Secretary for Land and Works Office,
Dunedin, 6th February, 1868.

IN conformity with the 29th Section of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866" it is hereby notified that it is intended to grant a lease for gold mining purposes of Crown Lands, to the undermentioned:—

Geo. DUNCAN,
Secretary for Land and Works.

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS taken at
DUNEDIN, for the Month of JANUARY, 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 ... 29.876 inches
Highest pressure (on 30th) ... 30.308 "
Lowest pressure (on 8th) ... 29.348 "
Range for month ... 0.960 "

Temperature in Shade.
Approx. mean temperature for month ... 55.4 Fah.
Mean maximum temperature ... 62.6 "
Mean minimum temperature ... 48.2 "
Mean daily range of temperature ... 14.3 "
Highest maximum temperature (on 2nd) ... 73.0 "
Lowest minimum temperature (on 21st) ... 40.0 "
Extreme range for the month ... 33.0 "

Mean degree of humidity (Saturation = 100) ... 76.0
Mean elastic force of vapour ... 0.333 inches
Mean temp. of dew point ... 47.8 Fah.
Total rainfall on 29 days ... 8.078 inches
Greatest rainfall in one day (on 29th) ... 1.648 "
Mean amount of sky covered (overcast = 10) ... 7

Wind: Mean velocity per day for month ... 147 miles
Greatest velocity observed for 24 hours (on 4th) ... 430 "

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 3 1 4 3 7 3 5 3

Remarks.—High winds occurred on 3rd from W. and S.W.; and the 22nd from N.W., and on 29th from S.W. and W.

Note.—The results noted by the self-registering instruments where the dates are given were recorded at the morning’s observation, and therefore occurred during the preceding 24 hours.

HENRY SKEY.

NATIVE LANDS COURT.
Notices of Times and Places for Investigating Claims.

NOTICE is hereby given that the claims, on behalf of themselves and others, of the several persons whose names are mentioned in the first column of the Schedule hereunder written, to the several blocks of land, of which the names and localities are mentioned in the second column, the boundaries of which are published in the Kahiti o Niu Tireni, will be investigated at Dunedin, Otago, on the 27th day of April next, and following days.

S. J. DUBEY,
Chief Clerk.
Auckland, 18th January, 1868.

He Panuitanga ki nga tangata e whai take ana ki e whenua kia mohiotia ai te wahi me te ra e tu ai te Kooti hei whakawa i o ratou take.
Na, he Panuitanga tenei kia mohiotia ai, ko te take a nga tangata no ratou nga ingoa e mau nei i te rarangi tuatahi i raro nei, ki nga pihi whenua e mau nei i te rarangi tuarua, ka whakawakia a te 27 o nga ra o Aperira, 1868, e te Kooti whakawa whenua Maori ki Otakou.

Ko nga tangata katoa e whai tikanga ana mo aua whenua me haere ki reira ka oti te whakawa, ka puta te Karauna Karaiti ki te hunga i kitea tona tika i te Kooti: heoi ano he tino whakaoatanga tena; ekore rawa e tika kia peke mai tetahi tangata ki muri.

Na Tiki,
Kai tuhituhi o te Kooti,
Kooti whakawa whenua Maori,
Akarana, 18 Hanuere, 1868.

Kei te kitea nga mahere o enei whenua ki te Kooti Maori te mahi e tika ana.

The maps can be seen at the Resident Magistrate's Court, Dunedin.

NATIVE LANDS COURT.
Notice of Times and Places for Investigating Claims.

NOTICE is hereby given that the claims, on behalf of themselves and others, of the several persons whose names are mentioned in the first column of the Schedule hereunder written, to the several blocks of land, of which the names and localities are mentioned in the second column, the boundaries of which are published in the Kahiti o Niu Tireni, will be investigated at Dunedin, Otago, on the 27th day of April next, and following days.

S. J. DUBREY,
Chief Clerk.
Auckland, 23rd January, 1868.

He Panuitanga ki nga tangata e whai take ana ki te whenua kia mohiotia ai te wahi me te ra e tu ai te Kooti hei whakawa i o ratou take.
Na, he Panuitanga tenei kia mohiotia ai, ko te take a nga tangata no ratou nga ingoa e mau nei i te rarangi tuatahi i raro nei, ki nga pihi whenua e mau nei i te rarangi tuarua, ka whakawakia a te 27 o nga ra o Aperira, 1868, e te Kooti whakawa whenua Maori ki Dunedin.

Ko nga tangata katoa e whai tikanga ana mo aua whenua me haere ki reira ka oti te whakawa, ka puta te Karauna Karaiti ki te hunga i kitea tona tika i te Kooti: heoi ano he tino whakaoatanga tena; ekore rawa e tika kia peke mai tetahi tangata ki muri.

Na Tiki,
Kai tuhituhi o te Kooti,
Kooti whakawa whenua Maori,
Akarana, 23rd Hanuere, 1868.