250

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Violent Deaths. - These were 10 in number. One man was killed by upsetting of a cart, and a boy by fall from his horse.
Three men were killed by fall of earth, one by dislocation of neck caused by diving; one by rupture of brain from fall. A boy
was dragged in a tether rope by a cow until dead. A child was scalded to death, and another killed by sunstroke.
Comparison with January, 1876. - The mortality from Zymotic disease was greater in January, 1876, than last month, the
numbers having been respectively 60 and 69. Scarlatina or Whooping Cough did not cause any deaths in January of 1876; but the
numbers for Fever, Dysentery, and Diarrhœa do not differ greatly for the two months under comparison. Diseases of the Respi-
ratory Organs were fatal in 7 cases for each month; and the total mortality shows a decrease of 7 deaths for January, 1876.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 1st March, 1877.

Wm. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL REPORT FOR JANUARY, 1877.

| | AUCKLAND. | WELLINGTON. | NELSON. | CHRIST-
CHURCH. | HOKITIKA. | DUNEDIN. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Temperature in Shade | ... | 66.0 | 65.0 | 64.3 | 62.5 | 61.0 | 58.0 |
| Ditto for same month previous years | ... | 68.3 | 63.0 | 64.7 | 62.6 | 60.4 | 57.7 |
| Maximum Temperature in Shade, and date | | 84:3 on 13th | 80:4 on 20th | 84:0 on 9th | 83:4 on 8th | 77-9 on 15th | 80:0 on 7th |
| Minimum Temperature in Shade, and date | | 54.9 on 20th | 50-2 on 5th | 42.0 on 29th | 39-7 on 2nd | 46.9 on 31st | 41.0 on 28th |
| Maximum Temperature in Sun, and date | | 135-2 on 22nd | 158.0 on 8th | 147.2 on 7th | 156:0 on 17th | 1210 on 14th | |
| Minimum Temperature on Grass, and date | | 45.5 on 29th | 44.0 on 28th | 23.0 on 5th | 28.2 on 2nd | 42.5 on 11th | 32.0 on 28th |
| Mean Humidity (Saturation=100) | | 78 | 65 | 72 | 72 | 81 | 73 |
| Ditto for same month previous years | | 72 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 83 | 73 |
| Total Rainfall in inches | | 5-995 | 2.130 | 1.830 | 3.500 | 13.660 | 3.942 |
| Mean same month previous years | | 2-527 | 3.581 | 4.519 | 2.084 | 8.992 | 4.064 |
| Number of Days of Rain | | 19 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 14 |
| Mean same month previous years | | 8 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 16 |

NOTE. - This table is prepared from unchecked averages, transmitted by telegraph in anticipation of the full Returns, and must not be entirely
relied on for compiling Meteorological Statistics.

JAMES HECTOR, Inspector.

February, 1877.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

N OTICE 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
in each case on or before the 9th day of April,
1877.

2931. THOMAS MOLLETT. - 8 acres 1 rood
      36 perches, part of Rural Section 227, in the County
      of Selwyn. Occupied by Applicant.

2932. MICHAEL MCNAMARA. - 2 acres 2
      roods 6 perches, part of Rural Section 125, in the
      County of Selwyn. In the occupation of Applicant.

2933. ARTHUR JAMES GARDNER. - 2
      roods, being Lot 92 on Plan No. 127, part of Rural
      Section, County of Selwyn. Unoccupied.

2934. SARAH FRENCH BRIGHT. - 32
      perches, part of Rural Section 175, County of Selwyn.
      Occupied by Applicant.

2935. THOMAS TOMBS. - 3 roods 39 perches,
      part of Lot 19, Town Reserves, in the City of Christ-
      church. Occupied by J. P. Jameson.

2936. ALEXANDER BOL SHARPE. - 200
      acres, part of Rural Section 8754, in the County of
      Selwyn. In the occupation of Applicant.

2937. ROBERT HEATON RHODES, by his
      Attorney Thomas Maberly Hassal. - 72 acres 1 rood
      22 perches, part Rural Sections 1345, 1346, 1347,
      in the County of Geraldine. In the occupation of
      Robert Thomas Button.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 24th day of February, 1877, at the
Lands Registry Office, Christchurch.

102
EDWARD DENHAM,
Deputy District Land Registrar.

LAND TRANSFER NOTICE.

CH ARLES KIVER, the younger, of Christchurch,
New Zealand, Commission Agent, and WIL-
LIAM WHITE, formerly of Grange Farm, Selwyn,
but now of Napier, New Zealand, Farmer, having
made application, as Devisees under the Will of
FREDERICK LANE, late of the Spreydon District, Can-
terbury, New Zealand, Grazier, deceased, to be re-
gistered as Proprietors in fee-simple free from en-
cumbrances of and in Lot 1, Block XV., Lot 1,

Block XVI., and Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, Block XIX., on
a Plan of the Township of Malvern, deposited in the
office here as No. 10, being the land included in
Certificate of Title vol. vi. folio 232. Notice is
hereby given, that the Applicants will be registered
accordingly, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the
same on or before the 9th day of April, 1877.

Dated at the Lands Registry Office, Christchurch,
this 24th day of February, 1877.

103
EDWARD DENHAM,
Deputy District Land Registrar.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

N OTICE 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 the date of Gazette
containing this notice.

JOSEPH ROWE GARD, of Picton, Gentleman
Applicant. - 89 acres, part Section 118, Omaka Dis-
trict; in occupation of Cyrus Goulter. Also 462
acres, part of Section 6 of Block I. in said district;
in occupation of same. Also 319 acres, situated in
the Omaka, in the District of Wairau, being part of
Section 7 of Block I. in said district; in occupation
of same. Also 630 acres, being Section 4 of Block
I. in District of Wairau; in occupation of same.
Also 580 acres at the Omaka, being Section 2 of
Block I. in said District of Wairau; in occupation
of same. Also 470 acres, being part of Section 5 of
Block I. in said Omaka District; in occupation of
same. Also 540 acres, being part of Section 3 of
Block I., Oamaka District; in occupation of same.
Also 210 acres, being Section 124, District of Omaka,
Wairau; in occupation of same. Also 20 acres,
being part of Section 9 of Block I., District of Kai-
tuna; in occupation of same. Also 64 acres, part
of Sections 6 and 7 of Block I., said District of
Omaka; in occupation of same.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 27th day of February, 1877, at the
Lands Registry Office, Blenheim.

105
HARTLEY MCINTIRE,
District Land Registrar.

By Authority: GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.