OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT NEW PLYMOUTH, TARANAKI, NEW ZEALAND, FOR THE YEAR ENDING THE 31st DECEMBER, 1867.

Latitude 39° 3' 35" South; longitude 174° 4' 58" East. Height above the sea, 70 feet.

| | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|------------|-----------|------------|---------------|
| | 30.05 | 30.146 | 30.038 | 29.957 | 29.861 | 29.827 | 29.919 | 29.704 | 29.683 | 29.91 | Mean for the year. |
| | | .746 | 1.111 | .98 | 1.48 | 1.44 | .73 | .69 | 1.17 | .91 | " |
| | 41 | | | | 48 | 44 | .73 | .69 | .91 | .955 | " |
| | 74 | 72.8 | 64.3 | 62.3 | 60 | 59.2 | 64.4 | 63.3 | 65.8 | 72.2 | " |
| | | | | | | | | | 67.7 | " |
| | 48.2 | 50.7 | 47.2 | 41.2 | 46.2 | 43.4 | 41.8 | 48.7 | 49.9 | 51.1 | 48 |
| | 61.1 | 61.7 | 55.3 | 51.7 | 50.6 | 51.3 | 53.1 | 56 | 57.6 | 61.6 | 57.7 |
| | 84* | 82 | 74 | 74 | 75 | 68 | 72 | 67 | 75 | 81 | Maximum in January. |
| | 40 | 38 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 31 | 43 | 37 | 42 | 30 | Minimum in June. |
| | 44 | 44 | 40 | 44 | 33 | 36 | 41 | 24 | 38 | 39 | Mean for the year. |
| | 25.8 | 22.1 | 17.1 | 21.1 | 18.8 | 15.8 | 22.6 | 14.5 | 15.4 | 21.5 | 20.1 |
| | 36 | 35 | 29 | 34 | 31 | 28 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 36 | Max. Jan., Feb. and March |
| | 17 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 6 | Minimum 5th November. |
| | 106.8 | 94.5 | 74 | 65.6 | 67.8 | 70.9 | 85.4 | 88 | 96.2 | 72.2 | 85.5 Mean of the year. |
| | 123 | 107 | 96 | 75 | 79 | 87 | 101 | 108 | 110 | 122 | Maximum 7th March. |
| | 52 | 49.9 | 45.8 | 43 | 42.4 | 43.6 | 43.6 | 47.7 | 46.7 | 51.5 | 48.2 Mean. |
| | 48 | 39 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 34 | 34 | 41 | 34 | 44 | 31 Minimum 11th July. |
| | 55.5 | 59.8 | 51.2 | 50.3 | 49.6 | 49.2 | 52.7 | 52.4 | 53.8 | 59.2 | 55.6 Mean. |
| | 70.2 | 76.3 | 79.5 | 89.1 | 81 | 86 | 92.9 | 79 | 74.7 | 79.1 | 80.9 |
| | 5 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 165 Sum. |
| | 0.35 | 3.16 | 5.76 | 3.57 | 8.32 | 7.32 | 2.72 | 7.23 | 8.56 | 5.04 | 60.69 |
| | 0.18 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.81 | 2.79 | 0.74 | 1.25 | 2 | 1.74 | 2.81 Maximum 30th July. |
| | 5 | 42 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 6.1 Mean. |
| | 196.3 | 115.8 | 195.5 | 109.4 | 153.2 | 231 | 122 | 229.5 | 315.3 | 175.4 | 177.3 Mean. |
| | 834 | 329 | 572 | 430 | 471 | 497 | 385 | 425 | 613 | 363 | 613 Maximum November. |
| | 7 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 19 | 39 | 57 | 30 | 0 Minimum in April. |
| Rainfall (in.)| 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 Sum. |
| | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 33 | |
| | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| | 2 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 38 |
| | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 84 |
| | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 34 |
| | 3 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 83 |
| | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 28 |
| | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

REMARKS.

And the lowest 28.76 on the 31st July.

Gales.—March: One, S., 69 hours; one, S.E., 30 hours. April: One, S.E., 20 hours. May: One, N.E., 12 hours; one, S.E., 6 days; one, S.E., 14 hours. June: One, S.E., 56 hours. July: One, W., 40 hours; one, W., 16 hours; one, W., 40 hours. August: One, W. and N.W., 70 hours; one, S.E., 26 hours; one, N.W., 40 hours. September: One, S.E., 8 hours; one, S.E., 36 hours. October: One, N.W., 3 days; one, N.W., few hours in night; one, W., 3 days; one, W., 30 hours; one, N.W., 29 hours; one, W., 18 hours. November: One, N.W., 56 hours; one, W., 18 hours; one, N.W., 60 hours; one, S.W., 30 hours; one, N.W., 5 hours. December: One, N.W., 12 hours.

Eight thus making 268 fine working days and 98 days with rain, of which 20 consecutive days without rain—20 days, 27 hours.

EDWARD L. HUMPHRIES, Meteorological Observer.