METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS taken at

DUNEDIN, for the Month of APRIL, 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 ... 30.176 inches
Highest pressure (on 25th) ... 30.461 "
Lowest pressure (on 17th) ... 29.675 "
Range for month ... 0.786 "

Temperature in Shade.
Approx. mean temperature for month ... 53.8 Fah.
Mean maximum temperature ... 61.3 "
Mean minimum temperature ... 46.3 "
Mean daily range of temperature ... 15.1 "
Highest maxim. temperature (recorded on 28th) ... 70.0 "
Lowest minim. temperature (on 11th) ... 39.0 "
Extreme range for the month ... 31.0 "

Terrestrial Radiation.
Maximum (on 18th) ... 49
Minimum (on 16th) ... 31
Mean for month ... 40

Mean degrees of humidity (Saturation, 100) ... 78.8

Mean elastic force of vapour ... 0.308 inches
Mean temp. of dew point ... 45.6 Fah.
Total rainfall on 6 days ... 0.654 inches
Greatest rainfall in one day (the 6th) ... 0.282 "
Mean amount of sky covered (overcast, 10) ... 5

Wind: Mean velocity per day for month ... 148 miles
Greatest velocity observed for 24 hours (on 12th) ... 300 miles

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.
2, 2, 2, 0, 2, 3, 4, 0, 15

Remarks. -- Fog occurred on 3rd and 29th. The results noted, where the dates are given, were recorded at the morning observations, and therefore occurred during the previous 24 hours.

HENRY SKEY.

MUNICIPALITY OF LAWRENCE.
Statement of Probable Income and Expenditure for the Years 1867-8

Income.
Balance of Rates due for 1866 ... £50 0 0
Estimated Rates for 1867 ... 300 0 0
Government Subsidy ... 650 0 0
Cash on hand ... 87 3 0

Total Income ... £1,037 3 0

Expenditure.
Salaries ... £150 0 0
Rent and Stationery ... 30 0 0
Due on Works in Progress ... 300 0 0
Proposed Expenditure on Public Works ... 600 0 0

Total Expenditure ... £1,080 0 0

Probable deficiency ... £42 17 0

HORACE BASTINGS,
Mayor.
Council Chambers, Lawrence, April 20, 1867.

Secretary of Public Works for the Province of Otago;
and
ALEXANDER MOLLISON, Esquire,
of Waihola, a member of the Executive Council of the
said Province, to be Commissioners of the Waste Lands
Board of the Province of Otago."

JOHN LOGAN,
Secretary to Superintendent.
Superintendent’s Office,
Dunedin, May 22, 1867.

The following is a Return showing the Approximate Estimate of Income and Expenditure, Year ending 1867.

MUNICIPALITY OF PORT CHALMERS.

Dr.

Income:
To Rates, year ending 1867 ... £450 0 0
Bonus from Government ... 900 0 0
Rent, Municipal Estate ... 100 0 0
Do. Quarry ... 50 0 0

Total Income ... £1,500 0 0

Cr.

Expenditure:
By Salaries, Clerk and Dayman ... £180 0 0
Stationery ... 10 0 0
Cleaning and Lighting Office ... 25 0 0
Making and Repairing Streets, &c. ... 1,285 0 0

Total Expenditure ... £1,500 0 0

GEORGE L. ASHER,
Town Clerk.
Town Hall, Port Chalmers,
May 8th, 1867.

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

In the matter of the Petition of JOHN SWITZER, of
Princes street, Dunedin, in the Province of Otago,
New Zealand, Boot and Shoe Importer, a Bankrupt;
and in the matter of the "Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862," "The Debtors and Creditors Act Amendment Act, 1865," and "The Debtors and Creditors Acts Amendment Act, 1866.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Petition of the
said John Switzer, entitled in the above matters,
and presented with the concurrence of Messrs. Driver
and Maclean of Dunedin, Stock and Station Salesmen,
and creditors of the Petitioner to the extent of Fifty
Pounds and upwards, has been accepted by His Honor
Mr. Justice Chapman, who has appointed Monday, the
twenty-fourth day of June next, for hearing the said
Petition at the Supreme Court House, Dunedin.

Dated this 20th day of May, 1867.

GEO. COOK,
Solicitor for the Petitioner.
13s.

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

In the matter of the Petition of JOHN SWITZER, of
Princes-street, Dunedin, in the Province of Otago,
New Zealand, Boot and Shoe Importer, a Bankrupt;
and in the matter of "The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862," "The Debtors and Creditors Amendment Act, 1865," and "The Debtors and Creditors Acts Amendment Act, 1866.

WHEREAS the above-named John Switzer has
this day presented his Petition in writing to
me, Henry Samuel Chapman, Esquire, a Judge of the
Supreme Court of New Zealand, Otago and Southland
District, praying that his estate might be placed under
sequestration for the benefit of his creditors, and that
he might be protected from arrest, and have relief
according to the provisions of the said Acts; and the
said John Switzer also made affidavit of such facts as
have satisfied me of the truth of the matters contained
in the said Petition.

And whereas application has been made to me for an order for the sequestration of the estate of the said John Switzer upon hearing Mr.
Cook, the Solicitor for the Petitioner, I do order that
the said estate and effects of the said John Switzer be
placed under sequestration in the hands of George
Brodie, Esquire, of Dunedin, Inspector in Bankruptcy
for the Province of Otago, and that the same shall be