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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS taken at
DUNEDIN, for the Month of FEBRUARY, 1867.

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 29.839 inches
Highest pressure (on 9th) 30.254 ,,
Lowest pressure (on 26th) 29.370 ,,
Range for month .884 ,,

Temperature in Shade.

Approx. mean temperature for month 60.3 Fah.
Mean maximum temperature 70.9 ,,
Mean minimum temperature 49.7 ,,
Mean daily range of temperature 21.1 ,,
Highest maxim. temperature (recorded on 28th) 87.0 ,,
Lowest minim. temperature (on 10th) 41.0 ,,
Extreme range for the month 46.0 ,,

Terrestrial Radiation.

Maximum (on 28th) 57 ,,
Minimum (on 10th) 33 ,,
Mean for month 44 ,,

Mean degree of humidity (Saturation, 100) 69.3 ,,
Mean elast. force of vapour .346 inches
Mean temp. of dew point 48° 8 Fah.
Total rainfall on 13 days 1.646 inches
Greatest rainfall in one day (the 9th) .430 ,,
Mean amount of sky covered (overcast, 10) 5 ,,

Wind: Mean velocity per day for month 160 miles
Greatest velocity observed for 24 hours (on 24th) 525 ,,
Number of days on which the wind blew from each point at 9.30 a.m.:-

N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm.
3 3 1 1 2 3 5 2 8

REMARKS.—A Gale occurred on 23rd, from West. Fog prevailed on 1st and 2nd. The results noted, where the dates are given, were recorded at the morning Observation, and therefore occurred during the previous 24 hours.

HENRY SKEY.

NOTICE.—To the Owner of Section 45, Block V, Hawksbury District. I intend erecting a dividing fence between Sections 45 and 47, Block V, Hawksbury District.

HENRY BARNETT.
Hawksbury, 25th March, 1867. 3s. 6d.

STATEMENT of Assets and Liabilities of the British American Quartz Mining Company, (Registered), to December 31, 1866.

Receipts:

Gold produced £1,050 12 7

Expenditure:

Wages £765 13 4
Timber 120 17 6
Horse and Harness 25 0 0
Stores, etc. 81 17 6
Balance of Gold 57 4 5

£1,050 12 7

Assets:

Value of Claim, Machinery, Plant, Tools, Water Race, etc. £16,000 0 0
Balance of Gold 57 4 5

£16,057 4 5

Liabilities:

Nil.

Total Assets: £16,057 4 5

JOHN N. PERRY.
Manager.

10s.

[From the New Zealand Gazette, March 23, 1867. No. 18.]

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, March 21, 1867.

THE following Ordinances passed by the Provincial Council, and assented to by the Superintendent of the Province of Otago, intituled—

“The Turnpikes Ordinance, 1866;”
“The Appropriation Ordinance, No. 1, 1866;”
“The Appropriation Ordinance, No. 2, 1866;”
“The Licensing Ordinance, 1865, Amendment Ordinance, 1866;”
“The Dunedin Waterworks Company Guaranteed Interest Ordinance, 1864, Amendment Ordinance, 1866;”
“The Vagrant Ordinance Repeal Ordinance, 1866;”
“The Cemetery Ordinances Amendment Ordinances, 1866;”

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

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, March 21, 1867.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN NUGENT WOOD, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, for the District of Hamilton, as the same is defined in a proclamation bearing date the 30th of November, 1865, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 48, of the 11th of December, 1865.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
(Judicial Branch),
Wellington, March 21, 1867.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

JAMES PRENDERGAST, Esq.,

of his appointment as Crown Solicitor for the Province of Otago.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
(Judicial Branch),
Wellington, March 21, 1867.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

BRYAN CECIL HAGGITT, Esq.,

to be Crown Solicitor for the Province of Otago.

E. W. STAFFORD.

General Post Office,
Wellington, March 21, 1867.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FREDERICK DENHAM GIBSON, Esq.,
JAMES STEWART, Esq., and
THOMAS TURNBULL, Esq.,

to be Inspectors of Steam Vessels for the Colony of New Zealand, under the provisions of “The Steam Navigation Act, 1866.”

E. W. STAFFORD,
(In the absence of Mr. Hall).

General Post Office,
Wellington, 16th March, 1867.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES STEWART, Esq., and
EBENEZER HAMILTON, Esq.,

to be Engineer Surveyors for the Colony of New Zealand, under the provisions of “The Steam Navigation Act, 1866.”

E. W. STAFFORD,
(In the absence of Mr. Hall).

Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of Otago, by MILLS, DICK & Co., of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, Printers to the said Provincial Government for the time being.