New Zealand Gazette – 1906 – No. 20

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✨ Maori Council Meeting, Meteorological Statistics

Mar. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 805

Convening the First Meeting of Horouta Maori Council under the Provisions of “The Maori Councils Act, 1900.”

Native Minister’s Office, Wellington, 12th March, 1906.

IN pursuance of the provisions of the 10th section of “The Maori Councils Act, 1900,” I hereby convene the first meeting of the Horouta Maori Council at Tauma on Wednesday, the 21st March, 1906, at 11 a.m., instead of at Port Awanui on the 23rd February, 1906, as previously notified.

J. CARROLL, Native Minister.

Government Meteorological Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of February, 1906. Altitude above the sea, 140 ft. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

Date.	Barometer reduced, in and corrected, in Inches.	From Self-registering Instruments, for Twenty-four Hours previously.
		Max. Temp. in Shade.	Min. Temp. in Shade.	Mean Temp. in Shade.	Solar Radiation.	Terrestrial Radiation.	Rainfall, in points (100 to 1 inch).	Veloc. Wind, in Miles.	Amount of Cloud, 0 to 10.	Direction of Wind.
1	29·960	Fah. 66·5	Fah. 48·2	Fah. 57·3	Fah. 122	Fah. 43	..	104	1	E.
2	29·775	70·0	57·5	63·7	125	54	Trace	253	9	N.
3	29·827	65·3	55·0	60·1	100	52·5	56	68	10	S.W.
4	29·578	65·0	50·5	57·2	116	48	116	206	10	S.W.
5	29·775	57·5	51·0	54·2	77	49	12	405	10	S.W.
6	29·864	58·5	50·0	54·2	116	47	91	250	10	N.E.
7	30·020	61·0	50·6	55·8	110	47	12	55	3	S.E.
8	30·255	63·9	55·2	59·5	129	54	20	241	10	S.
9	29·966	60·8	55·0	57·9	114	54	101	250	10	S.
10	29·719	58·5	55·8	57·1	83	54	136	411	10	S.
11	29·889	58·5	56·2	57·3	80	55	58	400	10	S.W.
12	29·888	59·5	55·4	57·4	100	54	..	217	10	S.
13	29·842	64·5	55·8	60·1	124	53	17	156	2	N.
14	29·683	67·6	59·0	63·3	121	58	23	461	10	N.W.
15	29·925	68·2	52·2	60·2	130	49	Trace	220	8	S.
16	29·974	60·1	48·2	54·1	116	44	..	124	10	N.
17	29·881	67·8	56·0	61·9	110	52	..	602	5	S.E.
18	29·873	68·0	54·0	61·0	110	49	8	215	9	S.
19	29·727	62·3	53·0	57·6	116	50	38	411	4	S.
20	29·647	66·0	41·8	53·9	119	38	..	143	2	S.E.
21	30·094	60·5	49·2	54·8	121	44	..	137	1	N.W.
22	30·000	64·8	56·0	60·4	122	53	..	261	8	N.W.
23	29·826	62·8	57·0	59·9	118	55	12	631	5	N.
24	29·557	63·8	56·8	60·3	123	53	40	588	1	N.
25	29·493	64·8	53·0	58·9	118	51	8	424	10	N.
26	29·920	63·0	46·0	54·5	114	41	..	258	10	N.W.
27	30·122	60·0	45·0	52·5	103	41	..	144	7	N.
28	30·127	63·3	55·0	59·1	121	52	..	221	10	E.
*	29·865	63·3	52·8	58·0	112·8	49·8	748	280	7	..
†	29·970	..	..	62·4	124·0	46·5	324	217	4·7	..

Means, &c. † Monthly means previous years.

Note.—The weather unusually dull, windy, and wet, the approximate mean monthly temperature being the lowest on record for the month of February. The mean daily range of temperature, 10·5°F. Mean relative humidity, 80 per cent. Mean dew point, 51·3°, and mean elastic force of vapour, 0·378 inches.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.

MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.

February, 1906.

