Rainfall Statistics




July 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2655

New Zealand Rainfall for April, 1914—continued.

Station. Observer. Total Fall, Points (100 to Inch). Days with Rain. Maximum Fall, and Date.

SOUTH ISLAND—continued.

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

Hanmer Springs Nursery .. .. W. A. Morrison .. 361 14 112 on 28th
Highfield, Amuri .. .. F. S. Northcote .. 284 10 180 on 27th
Keinton Combe, Waiau, Amuri .. .. Colonel R. A. Chaffey .. 353 8 250 on 27th
Waiau .. .. J. R. Crocker .. 289 12 177 on 27th
Mackenzie, Cheviot .. .. A. C. Bellwood .. 313 14 185 on 27th
Waikari .. .. C. Blake .. .. ..
Stoke Grange, Springbank .. .. C. Rance .. 481 14 163 on 27th
Oxford East .. .. R. H. Gainsford .. 397 9 161 on 26th
Amberley .. .. F. G. Lewton .. 370 8 156 on 26th
Singletree, Alford Forest.. .. A. J. Grigg .. 696 13 265 on 26th
Mount Somers .. .. Rev. P. H. Pritchett .. 480 12 153 on 27th
Bealey .. .. W. Paine .. 691 9 156 on 14th
Bealey Flat .. .. H. M. Sinclair .. 2512 23 510 on 13th
Rhodes Convalescent Home, Cashmere Hills .. The Matron (Miss R. M. Hayward .. 224 13 80 on 26th
Ngapua, Cashmere Hills .. .. W. Guise Brittan .. 221 13 95 on 26th
New Brighton .. .. Rev. H. H. Mathias .. 304 8 163 on 26th
Otahuna, Tai Tapu .. .. Hon. R. H. Rhodes .. 371 11 94 on 8th
Hororata .. .. G. Hall .. 494 12 144 on 27th
Little Akaloa .. .. H. Coombs Newton .. 277 10 61 on 20th
Mount Torlesse, Springfield .. .. P. H. Johnson .. 477 9 110 on 28th
Methven .. .. S. Smith .. .. ..
Rudstone, Methven .. .. James Carr .. 576 17 191 on 26th
Kisselton, Lake Coleridge .. .. W. R. Pope .. 483 15 119 on 27th
Lake Coleridge Homestead .. .. G. S. Milsom.. 474 16 162 on 26th
Glenariffe, Double Hill .. .. Mrs. W. G. Gallagher .. 530 16 120 on 7th
Kyle .. .. J. Lambie .. 291 6 120 on 27th
Winchmore, Ashburton .. .. A. Curtis .. 408 10 145 on 26th
Porateko, Mayfield .. .. Miss Gladys Wood .. 485 16 200 on 28th
Ashburton .. .. J. Readhead .. 315 13 128 on 27th
Fairview, Springburn .. .. Wm. T. Smith .. 455 13 180 on 26th
Evandale, Mount Somers .. .. Capt. W. A. Morgan .. 409 13 135 on 28th
Lynnford, Hinds .. .. J. W. Dell .. 322 16 105 on 26th
Coniston, Ashburton .. .. Capt. W. A. Morgan .. 342 10 131 on 27th
Mount Peel, Rangitata .. .. Mrs. Geo. Dickson .. 533 11 226 on 27th
Peel Forest .. .. W. E. Barker .. 592 12 177 on 27th
Huntsham, Peel Forest .. .. C. A. Dunn .. 477 13 159 on 26th
Kapunatiki, Rangitata .. .. L. J. Grant .. 290 9 158 on 26th
The Heights, Geraldine .. .. W. M. Moore.. 465 17 214 on 26th
Orari Gorge .. .. A. J. Blakiston .. 614 16 214 on 27th
Orari Estate, Orari .. .. G. A. Macdonald .. 380 11 176 on 26th
Balmoral .. .. L. M. Sams .. 201 5 124 on 27th
Braemar .. .. G. Murray .. 466 12 115 on 14th
Lambrook, Fairlie .. .. R. E. Gillingham .. 306 10 150 on 27th
Mary Burn Station, Mackenzie Country .. Mrs. A. C. Bowe .. 387 13 111 on 13th
Godley Peaks, Te Kapo, Mackenzie Country .. Alex. McRae .. 376 14 74 on 14th
Rhoborough Downs, Lake Pukaki, Mackenzie Country .. D. P. MacRae .. 418 10 100 on 12th and 13th
Athlone, Albury .. .. Graham G. Hayton .. 221 8 120 on 27th
Waratah, Albury .. .. N. Spence .. 517 13 217 on 27th
Kakahu Bush, Geraldine .. .. Miss A. Thomson .. 372 12 132 on 27th
Pleasant Point .. .. J. Bishop .. 211 9 73 on 27th
Te Pah Farm, Seadown .. .. G. L. Twentyman .. 202 14 59 on 28th
Timaru Reservoir .. .. J. Courtney .. 150 8 50 on 26th
Hermitage, Mount Cook (2,510 ft.) .. .. O. R. Cook .. .. ..
Benmore Station, Omarama .. .. J. Sutherland .. 422 14 127 on 13th
Otekaike .. .. G. Benstead .. .. ..
Otiake .. .. Geo. D. Grant .. 146 11 57 on 26th
Borton’s Siding .. .. T. Pryor .. 181 7 75 on 8th
Livingstone .. .. T. Charters .. 278 9 85 on 27th
Arnmore, Windsor .. .. P. S. Shand .. 192 9 50 on 26th
Totara Station, near Oamaru .. .. J. Macpherson .. 296 14 60 on 26th
Oamaru .. .. Ivan Patterson .. 223 12 77 on 9th
Trotter’s Creek, Hillgrove .. .. W. S. D. Trotter .. 222 19 84 on 26th
Kauroo Hill, Maheno .. .. A. Robertson.. 163 14 60 on 26th
Balruddery, Kauroo Hill, Maheno .. .. J. F. Mitchell.. 146 16 45 on 26th
Bushey Park, Palmerston South .. .. Mrs. Roderick McKenzie .. 225 15 73 on 26th
Opoho, Dunedin (383 ft.) .. .. J. W. Paulin .. 352 15 65 on 5th and 26th
Fish-hatchery, Portobello .. .. W. Adams .. 281 13 78 on 9th
Whare Flat .. .. R. McMeeking .. 509 15 173 on 9th

