STATUTORY
RULES.
1926. No. 204.
REGULATIONS
UNDER THE METEOROLOGY ACT 1906.
I,
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the
advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations
under the Meteorology Act 1906, to
come into operation forthwith.
Dated
this twenty-second day of December, 1926.
STONEHAVEN,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
T.
W. GLASGOW,
Minister
of State for Home and Territories.
Meteorological
Regulations.
Short
title.
1. These Regulations may
be cited as the Meteorological Regulations.
Sale
of publications.
2. (1) The following
publications, issued by the Meteorological Bureau, may be sold at the rates
specified hereunder—
Price. | Postage. |
Annual Rain Map........................................................
| 2s. | per | copy | Free |
Australian
Meteorological Observers’ Handbook...........
| 5s. | per | copy | Free |
Australian Monthly
Weather Report and Meteorological Abstract
| 6d. | per | copy
or |
5s. | per | annum | Free |
Bulletins Nos. 1 to 15..................................................
| 6d. | per | copy | Free |
Bulletins Nos. 16 and
17..............................................
| 2s. | per | copy | Free |
Chart showing Drift of
Ocean Current Papers................
| 1s. | per | copy | Free |
Cloud Chart................................................................
| 1s. | per | copy | Free |
Daily Rain Map...........................................................
| 2s. | per | copy
or | Free |
£4 | per | annum | Added |
Daily Weather Bulletin
(Interstate)...............................
| 2s. | per | copy
or | Free |
£5 | per | annum | Added |
Daily Weather Bulletin
(State).....................................
| 2s. | per | copy
or | Free |
£5. | per | annum | Added |
Daily Weather Chart of
Australia.................................
| 2s. | per | copy
or | Free |
£4 | per | annum | Added |
Flood Gauge Diagram,
Brisbane River, Queensland......
| 5s. | per | copy | Free |
C.17804.—Price 3d.
Price. | Postage. |
Flood Gauge Diagram,
Burnett River, Queensland.........
| 2s. | 6d. | per copy | Free |
Food Gauge Diagram,
Condamine River, Queensland....
| 6s. | per | copy | Free |
Flood Gauge Diagram,
Fitzroy River, Queensland.........
| 2s. | 6d. | per copy | Free |
Flood Gauge Diagram,
Mary River, Queensland............
| 4s. | per | copy | Free |
Flood Gauge Diagram,
McIntyre River, Queensland......
| 6s. | per | copy | Free |
Frost Map of Australia.................................................
| 1s. | per | copy | Free |
Graphic Comparison of
the Temperatures of Australian Cities with those of the Principal Cities of
the World...............
| 1s. | per | copy | Free |
Maps showing the
Distribution of Sheep, Cattle, Wheat, and Dairies in relation to Rainfall............................................
| 1s. | per | copy | Free |
Meteorological Report
for South Australia (1906, 1907), and similar publications.........................................................
| 2s. | 6d. | per copy | Free |
Meteorological Report
for Western Australia 1907, and similar publications.........................................................
| 2s. | 6d. | per copy | Free |
Monthly Rain Map......................................................
| 2s. | per | copy or | Free |
£1 | 1s. per annum | Added |
Normal Meteorological
Charts other than rainfall..........
| 1s. | per | copy | Free |
Normal Meteorological
Conditions Map of Australia affecting Aviation— Mounted.......................................................
| 3s. | 6d. | per set | Free |
Unmounted...................................................
| 2s. | per | set | Free |
Normal Rainfall Maps.................................................
| 1s. | per | copy | Free |
Orographical Map of
Australia.....................................
| 1s. | per | copy | Free |
Potential Cotton
Growing Areas Map of Australia.........
| 1s. | per | copy | Free |
Principal River Basin
Map of Australia.........................
| 1s. | per | copy | Free |
Production Maps of
Australia.......................................
| 1s. | per | copy | Free |
Rain Clock..................................................................
| 1s. | per | copy | Free |
Rain and River
Observations, N.S.W., 1903-1908, and back years............................................................................
| 7s. | 6d. | per copy | Free |
Rain and River
Observations, N.SW., 1909 to 1914, and similar publications.........................................................
| 10s. | 6d. | per copy | Free |
Rainfall Map of
Australia, showing monthly percentage distribution............................................................................
| 1s. | per | copy | Free |
Rainfall Map, Tropical
Storm, June, 1912.....................
| 1s. | per | copy | Free |
Results of Rainfall
Observations, Queensland, 1865 to 1913, and similar publications..............................................
| 10s. | 6d. | per copy | Free |
Price. | Postage. |
Results of Rainfall
Observations, South Australia and Northern Territory, 1860 to 1917, and
similar publications....
| 10s. | 6d. | per
copy | Free |
Results of Rainfall
Observations, Victoria, 1840 to 1910
| 7s. | 6d. | per
copy | Free |
Revised Monthly and
Annual Average Pressure Maps of Australia............................................................................
| 1s. | per | set | Free |
Revised Monthly and
Annual Average Rainfall Maps of Australia............................................................................
| 1s. | per | set | Free |
Revised Monthly and
Annual Average Temperature Maps of Australia............................................................................
| 1s. | per | set | Free |
The Australian
Environment, especially as controlled by rainfall
| 5s. | per | copy | Free |
The Climate and Weather of Australia, Text-book on
| 5s. | per | copy | Free |
The Total Eclipse of
the Sun, 1st September, 1922, Pamphlet
| 1s. | per | copy | Added |
Weekly and Monthly
Weather Notes, including Rainfall Table
| 6d. | per | copy
or | Free |
£1 | 1s.
per annum | Added |
Wheat Area Average
Rain Maps..................................
| 1s. | per | copy | Free |
(2) Subscriptions shall in every
case be payable in advance.
(3) Other similar bulletins and
pamphlets issued by the Meteorological Bureau, the price of which is not
specifically indicated in the foregoing list, may be sold at the price of
Sixpence per copy, and other similar maps at One shilling per copy.
Distribution
of publications to institutions.
3. (1) Any of the above
publications may be distributed free or at cost price to public institutions,
Government Departments, corporations and persons approved by the Minister or
any officer specially deputed by him on the following conditions:—
(a) That they are posted up for the
information of the public;
or
(b)That they are used for educational
purposes; or
(c) That they are in return for
reciprocal services to the Meteorological Bureau; or
(d) That they are required for
advertising the resources of the Commonwealth.
(2) Any of the above publications
may also be distributed free to Official Meteorological institutions and other
kindred institutions in any part of the world.
Witness
fees.
4. (1) A charge shall be
made for the services of Officers of the Meteorological Branch, Home and
Territories Department, who are subpoenaed to attend as witnesses to give
evidence in regard to rainfall or other meteorological element in Courts of
Law, the minimum charge to be £1 1s. for a mere statement of facts and £2 2s.
for. expert evidence.
Certified
statement of meteorological conditions.
(2) A minimum charge of £1 1s.
shall be made for each certified statement of meteorological conditions to be used
as evidence in a Court of Law or elsewhere and issued by the Commonwealth
Meteorologist, Melbourne, or the Divisional Meteorologist, Perth, Adelaide,
Brisbane, Sydney, and Hobart.
Repeal.
5. The Meteorological
Regulations (being Statutory Rules No. 1915/108, as amended by Nos. 1917/193,
1917/218, 1920/176, 1920/177, 1922/82, and 1925/118) are repealed as from the
commencement of these Regulations, save as to anything lawfully done or any right,
privilege, obligation, or liability acquired, accrued, or incurred thereunder.
Printed
and Published for the Government of
the Commonwealth of Australia by H. J. Green, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.