot .. .. A. C. Bellwood .. .. 1·17 7 0·30 on 27th
Waiau .. .. F. S. Northcote .. .. 1·46 6 0·74 on 27th
Akaroa .. .. Miss Jacobson .. .. 0·28 2 0·24 on 27th
Oxford .. .. R. H. Gainsford .. .. 0·78 13 0·25 on 21st
Port Hills (Christchurch) .. Miss M. L. Higgins .. .. 0·37 3 0·22 on 10th
Christchurch .. .. A. L. Taylor .. .. 0·27 2 0·22 on 9th
Linwood .. .. J. A. Biltcliff .. .. 0·27 3 0·18 on 9th
Lincoln .. .. G. Gray .. .. 0·77 6 0·36 on 5th
Southbridge .. .. D. McMillan .. .. 0·52 6 0·16 on 9th
Kyle .. .. J. Lambie .. .. 0·60 7 0·18 on 9th
Hororata .. .. Hon. Sir J. Hall, K.C.M.G. .. 0·79 9 0·19 on 9th
Kapunatiki .. .. J. C. Rolleston .. .. 0·99 6 0·30 on 10th
Orari .. .. G. A. M. Macdonald .. .. 1·26 12 0·30 on 5th
Bealey .. .. A. Hodgen .. .. 6·20 17 1·02 on 17th
Mount Peel .. .. Miss Acland .. .. 2·01 13 0·35 on 21st
Peel Forest .. .. W. E. Barker .. .. 3·40 13 0·67 on 27th
Methven .. .. H. G. Baker .. .. .. .. ..
Rakaia .. .. Rev. G. W. Russell .. .. 0·69 4 0·24 on 5th
Winchmore (Ashburton) .. A. Curtis .. .. 0·56 5 0·25 on 9th
Windermere .. .. Miss F. J. M. Wright .. .. .. .. ..
Pleasant Point .. .. J. Bishop .. .. 0·77 11 0·25 on 27th
Timaru .. .. R. Fergusson .. .. 2·13 8 0·91 on 31st
Timaru Reservoir.. .. J. Courtney .. .. 2·03 7 0·85 on 31st
Fairlie .. .. D. H. Gillingham .. .. 1·08 10 0·50 on 11th
Waimate .. .. W. M. Hamilton .. .. 2·12 13 0·48 on 9th
Geraldine .. .. E. F. Temple .. .. 1·51 10 0·30 on 5th and 27th
Woodbury (Geraldine) .. Mrs. B. E. H. Tripp .. .. 2·79 11 0·66 on 10th
Windsor Park (Oamaru) .. E. Menlove .. .. 1·46 13 0·49 on 8th
Maheno (Oamaru) .. .. R. J. Hendrie .. .. 2·89 15 0·55 on 9th
Palmerston (South) .. .. B. Galloway .. .. .. .. ..

(D.) SOUTH ASPECT—CAPE SAUNDERS TO PUYSEGUR POINT.

Otekaike (Oamaru) .. John Tait .. .. 1·00 12 0·28 on 27th
Queenstown .. .. L. Hotop .. .. 2·55 9 0·60 on 16th
St. Bathan’s .. .. J. Ewing .. .. 1·38 14 0·61 on 4th
Gladbrook Station .. F. R. Jeffreys .. .. 1·48 13 0·44 on 4th
Roxburgh .. .. Dr. W. J. Mullin .. .. 1·39 10 0·47 on 4th
Kokonga .. .. R. W. Glendinning .. .. 2·15 15 0·91 on 4th
Tarras(a) .. .. T. McWhirter .. .. 0·30 5 0·13 on 7th
Dunedin .. .. Government Observer .. .. 3·37 18 0·52 on 5th
Caversham .. .. G. M. Burlinson .. .. 3·40 20 0·50 on 26th
Blackmount (Clifden) .. Mrs. R. McKenzie .. .. 5·58 19 1·12 on 16th
Ranfurly .. .. A. W. Roberts .. .. 1·70 7 1·00 on 4th
Tapanui .. .. R. G. Robinson .. .. 3·20 15 1·10 on 3rd
Balclutha .. .. J. W. Brame .. .. 2·32 11 0·40 on 26th
Galloway (Alexandra South) .. D. C. Rose .. .. .. .. ..
Clyde .. .. J. S. Dickie .. .. 1·28 5 0·62 on 7th
Woodlands .. .. J. Mehaffey .. .. 5·26 18 0·81 on 26th
Dipton .. .. R. D. MacLachlan .. .. 4·59 13 1·33 on 10th
Ratanui .. .. J. Frazer .. .. 5·21 14 0·75 on 15th
Otautau .. .. N. A. McLaren .. .. 5·92 19 1·66 on 10th
Nightcaps .. .. J. Ritchie .. .. 5·71 18 1·96 on 10th
Waikawa Valley .. .. J. H. Buckingham .. .. 7·06 19 1·07 on 15th
Invercargill .. .. F. W. Hilgendorf .. .. .. .. ..
Chatham Islands .. .. A. Shand .. .. 1·53 15 0·42 on 16th
Stewart Island .. .. W. Trail .. .. 5·33 22 0·94 on 3rd

