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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 109

NOTES FOR SEPTEMBER, 1881.

Auckland. Very wet up to 13th; maximum rain recorded on 13th, 745 in.; wind chiefly N.W. and S.W., strong on 11th and 12th ;
remainder of month tolerably fine though cloudy; wind same quarter, and strong on 19th and 20th.

Wellington. First few days fine, bright, N.W. weather; at midnight on 6th wind changed to S.W., and brought heavy rain, hail, and
sleet, with thunder; the following day cold and showery, with hail; 8th to 21st fine, bright, N.W. weather, at times stormy; on 22nd
stormy from N.W., and changing to S.E., with rain, which continued to 25th; 1.40 in. rain recorded on that date, the maximum for month;
remainder fine; prevailing N.W. wind, and strong on 5th, 10th, 11th, 21st, and 22nd.

Lincoln. Generally fine bright weather; the maximum recorded on 7th, 1.15 in, nearly the total for month; moderate winds from
N. and N.E.; hail on 7th; fog on 17th and 30th.

Dunedin.-Fine, dry, warm weather prevailed, with moderate westerly winds; strong on 12th and 13th; snow on 13th; maximum rain
on 23rd, 20 in.

GENERAL REMARKS. On the whole fine mild weather, with moderate rainfall, at times sudden changes from N. W. to S.E., bring-
ing rain, wind, hail, and slight thunder, but no severe gales were experienced. Earthquake at Wellington on 1st, at 2.25 a.m., smart;
on 14th, at 7.30 a.m., slight; and on 15th, at 7.37 p.m., very slight.

NOTE. The intercolonial weather exchange with Australia has been continued, and the system is becoming more perfect. In July four
storm centres that were previously experienced in Australia passed over New Zealand, three of which on 2nd, 8th, and 28th passed to south
of Bluff, and one on 16th passed to north of New Zealand. In August, on the 8th, a depression passed south of New Zealand without
influencing Australia. Centres at Hobart on 11th passed south of New Zealand on 14th; at Sydney on 16th passed north of New Zealand
on 18th; on 18th at Tasmania passed well south of New Zealand on 21st; at Sydney on 22nd passed Cook Strait on 25th; at King George's
Sound on 24th passed Bluff on 31st. In September centres at Hobart on 2nd passed Bluff on 5th; at Hobart and Sydney on 11th passed
south of New Zealand on 12th in a wave form, causing a remarkable S.W. squall in both countries; at Albany on 14th passed Hobart on
17th, and Bluff on 20th; at Hobart on 20th passed over Cook Strait on 24th.

In every case the progress of these atmospheric depressions or storm centres has been to the eastward, and after clearing Australia, and
before reaching New Zealand, the depressions generally appear to deepen, and at the same time contract in diameter, so as to produce
steeper grades, and consequently heavier winds.
J. НЕСТОВ.

Notice to Persons petitioning the House of
Representatives.

REPRESENTATIONS having been made that, in
some instances, persons petitioning the House
of Representatives on the subject of private griev-
ances had been left in ignorance of the manner in
which their petitions had been dealt with by the
House, it was directed that abstracts of the reports
of the Select Committees to which the petitions had
been referred should be forwarded to the petitioners.

Difficulty has been experienced in giving effect to
this direction, as Members who presented the peti-
tions were often ignorant of the addresses of the
petitioners, and considerable numbers of the abstracts
of reports above referred to have been returned from
the Dead Letter Offices-especially in the larger
towns-having been insufficiently addressed. It is
therefore suggested that, when petitioners are com-
municating with Members of the House as to the
presentation of their petitions, they should at the
same time supply them with an address that will
find them through the Post Office.

F. E. CAMPBELL,
Clerk of the House of Representatives.
16th December, 1881.

Gold Fields Notices.

Gold Mining Leases cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 16th December, 1881.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the
Governor has been pleased to pronounce the
under-mentioned gold-mining leases cancelled, and
that the ground is now open for application as if no
leases of the said ground had ever been applied for:-
Henry Johnson and others; 10 acres, District of
Grey, Nelson South-West Gold Fields. No. 41.
Robert Reay; 16 acres 2 roods 3 perches, District
of Mawhera Nui, Nelson South-West Gold Fields.
No. 886.
WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Mines.

Gold-Mining Lease to be granted.

IN conformity with the thirty-seventh section of
"The Mines Act, 1877," and with the regula-
tions made under that Act for the granting of leases
for gold-mining purposes, it is hereby notified that
it is intended to grant a lease of Crown lands for
gold-mining purposes to the applicants specified in
the annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid
objections against such lease.

Objections to the granting of such lease, stating
the grounds of objection, must be made in writing,
and lodged with the Warden at Naseby on or before
the 16th day of January, 1882.

Copy of the application made and plan annexed
may be seen at the Warden's Office at Naseby.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: James Edward Rumble and Henrich
Rathje. Style under which it is intended to conduct
the business: "Rumble and Rathje." 5 acres, in
the Mount Ida Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this six-
teenth day of December, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-one.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Crown Lands Notices.

Sale of Special-Value Lands. --Mangahao and Makuri
Survey Districts, Forty-Mile Bush.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1881.

ON Monday and Tuesday, the 30th and 31st Janu-
ary, 1882, 7,200 acres of first-class land will be
open for purchase, on application at the Land Office,
Wellington, including nine sections deferred, and
twenty-five cash payments, as per Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

LAND ON DEFERRED PAYMENTS, RESIDENCE NOT
COMPULSORY.