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on the southward by the road forming
the northern boundary of the same
section; on the northward by a line
parallel to and ten chains distant from
the southern boundary; and on the
westward by a line at right angles to
the last-mentioned road, so as to con-
tain the above quantity.

EDWD. JOLLIE,
Secretary for Public Works.

RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL
OBSERVATIONS deduced from
Daily Registers kept at the Government
Station, Christchurch, for October, 1869.
Latitude 43 deg. 32 min. 16 sec. S.; Longi-
tude 172 deg. 38 min. 59 sec. E.
Height above sea, 21 feet; distance from
sea, 5 miles.

Barometer (corrected and reduced to 32
deg. F.)
Mean atmospheric pressure
for month ... 29.887 inches
Highest pressure (on 7th) 30.354 "
Lowest pressure (on 18th) 29.342 "

Temperature in Shade:
Approx. mean temperature
for month ... 53.1 Fah.
Mean of highest daily tem-
perature ... 62.6 "
Mean of lowest daily tem-
perature ... 43.7 "
Highest in month (on 25th) 81.0 "
Lowest in month (on 17th) 30.8 "
Mean daily range ... 18.9 "

Solar Radiation:
Mean ... 122.0 "
Highest in month (on 9th) 146.7 "

Terrestrial Radiation:
Mean ... 31.5 "
Lowest in month (on 17th) 16.6 "

Hygrometer: (deductions)
Mean temperature of evapo-
ration ... 49.0 "
Mean temperature of dew
point ... 44.9 "
Mean tension of vapour ... 0.298 inches
Mean humidity, (Saturation
= 100) ... 74

Mean weight of a cubic foot
of air ... 539.5 grains
Mean weight of vapour in a
cubic foot of air ... 3.4 "
Mean weight required to
saturate a cubic foot of air ... 1.1 "

Rain:
Total rainfall on 11 days ... 3.831 inches
Greatest rainfall on one day,
registered at 9.30 a.m. for
previous 24 hours (on
13th) ... 0.870 "

Wind:
Mean velocity in miles per day 138 miles
Greatest velocity in miles
per day, registered at 9.30
a.m. for previous 24 hours,
on 26th ... 283 miles

Cloud:
Mean amount at 9.30 a.m.
(0=clear) (10=overcast) 5.0

Evaporation:
Total ... 6.431 inches

Number of days on which the wind blew
from each point:—
N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm.
0 4 10 2 1 9 0 4 1

Remarks.

Very rough weather was experienced from
the 12th to the 16th, inclusive, when much
snow fell among the Mountains, and a con-
siderable quantity lay on the Port Hills. The
29th and 30th also were very rainy. The re-
minder of the month was fine. The rain-
fall, viz: 3.831 inches was of a greater depth
than is usual in October, the average for the
five previous years being 1.796 inches.

R. MAINWARING,
Observer, Christchurch.

PUBLIC NOTICE.

"Lost Land Orders Act, 1861."

HEREBY give notice, that I will hold a
Court in the office of the Waste Lands
Board, Christchurch, on Thursday the 6th
day of January, 1870, at 11 o'clock, a.m., for
the purpose of considering the claim of Con-
way Mordant Shipley, of the Moors, Twyford
near Winchester, England, Esquire, who
has applied to have a Crown Grant issued to
him in exchange for a Canterbury Associa-
tion Land Order, No. 356, for fifty acres of
rural land, which land order, the said Con-
way Mordant Shipley, declares to be lost.

Any persons interested in the above claim
are requested to attend.

WILLIAM GUISE BRITTAN,
Lost Land Orders Commissioner.
Christchurch,
26th November, 1869.

NOTICE

If the undermentioned Luggage is not
claimed, and the charges paid on same,
within three weeks from date hereof, they
will be sold at Public Auction by C. W. H.
Woledge, at his Auction Rooms, Lyttelton.

1 chest—R. Dickens.
1 chest—Wm. Madden.
1 chest—James Stewart.
1 trunk—Cockburn.
1 case—Aubery Martin.
1 sailor’s bag—No mark.
1 chest—Wm. Wellfitt.

SYDNEY E. WRIGHT,
Late Custom House and Commission Agent,
Lyttelton.