METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS taken at Dunedin, for the month of March, 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 : 30.067 inches
Highest pressure (on 30th) : 30.551 ”
Lowest pressure (on 5th) : 29.502 ”
Range for month : 1.049 ”

TEMPERATURE IN SHADE.

Approximate mean temperature for month : 53.9° Fah.
Mean maximum temperature : 62.0 ”
Mean minimum temperature : 45.8 ”
Mean daily range of temperature : 16.1 ”
Highest maximum temperature : 74.0 ”
Lowest minimum temperature : 36.0 ”
Extreme range for the month : 38.0 ”

SOLAR RADIATION.

Maximum (on 20th) : 96 ”
Minimum (on 30th) : 63 ”
Mean for month : 81 ”

TERRESTRIAL RADIATION.

Maximum (on 26th) : 49 ”
Minimum (on 30th) : 30 ”
Mean for month : 41 ”

Mean degree of humidity (Saturation=100) : 72.9 ”
Mean elastic force of Vapour { from the 9.30, 4.30 p.m. and 9.30 observations. } : 2.94 inches
Mean temperature of the dew point : 44.5° Fah.
Total rainfall on 13 days : 1.762 inches
Greatest rainfall in one day (on 15th) : 0.430 ”
Mean amount of sky covered (overcast =10) : 5

WIND.

Mean velocity per day for month : 190 miles
Greatest velocity observed for 24 hours (on 22nd) : 600 ”

REMARKS.

Number of days on which the wind blew from each point, at 9.30 a.m. :— N., 4; N.E., 3; E., 2; S.E., 0; S., 1; S.W., 2; W., 12; N.W., 1; calm, 6.

Lunar halo seen on 31st.

Hail fell on 22nd.

Fog prevailed on 15th.

High winds from west occurred on 22nd and 23rd.

HENRY SKEY.

(From New Zealand Gazette, April 3, 1866, No. 18.)

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 26th March, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE CHRISTON TAIT, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the District of Tokomairiro.

E. W. STAFFORD.

(From New Zealand Gazette, March 13, 1866, No. 15.)

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 28th February, 1866.

THE following Ordinances passed by the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, intituled—

“Medical Practitioners’ Ordinance Amendment Ordinance, 1865;”

“Sheep Ordinance 1856 Amendment Ordinance, 1865;”

“Superintendent’s Indemnity Ordinance (No. 2), 1865;”

“Town and Country Police Ordinance Extension Ordinance, 1865;”

“Acclimatisation Reserve Ordinance 1865 Repeal Ordinance;”

“Fencing Ordinance 1856 Amendment Ordinance, 1865;”

“Birds Protection Ordinance, 1865;”

“Appropriation Ordinance, 1865-6;”

“Licensing Ordinance, 1865;”

“Municipal Corporations Ordinance 1865 Amendment Ordinance;”

“Otago Roads Ordinance 1865 Extension and Amendment Ordinance;”

“Roads Diversion Ordinance Amendment Ordinance, 1865;”

having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency has been pleased to leave the same to their operation.

E. W. STAFFORD.

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand, }
Otago and Southland District. }

NOTICE is hereby given that a sitting of this Court, in its Insolvent Jurisdiction, will be held at the Court House, Dunedin, on Monday, the seventh day of May next, at ten o’clock in the forenoon, for the transaction of all business arising out of Debtors and Creditors Acts.

ROBT. CHAPMAN, Registrar.

Supreme Court Office,
Dunedin, 7th April, 1866.

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand, }
Otago and Southland District. }

In the matter of the Petition of JAMES MALCOLM MORRISON, late of Riverton, in the Province of Southland, Hotelkeeper; and in the matter of the “Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862,” and “The Debtors and Creditors Act Amendment Act, 1865.”

NOTICE is hereby given, that the said Petition has been accepted by His Honor Mr. Justice Chapman, who has appointed the 7th day of May next, at ten o’clock a.m., at the Supreme Court House, Dunedin, for hearing the said Petition.

Dated this tenth day of April, 1866.

JAMES M. MORRISON,
Petitioner.

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand, }
Otago and Southland District. }

In the matter of the Petition of ALFRED CLEVE, of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, Merchant, a Debtor; and John Bullock, of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago aforesaid, Creditor of the said Alfred Cleve to the extent of not less than fifty pounds; and in the matter of the “Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862.”

WHEREAS upon the fifth day of February, A.D. 1866, upon reading the Petition of the said Alfred Cleve, and the several schedules and annexures thereto, and upon hearing Mr. Dempsey of Counsel for the said Alfred Cleve, it was ordered that the Registrar of the Supreme Court of New Zealand for the Otago and Southland District, should, for and on behalf of the said Alfred Cleve, convey, assign, and make over all the real and personal estate and effects of the said Alfred Cleve unto James Alfred Webb, of Dunedin aforesaid, Accountant, subject to the usual trusts for the benefit of Creditors: And whereas the said Registrar of the said Supreme Court for the Otago and Southland District, for and on behalf of the said Alfred Cleve, has executed a deed of conveyance and assignment of the estate and effects of the said Alfred Cleve, in conformity with the said recited Rule; and upon production of the said deed, and upon consideration of the matter, it is hereby ordered that the said Alfred Cleve be discharged and released from his debts, liabilities, and engagements, specified in his said schedules.

Dated this twentieth day of February, A.D. 1866.

By the Court,

ROBERT CHAPMAN,
Registrar.

Upon the motion of Mr. Dempsey.