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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS

taken at

DUNEDIN, for the Month of DECEMBER, 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 ... 29.829 inches

Highest pressure (on 9th) ... 30.464 ",

Lowest pressure (on 28th) ... 29.180 ",

Range for month ... 1.284 ",

Temperature in Shade.

Approx. mean temperature for month ... 57.5 Fah.

Mean maximum temperature ... 65.8 ",

Mean minimum temperature ... 49.2 ",

Mean daily range of temperature ... 16.6 ",

Highest maximum temperature (on 14th) ... 73.0 ",

Lowest minimum temperature (on 20th) ... 43.0 ",

Extreme range for the month ... 30.0 ",

Mean degrees of humidity

(Computed from the 9.30 a.m. observation)

(Saturation = 100) ... 73.4

Mean elastic force of vapour ... 0.348 inches

Mean temp. of dew point ... 48.9 Fah.

Total rainfall on 17 days ... 6.318 inches

Greatest rainfall in one day (on 24th) ... 1.436 ",

Mean amount of sky covered (overcast = 10) ... 6

Wind

Mean velocity per day for month ... 118 miles

Greatest velocity observed for 24 hours (on 21st) ... 750 ",

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 5 0 6 4 0 7 1 6

Remarks.

Thunder storms occurred on 23rd and 26th. Hail fell on the 19th and 23rd. Fog prevailed on the 11th, 14th, and 15th. Great gale on 20th and 21st, from west. The results noted where the dates are given, were recorded at the morning's observation, and therefore occurred during the preceding 24 hours.

HENRY SKEY.

I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that by virtue of the powers vested in me by Section 1 of Rule 13, Gold Fields Rules and Regulations, I do hereby declare that portion of Bracken's Creek, commencing opposite the saddle leading to New Chum Gully, and terminating at the junction of the said creek with the Arrow River, to be old worked ground; and that holders of Miners' Rights may occupy within the above boundaries, claims of double the ordinary area prescribed by the regulations.

LOWTHER BROAD,

Warden of Gold Fields.

Arrowtown, 20th January, 1868.

I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that by virtue of the powers vested in me by Section 1 of Rule 13, Gold Fields Rules and Regulations, I do hereby declare that part of the bed of the Arrow River, commencing at a point opposite Arrowtown, and terminating at the Falls, to be old worked ground; and that holders of Miners' Rights may occupy within the above boundaries, claims of double the ordinary area prescribed by the regulations.

LOWTHER BROAD,

Warden of Gold Fields.

Arrowtown, 10th June, 1867.

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand,

Otago and Southland District.

In the matter of The Bankruptcy Act, 1867.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that I have this day filed in this Court a declaration of Insolvency, pursuant to the provisions of the above Act.

Dated this 23rd day of January, 1868.

ABRAHAM CHARLES REES,

of Dunedin, Tobacconist.

Edward Francis Ward, solicitor, Temple Chambers, Princes-street, Dunedin.

5/6.

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand,

Otago and Southland District.

In the matter of WALTER MORGAN, of Naseby, miner and draper, a debtor, and in the matter of the Bankruptcy Act, 1867.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the above-named Walter Morgan, has this day filed in the Supreme Court of New Zealand, Otago and Southland District, at Dunedin, a declaration of Insolvency, under the provisions of the above-mentioned Act.

Dated this twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

HAGGITT and HAGGITT,

Mansie street, Dunedin.

Solicitors for the above-named Walter Morgan.

6/6.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the partnership between the undersigned, (Walter Inder and Samuel Inder), in the business of butchers, hotel-keepers, &c., at Blackstone Hill and Mount Ida, under the firm of W. and S. Inder, was this day dissolved by mutual consent, and in future the business at Blackstone Hill will be carried on by the said Samuel Inder on his separate account, who will receive and pay all debts owing from and to the said partnership at Blackstone Hill. The business at Mount Ida will in future be carried on by the said Walter Inder on his separate account, who will receive and pay all debts owing from and to the said partnership at Mount Ida.

Witness our hands this 16th day of January, 1868.

WALTER INDER,

SAMUEL INDER.

Witness to both signatures, JAMES M'NAMARA.

Blackstone Hill, January 16th, 1868.

24/- 3s.

BALANCE SHEET of Suspension Water Race Co., Registered, Blacks No. 1, to 31st December, 1867:-

Assets.

Water Races in 300 Scrip at £20 each ... £6000 0 0

Messrs Gaffney and M'Garey ... £4 0 0

Golden Gate Water Race Co., Registered ... £2 14 0

Water account ... £130 18 6

Total Assets ... £6137 12 6

Liabilities.

Mr. James Rivers ... £211 2 2

M. M'Donald ... £7 0 6

Wickham ... £15 9 6

Walsh ... £19 0 0

Gilligan ... £3 5 6

Ennis ... £3 0 0

John M'Donald ... £12 12 0

Work ... £30 0 0

Nehill ... £1 16 4

Cassey ... £3 10 0

Hughes ... £16 8 0

Cailback ... £40 3 6

M'Combe ... £13 13 4

Messrs Cope and Fache ... £3 0 0

Mr. Cummings ... £60 0 0

Lee ... £2 0 0

Messrs Gaffney and M'Garey ... £60 0 0

Total Liabilities ... £5635 11 8

Balance ... £502 0 10

JAMES RIVERS,

Secretary.

ENTERPRISE WATER RACE COMPANY,

(Registered), Capital, £4800.

Statement of Liabilities and Assets to the 31st December, 1867:-