New Zealand Gazette – 1879 – No. 51

Page 669

✨ Meteorological Data and Land Sales



THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL RETURN FOR APRIL, 1879.

| Metric | AUCKLAND. | WELLINGTON. | NELSON. | CHRIST-
CHURCH. | HOKITIKA. | DUNEDIN. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Temperature in Shade | 58.9 | 55.8 | 54.3 | 52.1 | 53.0 | 50.9 |
| Average for same month previous years | 61.9 | 57.1 | 57.1 | 53.7 | 54.6 | 52.0 |
| Maximum Temperature for month, and date | 71.4 on 30th | 71.3 on 4th | 69.0 on 3rd and 14th | 75.5 on 11th | 63.1 on 16th | 78.0 on 14th |
| Minimum Temperature for month, and date | 44.1 on 7th | 41.0 on 24th | 35.0 on 6th | 30.9 on 18th | 36.4 on 23rd | 39.0 on 16th |
| Maximum Solar Radiation, and date | 131.0 on 9th | 127.0 on 2nd and 5th | 120.0 on 3rd | 132.0 on 2nd | 129.5 on 3rd | 110.0 on 15th |
| Minimum Terrestial Radiation, and date | 39.6 on 5th | 36.0 on 24th | ... | 27.3 on 18th | 34.0 on 17th and 23rd | 30.0 on 19th |
| Mean Humidity (Saturation=100) | 74 | 80 | 80 | 69 | 74 | 74 |
| Average for same month previous years | 78 | 74 | 72 | 79 | 86 | 76 |
| Total Rainfall in inches | 2.645 | 3.970 | 4.690 | 1.150 | 6.800 | 1.114 |
| Average for same month previous years | 3.222 | 3.808 | 3.771 | 2.178 | 7.782 | 2.306 |
| Number of Days of Rain | 6 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 12 |
| Average for same month previous years | 13 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 13 |

RETURN of LANDS SOLD and DEPOSITS RECEIVED in the Provincial District of WELLINGTON, from the 1st to the 30th April, 1879.

District. Purchaser or Applicant. Land Selected or Applied for. Contents. Payment. Cash. Payment. Scrip. Remarks.
A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Wairarapa Jacob Joseph Archibald Gillies... Remainder of Section 72, Moro a Block 20 0 0 10 0 0 30 0 0 After survey.
Remainder of Sections 17, 19, 20, 21, 51, and 52, Wharekaka Block 56 0 0 28 0 0 ... ”
Manawatu T. K. Macdonald and another Duncan McKenzie Suburban Section 1460, Bunnythorpe 10 1 5 11 0 0 30 0 0 Deferred payments.
Rural Section 160, Sandon ... 50 0 0 ... ”
J. B. Imrie and another ” 184 ” ... 28 16 0 ... ”
Thomas Wareham ” 186 ” ... ... 36 16 0 ”
Thomas Rowles and another ” 250 ” ... ... 145 12 0 ”
Edward Tomlinson ” 162 ” ... ... 50 0 0 ”
H. G. Welhelm and another ” 166 ” ... ... 40 0 0 ”
William Phyn ” 187 ” ... ... 39 0 0 ”
P. Thomsen and others ” 258 ” ... ... 37 12 0 ”
D. Glacken ” 254 ” ... ... 32 16 0 ”
John Manson 552, Palmerston ... ... 50 0 0 ”
E. R. Foster ” 422 ” ... ... 28 0 0 ”
John and Alexander Dickie ” 13, Block IX. 76 0 0 38 0 0 ... Deposit.
Wairoa Robert Gray ” 26 ” 294 3 29 147 9 0 ... ”
Samuel Watt { Town Section 150, Waitotara Township Extension ... ... 184 15 0 Auction balance.
George Hutchison Rural Section 3, Block VIII. 44 19 5 100 0 0 ... ”
Andrew Duncan ... { 7 and 9 ” ... 0 0 2 797 0 0 ”
John and Alexander Dickie { ” 1 ” 2, Block IX. ... 87 2 10 ... ”
Wm. Stuart Lind { ” 3 ” 10 ” ... 81 5 11 600 0 0 ”
T. H. and G. A. Nicholson { ” 10 ” 11, Block VIII. ” 13 ” 14 ” ... ... 50 0 0 ”
F. Wayne and J. { Part Rural Section 394 Rural Section 358, Block IX. } ... 51 16 9 600 0 0 ”
C. Rowley Rural Sections 9 and 15 ” ... ... ... ”
William Fraser Rural Section 16 ” ... 408 6 0 ... ”
John Henson ” 25 ” ... 148 0 0 ... ”
James Stent Town Section No. 174, Waitotara Township Extension ... 15 1 0 ... ”
William Cowern ... Suburban Sections Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, Richardson ... 19 8 6 ... ”
M. V. Hodge Town Section No. 115, Richardson ... 7 10 0 ... ”
T. W. Fisher Town Sections Nos. 116 and 117, Richardson ... 13 15 0 ... ”
Totals ... 457 0 34 1,885 1 7 2,627 0 0

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 9th May, 1879.

Jos. G. HOLDSWORTH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.



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🏛️ Provisional Meteorological Return for April, 1879

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Meteorology, Weather statistics, Temperature, Rainfall, Humidity, Auckland, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Hokitika, Dunedin

🗺️ Return of Lands Sold and Deposits Received in Wellington Provincial District (April 1879)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
9 May 1879
Land sales, Deposits, Wellington Provincial District, Wairarapa, Manawatu, Wairoa, Land transactions
33 names identified
  • Jacob Joseph Archibald Gillies, Purchaser of land in Wairarapa
  • T. K. Macdonald, Purchaser of land in Manawatu
  • Duncan McKenzie, Purchaser of land in Manawatu
  • J. B. Imrie, Purchaser of land in Manawatu
  • Thomas Wareham, Purchaser of land in Manawatu
  • Thomas Rowles, Purchaser of land in Manawatu
  • Edward Tomlinson, Purchaser of land in Manawatu
  • H. G. Welhelm, Purchaser of land in Manawatu
  • William Phyn, Purchaser of land in Manawatu
  • P. Thomsen, Purchaser of land in Manawatu
  • D. Glacken, Purchaser of land in Manawatu
  • John Manson, Purchaser of land in Manawatu
  • E. R. Foster, Purchaser of land in Manawatu
  • John Dickie, Purchaser of land in Manawatu
  • Alexander Dickie, Purchaser of land in Manawatu
  • Robert Gray, Purchaser of land in Wairoa
  • Samuel Watt, Purchaser of land in Wairoa
  • George Hutchison, Purchaser of land in Wairoa
  • Andrew Duncan, Purchaser of land in Wairoa
  • John Dickie, Purchaser of land in Wairoa
  • Alexander Dickie, Purchaser of land in Wairoa
  • Wm. Stuart Lind, Purchaser of land in Wairoa
  • T. H. Nicholson, Purchaser of land in Wairoa
  • G. A. Nicholson, Purchaser of land in Wairoa
  • F. Wayne, Purchaser of land in Wairoa
  • J. Wayne, Purchaser of land in Wairoa
  • C. Rowley, Purchaser of land in Wairoa
  • William Fraser, Purchaser of land in Wairoa
  • John Henson, Purchaser of land in Wairoa
  • James Stent, Purchaser of land in Wairoa
  • William Cowern, Purchaser of land in Wairoa
  • M. V. Hodge, Purchaser of land in Wairoa
  • T. W. Fisher, Purchaser of land in Wairoa

  • Jos. G. Holdsworth, Commissioner of Crown Lands