THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 411
Inquiry for a Missing Person.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1875.
INQUIRIES having been made respecting a per-
son named

GEORGE SCOTT WHICHER,

any one who can give any information respecting the
above-named person is requested to communicate
with this office.

AMELIUS M. SMITH,
(in the absence of the Under Secretary).

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the several parcels of
land hereinafter described will be brought under
the provisions of "The Land Transfer Act, 1870,"
unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within
one calendar month from date of publication of this
notice.

ISAAC BRYAN. - Section 1687, Oxford District.
(A. Thompson, Solicitor.) 2090.
GEORGE WHEELER.-Lot 34, Plan 13, Town-
ship of Wakefield, part of Section 2. (R. Wilkin,
Broker.) 2139.
JAMES DOW.-Section 304, Town of Timaru.
(Tate and Ross, Brokers.) 2142.

EDMOND SMART. - Section 2597, Christchurch
District. (A. Thompson, Solicitor.) 2144.
JOHN WILKINSON.---1 rood, part of Section
26, District of Christchurch. 2145.
WILLIAM MULCASTER.-3 acres, part of
Section 154, District of Christchurch. (R. J. S.
Harman, Broker.) 2147.
GEORGE FROGGATT.-5 acres, part of Section
154, Christchurch District. (R. J. S. Harman,
Broker.) 2149.
WILLIAM ROBINSON. - Section 10261, Dis-
trict of Timaru.
(Perry and Perry, Solicitors.)
2151.
THOMAS SELBY TANCRED. - Sections 12839,
12840, 12841, District of Timaru. (R. W. Fereday,
Solicitor.) 2152.
WILLIAM KERR.-1 rood, part of Section 6,
Christchurch District. (C. Clark, Broker.) 2153.
DONALD CAMERON and DUNCAN CAME-
RON.-2 roods 13 perches, part of Section 1750,
Oxford District, being Lots 11, 12, 13, 14, and 9 on
plan of Township of Oxford. (H. Wynn Williams,
Solicitor.) 2154.
WILLIAM NEEVE.-Section 6, Town of Christ-
church. (C. Clark, Broker.) 2156.
Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 9th day of June, 1875, at the Lands
Registry Office, Christchurch.
295
GEO. B. DAVY,
District Land Registrar.

ABSTRACT of METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, New Zealand, for the Month of APRIL, 1875.

STATIONS. | BAROMETER.
Corrected and
Reduced to Sea
Level. | TEMPERATURE FROM SELF-REGISTERING
INSTRUMENTS, READ IN MORNING
FOR TWENTY-FOUR HOURS PREVIOUSLY. | COMPUTED
FROM
OBSERVATIONS. | RAIN. | WIND. | CLOUD.

| Mean
Reading | Mean
Extr'me
Range | Mean
Temp.
in
Shade. | Mean
Daily
Range
of
Temp. | Extr'me
Range
of
Temp. | Max.
Temp.
in Sun's
Rays. | Min.
Temp.
on
Grass. | Mean
Elastic
Force
of
Vapour. | Mean
Deg. of
Moist.
(Satu-
ration
=100.) | Total
Fall
in
Month
(inches) | No. of
Days
on
which
Rain
fell. | Average
Daily
Velocity
in Miles
for
Month. | Maximum
Force
in Miles
and Date. | Mean
Amount
for
Month
(0to10).

