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Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, December 23, 1869.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has appointed, under "The Canterbury Waste Lands Act, 1869," to assess the value of all runs not held under "The Canterbury Waste Lands Act, 1864," and to determine the rent which shall be paid for the same on and after the First day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

ROBERT WILKIN, ESQ., AND
EDWARD JAMES LEE, ESQ.,

EDWD. JOLLIE,
Provincial Secretary.

Public Works Office,
Christchurch, December 23, 1869.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has made the following Reserve; temporarily, under the 19th clause of the Waste Lands Regulations, for educational purposes, viz,:

No. 1241, in red.—One hundred and fifty-six acres, more or less, bounded on the north-eastward by the Coal Tramway Reserve; on the north-westward by sections 9320, 10,362, and lines in continuation of the south-eastern boundary of these sections; on the south-eastward by the road forming the north-western boundary of section 10,075; and on the south-westward by section 10,558, and the River Hawkins: subject to roads.

EDWD. JOLLIE,
Secretary for Public Works.

RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS
deduced from Daily Registers kept at the Government Station, Christchurch, for November, 1869.

Latitude 43 deg. 32 min. 16 sec. S.; Longitude 172 deg. 33 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 ... 29·760 inches
Highest pressure (on 2nd) 30·258 "
Lowest pressure (on 28th) 29·177 "

Temperature in Shade:

Approx. mean temperature for month ... 56·0 Fah.
Mean of highest daily temperature ... 63·9 "
Mean of lowest daily temperature ... 48·1 "
Highest in month (on 20th) 78·2 "
Lowest in month (on 3rd) 37·0 "
Mean daily range ... 15·8 "

Solar Radiation:

Mean ... 125·5 "
Highest in month (on 22nd) 146·7 "

Terrestrial Radiation:

Mean ... 36·0 "
Lowest in month (on 2nd) 23·9 "

Hygrometer: (deductions)

Mean temperature of evaporation ... 52·8 "
Mean temperature of dew point ... 49·8 "
Mean tension of vapour ... 0·358 inches
Mean humidity, (Saturation = 100) ... 80
Mean weight of a cubic foot of air ... 533·7 grains
Mean weight of vapour in a cubic foot of air ... 4·0 "
Mean weight required to saturate a cubic foot of air ... 1·0 "

Rain:

Total rainfall on 14 days ... 1·376 inches
Greatest rainfall on one day, registered at 9·30 a.m. for previous 24 hours (on 17th) ... 0·363 "

Wind:

Mean velocity in miles per day 170 miles
Greatest velocity in miles per day, registered at 9·30 a.m. for previous 24 hours, (on 14th) ... 370 "

Cloud:

Mean amount at 9·30 a.m. (0=clear) (10=overcast) 6·0

Evaporation:

Total ... 3·046 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.
1 2 10 3 2 8 1 3 0

REMARKS.

There was a considerable amount of showery weather during the month, but no heavy rainfalls. The temperature was lower than the average for the month during the five previous years by 1·3 deg. F. Two slight earthquake shocks were felt, one on the 3rd and the other on the 13th.

R. MAINWARING,
Observer, Christchurch.

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Public Scholarships.

THE Board of Education hereby give notice that on the 15th and 16th March, 1870, a Public Examination will be held by Examiners appointed by the Board, of candidates desirous of competing for the above Scholarships under the following regulations:—