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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 83

New Zealand Rainfall for April, 1919—continued.

SOUTH ISLAND—continued.

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

Waratah, Albury .. .. 233 9
Kakahu Bush, Geraldine .. .. 213 7
Pleasant Point .. .. 221 6
Te Pah Farm, Seadown .. .. 239 8
Smithfield .. .. 324 8
Timaru Reservoir .. .. 303 7
Benmore Station, Omarama .. .. 281 7
Otiake .. .. 241 9
Livingstone .. .. 370 9
Arnmore, Windsor .. .. 241 7
Totara Station, near Oamaru .. .. 288 11
Duntroon .. .. 258 6
Pukeuri, Oamaru .. .. 250 11
Oamaru .. .. 227 10
Steward Settlement, Oamaru .. .. ..
Trotter’s Creek, Hillgrove .. .. 380 10
Kawoo Hill, Maheno .. .. 273 13
Balraddery, Kauroo Hill, Maheno .. .. 299 11
Bushey Park, Palmerston South .. .. 370 11
Opeho, Dunedin (383ft.) .. .. 526 15
Burnside, Dunedin .. .. 494 18
Fish-hatchery, Portobello .. .. 519 17
Whare Flat .. .. 590 13
Mosgiel .. .. 442 11

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

Paerau .. .. .. 525 13
Great Moss Swamp, via Patearoa .. .. 374 15
Eweburn Nursery, Ranfurly .. .. 414 13
Waipiata .. .. 388 13
Naseby .. .. 410 8
Gladbrook Station, Middlemarch .. .. 367 14
Mount Pisa Station, Cromwell .. .. 206 6
Maungawera, Otago .. .. 245 4
Luggate, Cromwell .. .. 209 7
Manorburn Dam.. .. .. 349 14
Queenstown .. .. 279 11
Moa Creek .. .. 265 11
Little Valley .. .. ..
St. Bathan’s .. .. 432 8
Blackstone Hill .. .. 326 5
Clyde .. .. 237 8
Earnscleugh .. .. 203 9
Roxburgh .. .. 400 11
Sunnyvale Orchard, Island Block .. .. ..
Balclutha .. .. 345 20
Garston .. .. 339 9
Fairlight Station, Nokomai .. .. 380 12

New Zealand Rainfall for April, 1919—continued.

SOUTH ISLAND—continued.

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

Glenfalloch Station, Nokomai .. .. 412 12
Wendonside .. .. 465 14
Wendon .. .. 478 15
Lawrence .. .. 540 16
Owaka .. .. .. ..
Kelso, Otago .. .. .. ..
Tapanui Nursery .. .. 590 22
Waikawa Valley.. .. .. 885 24
Wharuarimu .. .. 737 23
Uplands, Waimahaka .. .. 813 24
Roslin Estate, Woodlands .. .. 678 21
Dipton .. .. .. 295 5
Bluff .. .. .. ..
Radio-Awarua .. .. 714 27
Nightcaps .. .. 437 18
Otatau .. .. 687 18
Creighton .. .. 390 14
Manapouri .. .. 379 11

(I.) ISLANDS.

Centre Island .. .. 711 21
Stewart Island .. .. 867 27
Half-moon Bay, Stewart Island .. .. 792 27
Niue Island .. .. .. ..
Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands .. .. .. ..
Aitutaki Island, Cook Islands .. .. 304 18
Mangaia, Cook Islands .. .. 555 10
Chatham Island .. .. 161 14

LATE RETURNS.

Kaituna, February, 1919 .. .. 27 1
Tutira Lake, January, 1919 .. .. 83 2
” February, 1919 .. .. 581 7
” March, 1919 .. .. 89 6
Okura, March, 1919 .. .. 1118 10
Keinton Combe, January, 1919 .. .. 440 2
” February, 1919 .. .. 250 2
” March, 1919 .. .. 72 2
Aitutaki, January, 1919 .. .. 1541 21
” February, 1919 .. .. 1619 19
” March, 1919 .. .. 178 13
Strathblane, December, 1918 .. .. 380 10
Niue Island, November, 1918 .. .. 661 9
” December, 1918 .. .. 646 14
” January, 1919 .. .. 439 9
” February, 1919 .. .. 556 11

Notice to Mariners.—No. 34 of 1919.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 8th July, 1919.

THE following Notices to Mariners, which have been received from the Hydrographic Office, London, are published for general information.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

MINE WARNING TO MARINERS.

1. MARINERS are hereby informed that the South Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, and Pacific Zone defined in Mine Warning to Mariners No. 2, paragraph 8, is considered clear of moored mines, with the exception of the mined areas in the vicinity of Three Kings (North Island, New Zealand) and Cape Farewell (South Island, New Zealand), details of which are given below.
   Navigation in this zone is unrestricted except as laid down in sections 2 and 3.

2. THREE KINGS (NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND).—Mines are laid on a line joining lat. 34° 6′ S., long. 172° 40′ E., and lat. 34° 19½′ S., long. 172° 48′ E. Vessels are not to approach within ten miles of this line in any direction.

3. CAPE FAREWELL (NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND).—Mines are laid on a line between lat. 40° 7′ S., long. 172° 42′ E., and lat. 40° 28½′ S., long. 172° 26′ E. Vessels are to avoid the area bounded on the north by the parallel of lat. 39° 55′ S., on the east by the meridian of longitude passing through Farewell Spit Lighthouse (long. 173° 1′ E.), on the south by the land, and on the west by the meridian of longitude passing through Kahurangi Point (long. 172° 13′ E.).

WIRELESS METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION TO AND FROM SHIPS AT SEA.

GENERAL REMARKS.

1. It is earnestly hoped that all concerned will assist in making the wireless meteorological service a success. Negotiations are now in hand to extend and unify the system of collecting weather data by wireless from ships at sea all over the world, and at the same time to organize the free transmission of weather bulletins from a sufficient number of wireless stations to admit of ships being constantly supplied with reliable weather reports and forecasts wherever they may be.

2. It should be borne in mind that the needs of ships at sea in regard to information regarding the weather will march hand in hand with the requirements of aircraft. The importance of this service will therefore be constantly increasing, and its success or failure will largely depend upon the cooperation of ships at sea in providing the data, without which accurate forecasting is impossible. The matter does not depend solely upon the efforts of the ships selected to furnish the data. The essence of success lies in rapidity in passing such data by wireless from the ship to the coast station, and thence to the central meteorological office. It follows, therefore, that all ships not taking an active part in supplying data should use the greatest care not to interfere with the transmission of the wireless messages to the shore.

3. The following particulars refer to the scheme now being undertaken by the British Meteorological Office. This notice will, however, be subject to revision from time to time, and endeavours will be made to include in each revision all information available to date of the weather bulletins issued by the wireless stations of the world. Earnest endeavours are being made to obtain international agreement as to the form