Meteorology - Observations

Date: 1854-1855

By: Cookson, Isaac Thomas, 1817-1881

Reference: MS-Papers-0934

Description: `Observations made... in... Province of Canterbury Lat 43 36' S Long 172 E about 45 feet above the sea; in a Valley on the N side of Banks Peninsula' Quantity: 1 folder(s) (38 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies)

Date: 1840-1865

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1050

Description: Comprise Meade's journals on the Esk and Curacao, botanical, biological, meteorological and and scientific observations, sandal wood, and the journal of a tour from Auckland to Taranaki 1849-1850 by Governor Grey Source of title - Transcribed Brenchley first visited the Pacific in 1850 with the French traveller, Jules Remy, during his American tour. He later visited New Zealand in 1864 with Lt Herbert Meade RN, and involved himself in Maori affairs. From Sydney he visited Pacific islands in the Curacoa in 1865 and the Esk in 1866. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 1993

Date: 1860

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-0037-257

Description: Tables of wind, tempertaure and other weather measurements.

Date: 1860-1863

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1935

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1971-1979

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1330

Description: Correspondence in chronological order on observations of volcanic activity in PNG 1944, 1976-1978. Also notes, arranged by subject and place Source of title - Transcribed from item Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: See http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu/. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 2011

Date: 1937

By: Kidson, Edward, 1882-1939

Reference: f-89-363

Description: Comprises weather forecast map used for Trans-Tasman crossing with Sir Charles Kingsford Smith (1937); annotated by Kidson. Map, Commonwealth Meteorology, Isobaric chart of Australia. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Photocopy Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr B T Easterbrook, Manly Vale, NSW, Australia

Date: [1855-1902]

From: Gore family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-9867-2

Description: Comprises correspondence relating to R B Gore's position as curator to the Colonial Museum; `NZ Govt gazette' re meteorological observations (20 Sep 1864); letter to H M Gore from the Public Works Dept re his appointment as secretary to the commissioners appointed to inquire into the condition of Seacliff Asylum building (1888); papers re Gore's appointment to the Colonial Museum (1902); letter to H S Gore from the Horse Guards that his brother, Richard, could be substituted for his candidacy (1855); appointment of R B Gore to be clerk in the Adjutant-General's office (1858); biographical piece on R B Gore outlining his background, life and appointments (nd); Geological Survey Office, Dunedin, meteorolgical observations, by R B Gore (Jul 1863); and obituary for Bt Lieut Col Henry Ross Gore (nd) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1887-1890]

By: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922

Reference: qMS-1831

Description: Volume contains an early draft of S P Smith's The Kermadec Islands, their capabilities and extent, 1887, of which page 2 and the conclusion are missing. Also copies of illustrations used in the printed work. Also letters and meteorological observations of the Kermadec Islands by Thomas Bell and newspaper articles by Robert McCulloch and others, 1889-1890. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ca 40 pages). Physical Description: Holograph, ms and printed matter (35; ¼ purple roan, grey boards) Copies of illustrations used in the printed work. Includes maps and tables. Some colour plates

Date: 1861-1891

By: Muller, Stephen Lunn, 1814-1891

Reference: MS-1685-1692

Description: Entries skimpy for 1861 but thereafter fully recorded observations Source of title - Transcribed Muller was the first Resident Magistrate for the Wairau District 1857-1879 Quantity: 8 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs (23 cm, various bindings , blue buckram slip-case)

Date: 1862-1890

By: Muller, Stephen Lunn, 1814-1891

Reference: MS-1693

Description: Includes newspaper cuttings pasted inside front and back covers Source of title - Transcribed Dr Muller was first Resident Magistrate in the Wairau District 1857-1879 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (70 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph ( 26 cm, ¼ faded red cloth, marbled boards)

Date: [ca 1873-1885]

By: Williams, William Leonard, 1829-1916

Reference: MS-2474

Description: Includes meteorological summary of Gisborne, including rainfall, temperature statistics etc. Also whakapapa of Te Hapuka, Te Kani a Takirau by Hemi Wahine and a Maori legend related by Henare Te Kotiti. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (18cm, ¼ brown morocco slip case)

Date: 1850-1861

By: Trotter, William, 1796-1873

Reference: MS-2163

Description: Diary provides a record of gardening activities. There are some references to births and deaths as well as a full record of weather and earthquake activity. Specimens of plants, fern leaves interleaved between pages. Source of title - Supplied title William Trotter was a gardener residing in the Hutt Valley Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (20cm; green hinged-lid box)

Date: 1857-1862

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1937

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1821-1859

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1934

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1867

From: The Coromandel Observer : Manuscript weekly newspaper

Reference: qMS-0550-0555

Description: Describes and comments on local events around Coromandel Harbour, including reports from the Diggings, meteorological tables and detailed sketches; both content and calligaphy are of high standard Source of title - Transcribed Other Titles - Coromandel Observer (Newspaper) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (56 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (27cm, black slip case) Illustrated with detailed sketches of a satirical nature

Date: 1846-1861

By: Pearse, Samuel, -1866

Reference: qMS-1638

Description: Daily entries by Pearse and another on blank memoranda pages of the New Zealand church almanac, 1848, 1850, 1856, with scattered entries, 1847-1861, recording farming activities, references to local residents, visitors to Nelson, earthquakes and weather conditions Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ca 200 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) (32 cm; blue buckram, in phase box)

Date: February 1862

By: Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers

Reference: MSI-Papers-5189

Description: Observations taken by John Knowles, officer in charge of the meteoroligical observatory at Wellington Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by NZ Meteoroligical Office, 1990 (90-044)

Date: Jun 1872

By: Wallace (Ship : 1867-1885)

Reference: Micro-MS-0522

Description: Notes on weather on voyage of the paddle steamer Wallace from Dunedin to Nelson; lists of cargo to and from West Coast ports Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (9 pages).

Date: [1875-1969]

By: Williams family

Reference: 77-265

Description: Primarily the papers of C Athol Williams. Comprises papers re Waipawa-Ngaruroro Rabbit Boards, Rabbit Destruction Council and North Island Rabbit Boards Association; inward and outward station correspondence re Alfred Wartmann and Ludwig Krieg; estate of W J Boyle; Campaign for Christian Order; wages, taxes, receipts, accounts, cheque and deposit butts; inward and outward personal correspondence; Te Aute and Netherton financial records; letter books, rent books, ledgers and receipt books for Te Aute and Netherton stations Also includes papers re estates, Victorian Hardwood Co, Whakamaru Timber Co, Waipukurau Transport Co and papers of W T Williams Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See TAPUHI for further records relating to the Williams family Quantity: 18 box(es) (wax and hollinger). 4 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1922

From: Adams, Arthur Henry 1872-1936 : Navigation records

Reference: MS-0002

Description: Sightings made principally during voyages between Newcastle NSW and New Zealand ports Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (72 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph (26 cm; black linen)