METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS taken at

Dunedin, for the month of September, 1866.
Lat. 45° 52' 11" S.; Long. 170° 31' 7" E.; altitude above sea, 550 feet.

BAROMETER, REDUCED TO 39° FAH. AND SEA LEVEL.

Mean atmospheric pressure for month : 29.838 inches
Highest pressure (on 23rd) : 30.352 "
Lowest pressure (on 30th) : 29.003 "
Range for month : 1.349 "

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 : 14.0 "
Highest maximum temperature (2nd) : 70.0 "
Lowest minimum temperature (8th) : 35.0 "
Extreme range for the month : 35.0 "

SOLAR RADIATION.

Maximum (on 18th) : 88.0 "
Minimum (on 29th) : 60.0 "
Mean for month : 73.0 "

TERRESTRIAL RADIATION.

Maximum (on 3rd) : 44.0 "
Minimum (on 9th) : 28.0 "
Mean for month : 36.0 "

Mean degree of humidity (Saturation=100) computed from the : 75.6 "
Mean elastic force of Vap. (9.30, 4.30) : ... 0.248 inches
Mean temperature of dew point (at 9.30 observations) : 40.0° Fah.
Total rainfall on 11 days : 2.352 inches
Greatest rainfall in one day (on 20th) : 0.750 "
Mean amount of sky covered (overcast =10) : 5

WIND.

Mean velocity per day for month : 121 miles
Greatest velocity observed for 24 hours (on 8th) : 500 "
Number of days on which the wind blew from each point, at 9.30 a.m.: N., 2; N.E., 9; E., 3; S.E., 2; S., 1; S.W., 1; W., 4; N.W., 1; calm, 7.

REMARKS.

Thunder, but no lightning, on 7th.
Fog prevailed on 6th and 14th.
Strong wind from west on 8th.

Henry Sky.

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

In the matter of the Petition of JOHN NICKLIN MERRY, of Dunedin, Collector, a Debtor; and in the matter of the Debtors and Creditors Acts, 1862 and 1865.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the said Petition has been accepted by His Honor Mr Justice Chapman, who has appointed Monday the fifth day of November, A.D. 1866, at ten o'clock a.m., at the Supreme Court House, Dunedin for hearing of the said Petition.

Dated this 25th day of September, A.D. 1866.

John Nicklin Merry,
Petitioner.

8s.

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

In the matter of the Petition of HENRY WILLIAM LUCKHURST, of Dunedin, Carpenter, a Debtor; and in the matter of the Debtors and Creditors Acts, 1862 and 1865.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the said Petition has been accepted by His Honor Mr Justice Chapman, who has appointed Monday the fifth day of November, A.D. 1866, at ten o'clock a.m., at the Supreme Court House, Dunedin for hearing of the said Petition.

Dated this fifth day of October, A.D. 1866.

H. W. Luckhurst,
Petitioner.

8s.

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

In the matter of the several Petitions of JAMES WANLESS HOOD, of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, Journeyman Whitesmith; and of JOHN TRESCOWTHICK, of Dunedin aforesaid, Carrier, Debtors; and in the matter of the Debtors and Creditors Acts, 1862 and 1865.

NOTICE is hereby given that the above-named James Wanless Hood and John Trescowthick have respectively filed their petitions for relief under the above Acts, and that His Honor the Judge has appointed Monday, the fifth day of November, 1866, at the hour of ten in the forenoon, for the hearing of the said Petitions.

Wilson, Kidston and Stamper,
Temple Chambers, Princes-street, Dunedin,
Solicitors for the Petitioners.

10s.

NOTICE OF PARTNERSHIP.

THE undersigned have this day entered into Partnership as Lessees of the Vauxhall Gardens and Baths, under the firm of “Greys and Armstrong.”

The Partnership exists only so far as the Vauxhall Gardens and Baths are concerned.

Dated this 1st day of October 1866.

John Grey.
Charles Grey.
Chas. C. Armstrong.

Witness—
H. D. Maddock, Solicitor, Dunedin.

6s.

THE Partnership heretofore existing between Edward Michael Fisher and Charles Alexander Pritchard has this day been dissolved by mutual consent.

Hobart Town, 3d July 1866.

Charles A. Pritchard.
Signed E. M. Fisher.

Witness—
Thos. Parker, City Accountant.

5s.

29° VICTORIAE. No. 26.

SCHEDULE A.

I the undersigned THOMAS DUFFY, hereby make application to register the “Enterprise Water Race Company, Registered,” under the provisions of “The Mining Companies’ Limited Liability Act, 1865,” and I do solemnly and sincerely declare that, to the best of my belief and knowledge, the following statement is true in every particular, namely:

1. The name and style of the Company is “Enterprise Water Race Company.”
2. The place of operations is at Hyde.
3. The nominal capital of the Company is three thousand six hundred pounds in six hundred shares of six pounds each.
4. The amount already paid up is two thousand five hundred pounds.
5. The name of the Manager is Thomas Duffy.
6. The Office of the Company is at Hyde.
7. The names and several residences of the Shareholders, and the number of Shares held by each at this date, are as follows:

Dated at Hamilton, this 20th day of September, 1866.

Thomas Duffy, Manager.

Witness to the signature—
Charles Broad, J.P.

2–24s.

Printed under the Authority of the Provincial Government of Otago, by Daniel Campbell, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Printer to the said Provincial Government for the time being.