Late return—
(a) November .. .. .. .. 2·07 11 1·11 on 14th

CUTHBERT FREYBERG, Acting Government Observer.

Meteorological Office, Museum, Wellington, New Zealand,
1st February, 1904.



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55 names identified
  • A. C. Bellwood, Observer at Cheviot
  • F. S. Northcote, Observer at Waiau
  • Miss Jacobson, Observer at Akaroa
  • R. H. Gainsford, Observer at Oxford
  • Miss M. L. Higgins, Observer at Port Hills (Christchurch)
  • A. L. Taylor, Observer at Christchurch
  • J. A. Biltcliff, Observer at Linwood
  • G. Gray, Observer at Lincoln
  • D. McMillan, Observer at Southbridge
  • J. Lambie, Observer at Kyle
  • Hon. Sir J. Hall (K.C.M.G.), Observer at Hororata
  • J. C. Rolleston, Observer at Kapunatiki
  • G. A. M. Macdonald, Observer at Orari
  • A. Hodgen, Observer at Bealey
  • Miss Acland, Observer at Mount Peel
  • W. E. Barker, Observer at Peel Forest
  • H. G. Baker, Observer at Methven
  • Rev. G. W. Russell, Observer at Rakaia
  • A. Curtis, Observer at Winchmore (Ashburton)
  • Miss F. J. M. Wright, Observer at Windermere
  • J. Bishop, Observer at Pleasant Point
  • R. Fergusson, Observer at Timaru
  • J. Courtney, Observer at Timaru Reservoir
  • D. H. Gillingham, Observer at Fairlie
  • W. M. Hamilton, Observer at Waimate
  • E. F. Temple, Observer at Geraldine
  • Mrs. B. E. H. Tripp, Observer at Woodbury (Geraldine)
  • E. Menlove, Observer at Windsor Park (Oamaru)
  • R. J. Hendrie, Observer at Maheno (Oamaru)
  • B. Galloway, Observer at Palmerston (South)
  • John Tait, Observer at Otekaike (Oamaru)
  • L. Hotop, Observer at Queenstown
  • J. Ewing, Observer at St. Bathan’s
  • F. R. Jeffreys, Observer at Gladbrook Station
  • Dr. W. J. Mullin, Observer at Roxburgh
  • R. W. Glendinning, Observer at Kokonga
  • T. McWhirter, Observer at Tarras
  • Government Observer, Observer at Dunedin
  • G. M. Burlinson, Observer at Caversham
  • Mrs. R. McKenzie, Observer at Blackmount (Clifden)
  • A. W. Roberts, Observer at Ranfurly
  • R. G. Robinson, Observer at Tapanui
  • J. W. Brame, Observer at Balclutha
  • D. C. Rose, Observer at Galloway (Alexandra South)
  • J. S. Dickie, Observer at Clyde
  • J. Mehaffey, Observer at Woodlands
  • R. D. MacLachlan, Observer at Dipton
  • J. Frazer, Observer at Ratanui
  • N. A. McLaren, Observer at Otautau
  • J. Ritchie, Observer at Nightcaps
  • J. H. Buckingham, Observer at Waikawa Valley
  • F. W. Hilgendorf, Observer at Invercargill
  • A. Shand, Observer at Chatham Islands
  • W. Trail, Observer at Stewart Island
  • T. McWhirter, Late return for November at Tarras

  • Cuthbert Freyberg, Acting Government Observer