Rainfall Statistics and Maritime Notices




Oct. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 3441

New Zealand Rainfall for August, 1918—continued.

Station. Total Fall, Points (100 to Inch). Days with Rain.

SOUTH ISLAND—continued.

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

Waratah, Albury .. .. 306 9
Kakahu Bush, Geraldine .. .. 356 8
Pleasant Point .. .. .. 283 7
Te Pah Farm, Seadown .. .. 316 7
Smithfield .. .. 301 7
Timaru Reservoir .. .. 233 8
Benmore Station, Omarama .. .. 288 7
Otiake .. .. .. .. 205 9
Borton’s Siding .. .. .. 275 7
Livingstone .. .. .. 275 9
Arnmore, Windsor .. .. 209 7
Totara Station, near Oamaru .. .. 242 8
Duntroon .. .. .. 221 5
Pukeuri, Oamaru .. .. 315 8
Oamaru .. .. .. 267 11
Steward Settlement, Oamaru .. .. 289 10
Trotter’s Creek, Hillgrove .. .. 325 9
Kauroo Hill, Maheno .. .. 340 11
Balruddery, Kauroo Hill, Maheno .. .. 334 14
Bushey Park, Palmerston South .. .. 289 11
Opoho, Dunedin (383 ft.) .. .. 303 11
Burnside, Dunedin .. .. 260 10
Fish-hatchery, Portobello .. ..
Whare Flat .. .. ..
Mosgiel .. .. ..

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

Paerau .. .. .. 369 9
Great Moss Swamp, via Patearoa .. .. 347 10
Eweburn Nursery, Ranfurly .. .. 159 13
Waipiata .. .. .. 171 8
Naseby .. .. .. 210 7
Kokonga .. .. .. ..
Gladbrook Station, Middlemarch .. .. 369 15
Mount Pisa Station, Cromwell .. .. 59 3
Maungawera, Otago .. .. 229 9
Luggate, Cromwell .. .. 186 6
Manorburn Dam.. .. .. 179 9
Queenstown .. .. .. ..
Moa Creek .. .. .. 154 8
Little Valley .. .. .. ..
St. Bathan’s .. .. .. 190 11
Blackstone Hill .. .. .. ..
Clyde .. .. .. 153 10
Earnscleugh .. .. .. 139 8
Roxburgh .. .. .. 358 11
Sunnyvale Orchard, Island Block .. .. ..
Balclutha .. .. .. 255 14
Garston .. .. .. 141 3
Glenfalloch Station, Nokomai .. .. 137 8
Wendon .. .. .. 338 16
Lawrence .. .. .. 241 12
Owaka .. .. .. 503 8
Kelso, Otago .. .. .. 280 18
Tapanui Nursery .. .. .. 298 17
Waikawa Valley.. .. .. 453 24

New Zealand Rainfall for August, 1918—continued.

Station. Total Fall, Points (100 to Inch). Days with Rain.

SOUTH ISLAND—continued.

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

Wharuaimu .. .. .. 540 23
Uplands, Waimahaka .. .. 514 16
Roslin Estate, Woodlands .. .. 385 17
Balfour .. .. .. ..
Dipton .. .. .. 281 7
Bluff .. .. .. 434 23
Radio-Awarua .. .. .. 515 21
Nightcaps .. .. .. 448 15
Otatau .. .. .. 537 12
Creighton, Lake Wakatipu .. .. 450 10
Manapouri .. .. .. 532 14

(I.) ISLANDS.

Centre Island .. .. .. 482 20
Stewart Island .. .. .. 675 25
Half-moon Bay, Stewart Island .. .. 706 26
Niue Island .. .. .. ..
Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands .. .. ..
Aitutaki Island, Cook Islands .. .. 1292 12
Mangaia, Cook Islands .. .. ..
Chatham Island .. .. .. ..

LATE RETURNS.

Kaukapakapa, February, 1918 .. 607 17
Cuvier Island, July, 1918 .. .. 277 15
Belle Vue Farm, July, 1918 .. .. 395 21
Waiawa, July, 1918 .. .. 380 19
Mautotara, November, 1917 .. .. 433 11
Raukokore, December, 1917 .. .. 391 7
Kaitaia, March, 1918 .. .. 199 6
Keretoki Station, July, 1918 .. .. 1397 21
Ngaruawahia, December, 1917 .. .. 371 11
Ngatimaru, March, 1918 .. .. 463 6
,, July, 1918 .. .. 628 13
Upper Mangorei, February, 1918 .. .. 689 16
Kairanga, January, 1918 .. .. 256 6
Marybank, Wanganui, March, 1918 .. .. 190 5
,, ,, June, 1918 .. .. 94 11
East Cape, May, 1918 .. .. 126 9
,, June, 1918 .. .. 491 15
,, July, 1918 .. .. 166 14
Muriwai, July, 1918 .. .. 342 13
Ditton, July, 1918 .. .. 709 26
Karori Reservoir, March, 1918 .. .. 466 12
Karama, July, 1918 .. .. 840 20
Mount Peel, June, 1918 .. .. 336 9
Pleasant Point, July, 1918 .. .. 278 7
Niue Island, May, 1918 .. .. 499 13
,, June, 1918 .. .. 96 7
Avarua, May, 1918 .. .. 190 12
,, June, 1918 .. .. 364 13
,, July, 1918 .. .. 337 16
Creighton, Lake Wakatipu, May, 1918 .. .. 474 12
,, ,, June, 1918 .. .. 115 8
,, ,, July, 1918 .. .. 498 14

Notice to Mariners.—No. 60 of 1918.

AUCKLAND HARBOUR.—ORAKEI WHARF LIGHT.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 25th September, 1918.

THE Auckland Harbour Board have notified that a red sector will be shown in the light at the end of Orakei Wharf to assist the masters of the ferry steamers to keep clear of the beacons at the end of the Orakei sewer outfall. This light will show a red sector between 228° (S. 33° W. magnetic) round by west to 288° (N. 87° W. magnetic). This change will be made on and after the night of Friday, 4th October.

Charts, &c., affected.—Admiralty Chart No. 1970; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter ii, page 38: “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1918, page 259.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

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Notice to Mariners.—No. 61 of 1918.

“NEW ZEALAND NAUTICAL ALMANAC AND TIDE-TABLES FOR 1919”; AND SUPPLEMENT TO THE “NEW ZEALAND PILOT,” EIGHTH EDITION, 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 24th September, 1918.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Marine Department has now published the “New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables for 1919,” with supplementary information to date relating to the “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908.

The work contains about 530 pages, and about forty maps and plans of harbours, wharves, &c., with latest alterations, and much information relating to the principal ports and harbours of New Zealand and of value to mariners; also the usual nautical almanac data required in the ordinary navigation of ships, tide-tables (calculated by the New Zealand Lands and Survey Department) giving time and



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🏗️ New Zealand Rainfall for August, 1918 (continued from previous page)

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Rainfall, Weather, Statistics, South Island, August 1918

🚂 Notice to Mariners regarding Orakei Wharf Light

🚂 Transport & Communications
25 September 1918
Maritime, Navigation, Orakei Wharf, Auckland Harbour
  • George Allport, Secretary

🚂 Publication of New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide-Tables for 1919

🚂 Transport & Communications
24 September 1918
Maritime, Nautical Almanac, Tide-Tables, Navigation