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

Paerau .. .. Charles Cattanach .. 222 13 43 on 8th
Great Moss Swamp, via Patearoa .. .. Elizabeth Henderson .. 127 13 25 on 16th
Eweburn Nursery, Ranfurly .. .. A. W. Roberts .. 207 15 37 on 5th
Naseby .. .. J. Reed .. 304 13 80 on 6th
Kokonga .. .. John R. Peterson .. 140 9 80 on 26th
Gladbrook Station, Middlemarch .. .. A. McKinnon .. 148 16 50 on 7th
Duntroon .. .. James E. Tallentire .. 192 11 46 on 26th
Mount Pisa Station, Cromwell .. .. W. A. Scaife .. 297 8 116 on 13th
Luggate, Cromwell .. .. David Grierson .. 455 12 130 on 13th
Manorburn Dam .. .. James A. Begg .. 281 7 85 on 8th
Queenstown .. .. J. A. Algie .. 510 8 140 on 5th
Moa Creek .. .. W. D. Millar .. 113 7 29 on 7th
Galloway, Alexandra South .. .. A. Gunn .. 116 9 24 on 8th and 15th



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🏗️ New Zealand Rainfall for April, 1914 (continued from previous page)

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Rainfall, Climate, Stations, New Zealand
81 names identified
  • W. A. Morrison, Observer at Hanmer Springs Nursery
  • F. S. Northcote, Observer at Highfield, Amuri
  • R. A. Chaffey (Colonel), Observer at Keinton Combe, Waiau, Amuri
  • J. R. Crocker, Observer at Waiau
  • A. C. Bellwood, Observer at Mackenzie, Cheviot
  • C. Blake, Observer at Waikari
  • C. Rance, Observer at Stoke Grange, Springbank
  • R. H. Gainsford, Observer at Oxford East
  • F. G. Lewton, Observer at Amberley
  • A. J. Grigg, Observer at Singletree, Alford Forest
  • P. H. Pritchett (Rev.), Observer at Mount Somers
  • W. Paine, Observer at Bealey
  • H. M. Sinclair, Observer at Bealey Flat
  • R. M. Hayward (Miss), Matron at Rhodes Convalescent Home, Cashmere Hills
  • W. Guise Brittan, Observer at Ngapua, Cashmere Hills
  • H. H. Mathias (Rev.), Observer at New Brighton
  • R. H. Rhodes (Hon.), Observer at Otahuna, Tai Tapu
  • G. Hall, Observer at Hororata
  • H. Coombs Newton, Observer at Little Akaloa
  • P. H. Johnson, Observer at Mount Torlesse, Springfield
  • S. Smith, Observer at Methven
  • James Carr, Observer at Rudstone, Methven
  • W. R. Pope, Observer at Kisselton, Lake Coleridge
  • G. S. Milsom, Observer at Lake Coleridge Homestead
  • W. G. Gallagher (Mrs.), Observer at Glenariffe, Double Hill
  • J. Lambie, Observer at Kyle
  • A. Curtis, Observer at Winchmore, Ashburton
  • Gladys Wood (Miss), Observer at Porateko, Mayfield
  • J. Readhead, Observer at Ashburton
  • Wm. T. Smith, Observer at Fairview, Springburn
