Public Works Office,
Christchurch, Feb. 4, 1870.

His Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has appointed

FRANCIS PAVITT

to be an Inspector under "The Thistle Ordinance, 1866," for the Heathcote Road Board District.

EDWD. JOLLIE,
Secretary for Public Works.

NOTICE.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1870.

WHEREAS a fire, supposed to have been caused by the act of an incendiary, occurred at an early hour on the 26th day of December last, in Cashel street and Colombo street, at Christchurch, in the Province of Canterbury, by which the premises occupied or owned by Messrs. Beath and Co., Lane, Brothers, Pratt, Sutherland, Duncan and Sons, Wood and Cunningham, and Peter Duncan, respectively, were wholly or partially destroyed; and whereas a further attempt was made to burn down the premises of Messrs. Hargood, Brothers, in Colombo street, on the 22nd January, 1870: it is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor will grant a Free Pardon to any accomplice in such acts, or either of them, not being a principal offender, who shall give such information as will lead to the apprehension and conviction of the principal offenders.

W. GISBORNE,
Colonial Secretary.

RETURN of the Quantity and Value of Flour, Grain, and Malt exported from the Province for the Month of January, 1870.

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

Latitude, 43 deg. 32 min. 16 sec. S.; Longitude, 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 ... 29·944 inches
Highest pressure (on 22nd) ... 30·359 "
Lowest pressure (on 29th) ... 29·538 "

Temperature in Shade—
Approx. mean temperature for month ... 62·0 Fah.
Mean of highest daily temperature ... 68·9 "
Mean of lowest daily temperature ... 55·1 "
Highest in month (on 25th) ... 79·1 "
Lowest in month (on 1st) ... 35·2 "
Mean daily range ... 13·8 "

Solar Radiation—
Mean ... 132·6 "
Highest in month (on 20th) ... 151·7 "

Terrestrial Radiation—
Mean ... 44·9 "
Lowest in month (on 1st) ... 22·1 "

Hygrometer, (deductions)—
Mean temperature of evaporation ... 58·8 "
Mean temperature of dew point ... 56·0 "
Mean tension of vapour ... 0·449 inches
Mean humidity (Saturation =100) ... 81
Mean weight of a cubic foot of air ... 530·1 grains
Mean weight of vapour in a cubic foot of air ... 5·0 "
Mean weight required to saturate a cubic foot of air ... 1·4 "

Rain—
Total rainfall on 9 days ... 1·709 inches
Greatest rainfall on one day registered at 9.30 a.m. for previous 24 hours (on 31st) ... 0·322 "

Wind—
Mean velocity in miles, per day ... 179 miles
Greatest velocity in miles, per day, registered at 9.30 a.m., for previous 24 hours (on 19th) ... 467 "

Cloud—
Mean amount at 9.30 a.m. (0=clear, 10=overcast) ... 6·3 "

Evaporation—
Total ... 5·861 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 5 14 0 0 11 0 1 0

REMARKS.

A fine dry month, the rainfall being nearly the same as the average fall for the previous five years, viz.:—1·607 inches. A very severe gale from the N.E. was experienced on the morning of the 19th.

R. MAINWARING,
Observer, Christchurch.

CHRISTCHURCH :

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