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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[SEPT. 25

PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL RETURN FOR AUGUST, 1879.

| | AUCKLAND. | WELLINGTON. | NELSON. | CHRIST-
CHURCH. | HOKITIKA. | DUNEDIN. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Temperature in shade | 51.5 | 47.7 | 48.9 | 43.4 | 45.0 | 43.7 |
| Average same period previous years | 52.6 | 48.3 | 47.6 | 44.2 | 45.8 | 43.6 |
| Maximum Temperature in shade, and date | 64.2 on 30th | 62.0 on 28th | 63.0 on 27th | 61.4 on 29th | 58.0 on 28th | 60.0 on 29th |
| Minimum Temperature in shade, and date | 36.9 on 1st | 34.5 on 2nd | 34.0 on 28th | 26.6 on 22nd | 30.4 on 2nd and 26th | 31.0 on 26th |
| Maximum Temperature in sun, and date | 120.9 on 26th | 112.0 on 24th | 111.0 on 24th | 106.3 on 29th | 119.0 on 29th | 81.0 on 18th |
| Minimum Temperature on grass, and date | 32.4 on 22nd | 29.0 on 28th | 20.0 on 22nd | 25.0 on 25th and 26th | 28.0 on 25th |
| Humidity (Saturation=100) | 80 | 88 | 87 | 71 | 83 | 74 |
| Average same period previous years | 80 | 77 | 77 | 80 | 87 | 77 |
| Total Rainfall in inches | 3.025 | 5.600 | 11.280 | 1.020 | 9.530 | 2.900 |
| Average same period previous years | 4.905 | 5.328 | 7.174 | 2.362 | 9.309 | 3.000 |
| Number of Days of Rain ... | 17 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 11 |
| Average same period previous years | 20 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 14 |

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.

September, 1879.

J. HECTOR, Inspector.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that GRAHAM SINCLAIR, of Adams Flat, in the Provincial
District of Otago, Miner, claiming as Heir-at-law of
JAMES SUTHERLAND SINCLAIR, late of Waihola, in
the said provincial district, Farmer, deceased, in-
testate, has made application to the District Land
Registrar of the District of Otago to be registered
as Proprietor in fee-simple of one undivided third
part of Sections numbered respectively 1 of 14, and
1 of 15, Block I., of the Clarendon District, described
in Register-book, Vol. xxi., folio 177; and of part
of Section 8, Block XXI., of the District of Waihola,
containing by admeasurement 42 acres 1 rood 4
perches, more or less, described in Register-book,
Vol. xxi., folio 182: and that the said Graham
Sinclair will be so registered as such proprie-
tor, unless caveat be lodged at this office for-
bidding the same within one calendar month from
the date of the publication in the Gazette of this
notice.

Dated at the Lands Registry Office, Dunedin, the
15th day of September, 1879.
589

A. W. SMITH,
District Land Registrar.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that THOMAS
STEWART, of Dunedin, in the Provincial
District of Otago, Wood-turner, claiming as Heir-at-
law of SARAH STEWART, deceased, has made applica-
tion to the District Land Registrar of Otago to be
registered as Proprietor in fee-simple of Allotment
numbered twenty-eight (28), on the plan of the
Township of Selwyn, deposited in the Lands Registry
Office at Dunedin, and described in Register-book,
Vol. xli., folio 195; and that the said Thomas Stewart
will be so registered as such proprietor, unless caveat
be lodged in this office forbidding the same within
one calendar month from the date of the publication
in the Gazette of this notice.

Dated at the Lands Registry Office, Dunedin, the
15th day of September, 1879.
590

A. W. SMITH,
District Land Registrar.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that ELIZABETH
PATON, of South Dunedin, in the Provincial
District of Otago, Widow of GEORGE PATON, late
of South Dunedin aforesaid, Horse-dealer, deceased,
intestate, has made application, as Administratrix of
the estate of the said George Paton, to the District
Land Registrar of the District of Otago to be regis-
tered as Proprietor in fee-simple of Allotment num-
bered four (4), Block nine (IX.), Township of South
Dunedin, described in Register-book, Vol. xxvi., folio
200; and that the said Elizabeth Paton will be so
registered as such proprietor, unless caveat be lodged
at this office forbidding the same within one calendar
month from the date of the publication in the Gazette
of this notice.

Dated at the Lands Registry Office, Dunedin, the
15th day of September, 1879.
592

A. W. SMITH,
District Land Registrar.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

of land hereinafter described will be brought
under the provisions of "The Land Transfer Act,
1870," unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same
on or before the 27th day of October, 1879.

1040. JAMES LEYDON.-1 rood, parts of Sec-
      tions 89 and 99, Town of Wanganui. Bounded
      towards the South-west, 207 feet, by Harrison Place;
      North-west, 82 feet 6 inches, by Section 99; North-
      east, 75 feet by Section 98, and 132 feet by Section
      99; and South-east, 41 feet 3 inches by Section 99,
      and 41 feet 3 inches by Market Place. Occupied by
      Applicant.

1041. COLIN MCKENZIE.-257 acres and 6
      perches, parts of Rural Sections 462 and 463, Town-
      ship of Palmerston. Occupied by Applicant.

1042. WILLIAM RICHARD WATERS.-23
      perches, part of Section 738, Wellington City,
      fronting 33 feet 4 inches on Adelaide Road, with a
      depth of 162 feet 8 inches, the southern boundary
      thereof being parallel to and 76 feet 8 inches distant
      from Section 740. Unoccupied.

1043. HENRY COLLETT.-7 acres 1 rood and
      26 perches, part of Country Section 4, Lower Hutt
      District. Occupied by Applicant.