Otago Provincial Gazette – 1862 – No. 190

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✨ Miscellaneous Notices and Meteorological Data



Superintendent's Office,

Dunedin, 28th May 1862.

HIS Honor THE SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be notified that he has appointed
Vincent Pyke, Esquire,
a Gold Field Commissioner, district to be assigned afterwards.

By order,
Thomas Dick,
Provincial Secretary.

Dunedin, 26th May 1862.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the PARTNERSHIP lately subsisting between the undersigned, as Runholders, is DISSOLVED as from the 17th instant.

William Purdie.
Henry Walker.

Witness—
Robert M'Connel,
Clark, Dunedin.

PRINCE OF WALES METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER

THERMOMETER

MAX. MIN. MEAN. 8 A.M. 9 P.M.
APRIL 1 58.5 48.5 53.5 49.0 57.0
2 51.8 47.5 49.65 48.18 51.12
3 57.0 47.5 52.25 ... ...
4 60.5 44.0 52.25 50.5 54.0
5 61.0 45.5 53.25 52.75 53.75
6 60.5 46.0 53.25 53.5 53.0
7 61.0 43.5 52.25 50.0 54.5
8 60.5 39.0 49.75 50.0 49.5
9 60.25 39.0 49.62 48.5 50.75
10 63.0 38.5 50.75 48.0 53.5
11 62.0 40.0 51.0 51.5 50.5
12 59.0 42.5 50.75 51.0 50.5
13 56.0 40.25 48.12 46.25 50.0
14 53.0 40.0 46.5 47.0 46.0
15 56.0 40.25 48.12 47.25 49.0
16 59.0 40.0 49.5 48.75 50.25
17 51.25 39.25 45.25 43.18 47.32
18 54.0 40.0 47.0 46.25 47.75
19 53.0 44.0 48.5 47.5 49.5
20 55.0 40.0 47.5 46.5 48.5
21 52.0 46.0 49.0 47.0 51.0
22 49.0 40.25 44.62 43.5 45.75
23 49.0 38.0 43.5 43.0 44.0
24 48.5 39.5 44.0 43.0 45.0
25 49.5 36.0 42.75 40.5 45.0
26 57.0 44.0 50.5 49.75 51.25
27 54.0 40.0 47.0 45.75 48.25
28 52.0 41.0 46.5 45.5 47.5
29 58.0 41.5 49.75 48.75 50.75
30 53.0 37.0 45.0 43.5 46.5

Of the month | 61.0 | 38.5 | 48.25 | ... | ... |

MAY

MAX. MIN. MEAN. 8 A.M. 9 P.M.
1 57.5 52.0 54.75 53.5 56.0
2 56.0 50.0 53.0 52.5 53.5
3 62.0 47.0 54.5 53.5 55.5
4 65.0 49.5 57.25 55.75 58.75
5 55.25 50.0 52.62 52.25 53.0
6 51.0 42.5 46.75 46.0 47.5
7 53.5 40.0 46.75 45.0 48.5
8 63.0 37.0 50.0 51.0 49.0
9 65.5 36.0 50.75 52.75 48.75
10 66.5 41.5 54.0 55.0 53.0
11 62.5 48.0 55.25 55.5 55.0
12 56.0 43.0 49.5 50.0 49.0
13 49.0 42.0 45.5 45.25 45.75
14 50.0 37.5 43.75 44.0 43.5
15 56.75 42.0 49.37 48.75 50.0
16 59.0 47.0 53.0 52.5 53.5
17 58.0 43.0 50.5 50.0 51.0
18 59.0 51.0 55.0 54.5 55.5
19 57.5 48.0 52.75 51.5 54.0
20 58.0 45.0 51.5 51.0 52.0
21 56.5 45.0 50.75 50.0 51.5
22 63.0 47.0 55.0 55.5 54.5
23 60.0 46.0 53.0 53.5 52.5
24 58.0 44.5 51.25 50.5 52.0
25 61.0 45.0 53.0 52.5 53.5
26 62.0 45.5 53.75 53.5 54.0
27 57.0 44.5 50.75 50.5 51.0
28 58.0 48.5 53.25 52.5 54.0
29 39.0 29.5 34.25 33.5 35.0
30 40.25 34.0 37.12 36.5 37.75
31 47.5 23.0 35.25 33.0 37.5

Of the month | 65.50 | 29.50 | 47.50 | ... | ... |

The height of the thermometer above the sea level at the Observatory of Dunedin is 232 feet.
The height of the land at the signal station above the sea level is 247 feet.

A. H. Ross, Registrar.

Printed for the Provincial Government by Daniel Campbell, Dunedin.




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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🗺️ Appointment of Gold Field Commissioner

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
28 May 1862
Appointment, Gold Field Commissioner, Dunedin
  • Vincent Pyke (Esquire), Appointed Gold Field Commissioner

  • Thomas Dick, Provincial Secretary

🏭 Dissolution of Runholders Partnership

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
26 May 1862
Partnership dissolution, Runholders, Dunedin
  • William Purdie, Dissolved partnership
  • Henry Walker, Dissolved partnership
  • Robert M'Connel, Witness to partnership dissolution

🎓 Prince of Wales Meteorological Register

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
Meteorological data, Thermometer readings, Dunedin, April 1862, May 1862
  • A. H. Ross, Registrar of Meteorological Register