MONGONUI | 30.212 | -571 | 67.8 | 14.9 | 25.0 | ... | ... | -560 | 82 | 4.380 | 11 | 111 | 240,19th | 6.5
Same month previous 9 years | 30-070 | 63.0 | ... | ... | ... | ... | -466 | 77 | 5.630 | 11 | 197 | 395,19th | 6.7
AUCKLAND | 30-239 | -611 | 64.3 | 14.3 | 29.0 | 134.9 | 42.5 | -454 | 75 | 2.150 | 10 | 51 | 165, 9th | 6.5
Same month previousll yrs. | 30-015 | 61.7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | -403 | 72 | 3.337 | 14 | 51 | 165, 9th | 6.5
TARANAKI | 30-066 | -677 | 62.6 | 20.5 | 33.0 | 160.0 | ... | -380 | 72 | 1.040 | 3 | 51 | 165, 9th | 6.5
Same month previousll yrs. | 30-031 | 58.6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | -380 | 72 | 3.310 | 11 | 123 | 247, 14th | 2.9
NAPIER | 30-260 | -825 | 60.1 | 18.5 | 32.0 | 131.0 | 35.0 | -410 | 79 | 2.600 | 11 | 123 | 247, 14th | 2.9
Same month previous 8 years | 30-017 | 58.3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | -386 | 75 | 2.436 | 9 | 202 | 400,13th | 5.3
WELLINGTON | 30-258 | -893 | 58.9 | 12.0 | 29.0 | 135.0 | 35.0 | -400 | 81 | 1.951 | 9 | 202 | 400,13th | 5.3
Same month previousll yrs. | 30-006 | 57.0 | ... | ... | ... | ... | -350 | 74 | 3.716 | 13 | 193 | 285,19th | 4.0
WANGANUI | 30-350 | -500 | 58.6 | 23.3 | 41.0 | 120.0 | 34.0 | -345 | 70 | 000 | 0 | 193 | 285,19th | 4.0
Same month previous 3 years | 30-283 | 56.9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | -336 | 73 | 1.863 | 9 | 142 | 273, 9th | 3.9
NELSON | 29-983 | -828 | 58.4 | 24.1 | 37.0 | 134.6 | 28.0 | -391 | 81 | 2.250 | 5 | 142 | 273, 9th | 3.9
Same month previousll yrs. | 29-978 | 57.0 | ... | ... | ... | ... | -362 | 74 | 3.728 | 74 | 6 | 371 | 836, 23rd | 6.9
CAPE CAMPBELL | 30-270 | -800 | 60.9 | 12.6 | 26.1 | ... | ... | -401 | 75 | 1.100 | 6 | 371 | 836, 23rd | 6.9
Same month previous year | 30-070 | 60.1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | -344 | 66 | 1.100 | 6 | 112 | 404,17th | 5.7
CHRISTCHURCH | 30-237 | 1.042 | 55.1 | 13.1 | 35.0 | 126.0 | 24.2 | -367 | 85 | 2.276 | 8 | 112 | 404,17th | 5.7
Same monthpreviousllyrs. | 29-990 | 53.5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | -339 | 79 | 4.570 | 9 | 136 | 301, 13th | 6.1
BEALEY | 30-270 | -830 | 51.6 | 16.0 | 39.0 | 130.0 | 2.0 | -318 | 83 | 7.205 | 14 | 136 | 301, 13th | 6.1
Same monthprevious 7 years | 29-871 | 48.1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | -274 | 82 | 6.100 | 14 | 94 | 289,30th | 6.0
HOKITIKA | 30-217 | -784 | 57.9 | 12.2 | 27.6 | 85.0 | ... | -419 | 85 | 6.100 | 13 | 94 | 289,30th | 6.0
Same month previous years | 30-024 | 54.2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | -374 | 86 | 7.968 | 14 | 143 | 370, 25th | 5.6
DUNEDIN | 29-996 | -962 | 53.8 | 13.2 | 35.0 | 122.0 | 33.0 | -342 | 82 | 1.910 | 8 | 143 | 370, 25th | 5.6
Same monthpreviousll yrs. | 29-974 | 51.9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | -290 | 75 | 2.342 | 14 | 85 | 173,18th | 6.9
*QUEENSTOWN | 29-730 | -910 | 54.0 | 15.3 | 35.9 | 107.2 | 32.5 | -267 | 64 | 3.090 | 5 | 85 | 173,18th | 6.9
Same month previous 3 years | 30-129 | 52.0 | ... | ... | ... | ... | -263 | 70 | 1.880 | 8 | 143 | 298, 23rd | 6.0
SOUTHLAND | 30-140 | 1.030 | 52.5 | 20.7 | 45.0 | 127.0 | ... | -287 | 76 | 3.600 | 13 | 143 | 298, 23rd | 6.0
Same month previous 10 yrs. | 29-942 | 50.9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ...

• Altitude of Bealey, 2,104 feet; Queenstown, 1,070 feet. The stations marked thus * are furnished with Aneroid barometers only.

NOTES FOR APRIL, 1875.

Mongonui. - Fine with pleasant showers, maximum rainfall recorded on 18th, 1.95 inch; winds prevailed from eastward, and
generally moderate; strong on 18th and 19th; fog on 30th; thunder on 19th and 25th, and lightning, without thunder, on
evening of 29th. Maximum temperature in shade, 80°; minimum, 55°.

Auckland. - Fine weather generally, with showers towards end of month, maximum fall on 30th, 1.35 inch; prevailing easterly
winds and moderate. Maximum temperature, 79.7°; minimum, 50.7°.

Taranaki. - Exceedingly fine weather; very little rain, the maximum fall recorded on 30th, 62 inch; prevailing S.E. winds, and
light. Maximum temperature, 77°; minimum, 44°.