Altitude above Sea-level in Feet.	Name of Station and Observer.	Absolute Mean Temp. Air in Shade.	Extremes.		Total Rainfall (100 Points to the Inch).	Days with Rain (½ Point or more).
			Mean Max. Temp.	Mean Min. Temp.
125	NORTH ISLAND. AUCKLAND T. F. Cheeseman	Deg. 63·0	Deg. 69·8	Deg. 56·2	Points. 225	8
925	ROTORUA T. F. McLaughlin	68·1	72·0	64·3	285	12
200	NEW PLYMOUTH G. W. Palmer	62·5	71·7	53·4	320	19
250	MOMOHAKEI F. Gillanders	57·9	63·7	52·1	672	13
119	LEVIN D. M. Cole	59·1	66·9	51·4	372	11
377	MASTERON A. G. Wise	58·0	67·1	48·2	538	13
..	TAURANGA Dr. W. Brown	63·6	73·5	53·6	347	11
..	GISBORNE A. Cuthbert	64·3	73·7	55·0	427	11
10	MERANEE, NAPIER.. Rev. Dr. Kennedy	60·8	70·1	51·8	535	11
140	WELLINGTON Rev. D. C. Bates	58·0	63·3	52·8	748	16
	Averages ..	61·5	69·2	53·9	447	12·5

SOUTH ISLAND.


..	NELSON J. Sharp and Dr. Hudson	61·4	69·4	53·5	160	8
1218	HANMER SPA J. B. Gould	55·9	64·8	47·1	1026	16
25	CHRISTCHURCH E. Kidson	55·9	63·3	48·6	397	13
42	LINCOLN G. Gray	58·1	66·2	49·9	562	12
300	LEITH VALLEY, DUN- EDIN H. Skey	53·2	60·2	46·4	467	18
12	HOKITIKA A. D. Macfarlane	59·3	67·6	51·1	572	9
..	INVERCARGILL D. G. Gilmour	55·8	63·7	48·0	154	16
	Averages ..	57·1	65·0	49·2	477	13·1

CORRIGENDA.—Mean temperature for Nelson in January, 60·5°, and average temperature for South Island, 57·6° for that month.

AVERAGES FROM THE CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLES FOR THE YEAR 1905.

---	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	April.	May.	June.	July.	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Averages & Totals.
NORTH ISLAND—
Mean temperature ..	60·9	63·4	61·8	57·0	53·8	49·8	48·2	49·9	52·5	55·2	58·0	60·6	55·9° F.
Rainfall, in points (100=1 inch)	235	91	278	294	562	829	517	337	482	636	365	308	49·34 in
Days with rain ..	12·0	5·6	8·0	11·7	14·2	19·6	14·3	14·5	20·0	19·0	17·0	12·5	168 days
SOUTH ISLAND—
Mean temperature ..	58·1	60·5	58·7	52·0	48·5	43·9	43·6	44·9	48·0	51·1	54·8	57·9	51·9° F.
Rainfall, in points (100=1 inch)	420	274	327	312	343	523	393	240	598	534	442	385	47·91 in.
Days with rain ..	14·3	7·7	12·2	14·0	10·0	14·0	13·7	11·6	18·0	16·5	15·0	14·5	161·5 days

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1906, No 20

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🪶 Convening First Meeting of Horouta Maori Council

Domain🪶 Māori Affairs
Dated12 March 1906
KeywordsMaori Councils Act 1900, Horouta Maori Council, Meeting, Tauma, Port Awanui
👩‍💼 Officials

J. Carroll, Native Minister

🎓 Meteorological Observations for Wellington, February 1906

Domain🎓 Education, Culture & Science
KeywordsMeteorology, Weather, Statistics, Temperature, Rainfall, Barometer, Wind, Wellington

🎓 Climatological Table of Means and Totals for February 1906

Domain🎓 Education, Culture & Science
KeywordsClimatology, Statistics, Temperature, Rainfall, Observers, North Island, South Island
👱🏽 Names

18 names identified

T. F. Cheeseman, Observer, Auckland
T. F. McLaughlin, Observer, Rotorua
G. W. Palmer, Observer, New Plymouth
F. Gillanders, Observer, Momohakei
D. M. Cole, Observer, Levin
A. G. Wise, Observer, Masterton
W. Brown (Dr.), Observer, Tauranga
A. Cuthbert, Observer, Gisborne
Kennedy (Rev. Dr.), Observer, Meranee, Napier
D. C. Bates (Rev.), Observer, Wellington
J. Sharp, Observer, Nelson
Hudson (Dr.), Observer, Nelson
J. B. Gould, Observer, Hanmer Spa
E. Kidson, Observer, Christchurch
G. Gray, Observer, Lincoln
H. Skey, Observer, Leith Valley, Dunedin
A. D. Macfarlane, Observer, Hokitika
D. G. Gilmour, Observer, Invercargill

🎓 Averages from Climatological Tables for the Year 1905

Domain🎓 Education, Culture & Science
KeywordsClimatology, Annual Averages, Temperature, Rainfall, North Island, South Island, 1905

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