APPENDIX.

COLONY OF FIJI.

RÉSUMÉ OF TOTAL EXPORTS FOR YEARS 1879 AND 1880.

Carried forward £133,037 14 0 Carried forward £194,646 14 4

TOTAL VALUE OF IMPORTS, WITH THE DUTY COLLECTED THEREFROM FOR THE YEARS 1879, 1880.

PORTS.

VALUE OF ARTICLES IMPORTED TOTAL AMOUNT OF DUTY COL-
INTO THE COLONY.

LECTED.

N.B. The results contained in the above table have been reduced from observations taken daily throughout the year at 9 a.m., except the barometers. Thermometers by Cassella. Rain-gauge by Negretti and Zambra, 5-inch circular, fully exposed; orifice 2 feet 7 inches above ground.

NOTES ON 1878.

Extreme range of temperature in shade 33.7°, or from 96.8° on March 7th to 63.1° on July 9th.

Highest mean temperature for any twenty-four hours, 85.5° on 7th March.
Lowest mean temperature for any twenty-four hours, 70.0° on 2nd September.
Greatest daily range, 25-3° on July 9th.

Least daily range, 3.8° on February 11th.

MERCURIAL BAROMETER.

By Negretti and Zambra, compared with the standard in the Sydney Observatory, and through it with the British standard at Kew; index error 0·007. Readings were taken throughout the year at 9 a.m., 3 p.m., and 9 p.m. The monthly and yearly means have been deduced from the morning and afternoon readings, omitting the night, and are corrected for index error, reduced to 32° Fah., and sea-level. The greatest and least pressure of the atmosphere during the year was 30.141 on 12th July, and 29.404 on 11th December, all corrections applied. The 3 p.m. readi

averaged 0.069 lower than those taken at 9 a.m. The 9 p.m. readings exceeded the 9 a.m. by an average of 0.007 in December, January, and February; while during the remaining nine months of the year the 9 a.m. averaged 015 higher than the 9 p.m. observations.

RAINFALL.

The total fall for the year 1879-105 16 inches-was short of the previous eight years' average by 1·03 inches. During the dry season-June to September-13.24 inches were collected, against 11·98 inches average for same four months in previous eight years. No floods occurred from excessive rainfall at any one period. Rainfall for week ending Saturday the 15th was 9.73 inches in 64 hours. The following are the only noteworthy entries, showing amount of precipitation in stated times:

On January 11th and 12th, heavy squalls of wind and rain occurred from N. to N.W. February 11th was stormy and very wet; from the 9th of that month till the morning of the 14th no sun was visible, being the longest overcast period on record here. On 11th December there occurred a strong gale with only light rainfall. It began from S.E. with thunderstorm, passing round to N.E., whence it blew hardest at nightfall. Barometer minimum at 3 p.m., viz., 29,404-all corrections applied. During the night the wind passed to westward, and fell to a moderate breeze with clear sky on the morning of the 12th. On this coast the damage done was very slight, yet it was the hardest blow felt here since the hurricane of 1871.

WATER.

Analysis of sample of water taken from hot springs, Savu Savu Bay, Vanua Levu, Fiji, supplied by H. Stonehewer Cooper :

INDEX.