Special attention is directed to the 11th Clause of the "Otago Roads Ordinance, 1865," for mode of procedure, &c., at Electoral Meetings.

Thomas Dick,
Superintendent.

James Dougherty,
Clerk to General Road Board.

WARRANT

Appointing an Officer for the revision of the Citizens’ List, and for other purposes in the Incorporated Town of Lawrence, in the Province of Otago.

WHEREAS the Town of Lawrence has been incorporated under the provisions of the "Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865:" And whereas by the 113th Section of the said Ordinance, it is amongst other things enacted that in cases where no special provision is made for the conduct of the first Elections under the said Ordinance, it should be lawful for the Superintendent of Otago to appoint such and so many persons as might be necessary to perform any of the said Acts in the said Ordinance, before required to be done by the Mayor, Councillors, Town Clerk, Collector, or other Officers, before such Officers could be appointed or elected under the provisions of the said Ordinance: And whereas by the 40th Section of the said Ordinance, the Mayor and Councillors of any Town incorporated under the said Ordinance (in the said section called the Council), are constituted open Courts for the revision of the Citizens’ Lists and for hearing and determining the claims of the Citizens thereof to be inserted in such Lists, and the objections of such Citizens to any other Citizen having his name retained thereon: And whereas it is expedient to appoint a fit and proper person to perform the acts required to be done by the Mayor and Councillors as constituting Courts of Revision under the said 40th Section of the said Ordinance, and to do the several other matters and things directed and required by the said Ordinance in the revision of the Citizens’ List for the said Incorporated Town of Lawrence: Now therefore I, Thomas Dick, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, in exercise of the powers vested in me by the said "Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865," and of all other powers in any wise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby nominate and appoint

MAJOR EDWARD CROKER

to perform the acts required to be done by the Council in the revision of the Citizens’ List for the Town of Lawrence, and hearing and determining the claims of the Citizens thereof to be inserted in such List, and the objections of such Citizens to any other Citizen having his name retained thereon.

As witness my hand this fifteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

Thomas Dick,
Superintendent of Otago.

MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF LAWRENCE.

Appointment of H. C. Richards to prepare the Citizens’ Roll for the Incorporated Town of Lawrence.

WHEREAS the Town of Lawrence was, by Proclamation dated the fifteenth day of June current, and published in the Otago Government Gazette, No. 425, incorporated by the name of the "Corporation of the Town of Lawrence," and certain provisions of the "Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865," were, by such Proclamation, extended to and declared applicable to and within the Municipality thereby created: And whereas by the 117th section of the said "Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865," it is amongst other things enacted that for the purposes of the first elections under the said Ordinance of Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors for any town or place to which the provisions of the said Ordinance, or any of them, should be extended as therein provided, the Superintendent of Otago for the time being should appoint some fit and proper person to prepare the Citizens’ Roll for such town and places, the expense of which should be borne and paid by the Council of the town or place elected thereunder, for which any such Citizens’ Roll should be prepared: And whereas H. C. Richards, of Lawrence, has been represented to me to be a fit and proper person to prepare the Citizens’ Roll for the said Incorporated Town of Lawrence: Now therefore I, Thomas Dick, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, in exercise of the powers vested in me by the said "Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865," do nominate and appoint the said

HENRY CHARLES RICHARDS, Accountant,

to be the person to prepare the Citizens’ Roll for the said Incorporated Town of Lawrence.

As witness my hand this fifteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

Thomas Dick,
Superintendent.

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS taken at Dunedin, for the month of May, 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: 30.141 inches
Highest pressure (on 9th): 30.650 "
Lowest pressure (on 30th): 29.372 "
Range for month: 1.278 "

TEMPERATURE IN SHADE.

Approximate mean temperature for month: 48.9° Fah.
Mean maximum temperature: 56.0° "
Mean minimum temperature: 41.8° "
Mean daily range of temperature: 14.1° "
Highest maximum temperature (13th): 66.0° "
Lowest minimum temperature (1st): 33.0° "
Extreme range for the month: 33.0° "

SOLAR RADIATION.

Maximum (on 22nd): 88
Minimum (on 25th): 59
Mean for month: 71

TERRESTRIAL RADIATION.

Maximum (on 9th): 49
Minimum (on 1st): 28
Mean for month: 37

Mean degree of humidity (Saturation=100): 77.6
Mean elastic force of vapour (9.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m.): 0.30 and 0.251 inches
Mean temperature of dew point (at 9.30 observations): 40.3° Fah.

Total rainfall on 13 days: 0.974 inches
Greatest rainfall in one day (on 25th): 0.200 "
Mean amount of sky covered (overcast =10): 4

WIND.

Mean velocity per day for month: 177 miles
Greatest velocity observed for 24 hours (on 25th): 575 "
Number of days on which the wind blew from each point at 9.30 a.m.: N., 0; N.E., 3; E., 0; S.E., 0; S., 0; S.W., 4; W., 7; N.W., 6; calm, 11.

REMARKS.

Snow fell on 1st.
Hail fell on 1st.
Fog prevailed on 9th and 13th.
High Winds occurred on 1st from S.W. and W.; on 2nd and 3rd from W.; on 20th from N.E.; and on 25th from W.

Henry Skey.