  • W. A. Morgan (Capt.), Observer at Evandale, Mount Somers
  • J. W. Dell, Observer at Lynnford, Hinds
  • W. A. Morgan (Capt.), Observer at Coniston, Ashburton
  • Geo. Dickson (Mrs.), Observer at Mount Peel, Rangitata
  • W. E. Barker, Observer at Peel Forest
  • C. A. Dunn, Observer at Huntsham, Peel Forest
  • L. J. Grant, Observer at Kapunatiki, Rangitata
  • W. M. Moore, Observer at The Heights, Geraldine
  • A. J. Blakiston, Observer at Orari Gorge
  • G. A. Macdonald, Observer at Orari Estate, Orari
  • L. M. Sams, Observer at Balmoral
  • G. Murray, Observer at Braemar
  • R. E. Gillingham, Observer at Lambrook, Fairlie
  • A. C. Bowe (Mrs.), Observer at Mary Burn Station, Mackenzie Country
  • Alex. McRae, Observer at Godley Peaks, Te Kapo, Mackenzie Country
  • D. P. MacRae, Observer at Rhoborough Downs, Lake Pukaki, Mackenzie Country
  • Graham G. Hayton, Observer at Athlone, Albury
  • N. Spence, Observer at Waratah, Albury
  • A. Thomson (Miss), Observer at Kakahu Bush, Geraldine
  • J. Bishop, Observer at Pleasant Point
  • G. L. Twentyman, Observer at Te Pah Farm, Seadown
  • J. Courtney, Observer at Timaru Reservoir
  • O. R. Cook, Observer at Hermitage, Mount Cook
  • J. Sutherland, Observer at Benmore Station, Omarama
  • G. Benstead, Observer at Otekaike
  • Geo. D. Grant, Observer at Otiake
  • T. Pryor, Observer at Borton’s Siding
  • T. Charters, Observer at Livingstone
  • P. S. Shand, Observer at Arnmore, Windsor
  • J. Macpherson, Observer at Totara Station, near Oamaru
  • Ivan Patterson, Observer at Oamaru
  • W. S. D. Trotter, Observer at Trotter’s Creek, Hillgrove
  • A. Robertson, Observer at Kauroo Hill, Maheno
  • J. F. Mitchell, Observer at Balruddery, Kauroo Hill, Maheno
  • Roderick McKenzie (Mrs.), Observer at Bushey Park, Palmerston South
  • J. W. Paulin, Observer at Opoho, Dunedin
  • W. Adams, Observer at Fish-hatchery, Portobello
  • R. McMeeking, Observer at Whare Flat
  • Charles Cattanach, Observer at Paerau
  • Elizabeth Henderson, Observer at Great Moss Swamp, via Patearoa
  • A. W. Roberts, Observer at Eweburn Nursery, Ranfurly
  • J. Reed, Observer at Naseby
  • John R. Peterson, Observer at Kokonga
  • A. McKinnon, Observer at Gladbrook Station, Middlemarch
  • James E. Tallentire, Observer at Duntroon
  • W. A. Scaife, Observer at Mount Pisa Station, Cromwell
  • David Grierson, Observer at Luggate, Cromwell
  • James A. Begg, Observer at Manorburn Dam
  • J. A. Algie, Observer at Queenstown
  • W. D. Millar, Observer at Moa Creek
  • A. Gunn, Observer at Galloway, Alexandra South