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RETURN showing Result of a Storm-Warning, 1878.

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B« it. Warning Sent. Month. Place sent to. Direction of Wind. Force of Wind. Barometer Movement. Sea Movement, Jo warning sent, as gale not expected lad weather probable any direction between North-east and North and West, further fall of glass, and wind back May 17 Auckland Lyttelton Timaru... Port Chalmers... Oamaru Grey mouth Hokitika J» N.W. N.W. N.W. Line N.W. No Heavy gale Heavy gale Gale down on Gale return. Good Good Good 18th. Good lad weather probable any direction between North-east and North-west; glass fall again soon ; sea increase !ad weather probable any direction between North and West and South-west; glass falling soon ;. expect heavy sea )) Now Plymouth Opunake Westport Napier ... Wanganui Nelson ... Tophouse Blenheim Kaikoura Bluff Queenstown ... Roxburgh Balclutha Naseby ... Bealoy ... Grahamstown ... Tauranga Gisborne Coromandel Tokatea Taupo ... Cambridge Opotiki... Manukau N.W. W.N.W. N.W. N.W. West S.W. S.W. North S.E. Mod. gale Fresh Gale Gale Mod. gale Gale Heavy gale Fresh Heavy gale No Wrong Wrong Good Good Good Good Good Good Wrong return. Good Good Good return. Good Good Good Wrong Good Good Good Wrong Good Wrong Good II Good Good » )} N.W. S.W. N.W. Gale Mod. gale Galo No North Gale Mod. gale Gale Mod. gale Gale Fresh Fresh Fresh Gale Fresh S.W. South S.W. S.W. West West N.W. N.W. Bad weather probable any direction between North and West and South-west; glass fall; heavy sea Indication strong winds any direction between North and West and South-west Good Russell ... Whangarei Hokianga N.W. N.W. Fresh Light Light Good Good Wrong Bad weather probable any direction between North and West and South-west, and glass further fall April 29 Port Chalmers... Lyttelton Bluff Roxburgh Qtieenstown Bealey ... Timaru... Oamaru Kaikoura Kekerangu Balclutha Wanganui Blenheim Tophouse New Plymouth Grey mouth Hokitika Westport Opunake Castlepoint Grahamstown ... Gisborne Cambridge Auckland Hokianga Russell... Whangarei Coromandel Tokatea Tauranga Taupo ... Opotiki... Manukau W.S.W. Gale Good return. return. Wrong Good Good Good Good Good Good Wrong Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good return. Wrong Good Good Good Good Good Good return. Good Good Good Good }j No No M j) » )i }t » >i n a N.W. N.W. N.W. W.S.W. S.W. N.W. N.W. N.W. N.W. N.W. West N.N.W. North North W.N.W. North N.W. Gale Gale Gale Light Light Gale Gale Gale Gale Mod. galo Mod. galo Galo Fresh Gale Gale Heavy gale Fresh No » )} Bad weather probable any direction between North and West and South-west, and further fall of glass ; expect increase sea )} JJ )) Good Good Good Good >, Bad weather probable any direction between North and West and South-west, and glass further fall 30 H li S.W. N.W. N.W. N.W. N.N.W. N.W. S.W. Gale Gale Light Heavy gale Gale Heavy gale Heavy gale No Light Gale Gale Heavy gale n M »> ») Bad weather probable any direction between North and West and South-west; further fall of glass ; expect much sea Gale in before warning sent ... >J M H j) West West N.W. N.W. Good Wrong )) )) j» Napier ... N.W. Gale Good