NEW ZEALAND

OTAGO

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT

GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

VOL. X. DUNEDIN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1866. No. 411

[WITH SUPPLEMENT.]

His Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified, that he has received the resignation of

ARTHUR JOHN BURNS, Esquire,

as a Member of the Provincial Council for the Taieri District.

H. J. MILLER,
Provincial Secretary.

9th March, 1866.

His Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has this day received the resignation of

JULIUS VOGEL, Esquire,

as a Member of the Provincial Council for the Waikouaiti District.

H. J. MILLER,
Provincial Secretary.

14th March, 1866.

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS taken at Dunedin, for the month of February, 1866.

Lat. 45° 52' 11" S. Long. 170° 31' 7" E.; altitude above sea, 550 feet.

BAROMETER, REDUCED TO 32° FAH. AND SEA LEVEL.

Mean atmospheric pressure for month : 29.958 inches
Highest pressure (on 2nd) : 30.372 "
Lowest pressure (on 20th) : 29.597 "
Range for month : .775 "

TEMPERATURE IN SHADE.

Approximate mean temperature for month : 58.1° Fah.
Mean maximum temperature : 66.0 "
Mean minimum temperature : 50.2 "
Mean daily range of temperature : 15.8 "
Highest maximum temperature : 77.0 "
Lowest minimum temperature : 42.0 "
Extreme range for the month : 35.0 "

SOLAR RADIATION.

Maximum (on 5th) : 105 "
Minimum (on 11th) : 70 "
Mean for month : 91 "

TERRESTRIAL RADIATION.

Maximum (on 18th) : 50 "
Minimum (on 15th) : 38 "
Mean for month : 45 "

Mean degree of humidity (Saturation=100) From the { 75.2 "
Mean elastic force of Vapour { 9.30, 4.30 "
Mean temperature of the dew point { 9.30 observations. .352 inches
Total rainfall on 16 days : 3.932 inches
Greatest fall of rain in one day (on 13th) : 1.034 "
Mean amount of sky covered (overcast =10) : 6

WIND.

Mean velocity per day for month : 128 miles
Greatest velocity observed for 24 hours (on 20th) : 305 "

REMARKS.

Number of days on which it blew from each point, at 9.30 a.m.:--N., 0; N.E., 4; E, 3; S.E., 9; S., 3; S.W., 1; W., 9; N.W., 1; calm, 7.

A gale occurred on 20th, from S.W.

Aurora Australis seen on 21st.

HENRY SKEY.

Alteration of the following Road Districts, as proclaimed in last week’s Gazette.

MATANAKA ROAD DISTRICT shall comprise all that area bounded on the west and north by the Township of Hawksbury, Sections 50, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, part 37, 38, 39, 40, and 41, Block IV, Hawksbury Survey District; north-east by Pleasant River; south and east by the Ocean.

CRANBOURNE ROAD DISTRICT shall comprise all that area bounded on the north by Block II, Hawksbury, and Sections 2 of 13, 2 of 14, 2 of 15, 2 of 16, and a continuation of same line due west to Section 4 of Block III, Hawksbury; west by Sections 21 and 11, Block III, Hawksbury; south by a part of Section 43 and Section 44, Block V, Hawksbury; west and south-west, by Sections 44, 45, and 47, Block V, Hawksbury, and by the Bush Reserve to the township of Hawksbury; south and east, by part of the township of Hawksbury, Section 1, Block VI, Hawksbury, by an old road line to Section 49, Block IV, Hawksbury, Sections 49, 48, 47, 46, and 45, said Block IV, and Pleasant River.