for eleven acres, two roods, and twenty-eight perches of land, being Section 9, Block II, Skipper's Creek.

The application of Martin Callaghan and party, Hibernian Quartz Mining Company, for fifteen acres, three roods, and nine perches of land, situate on Scandinavian Reef, Skipper's Creek, Upper Shotover.

The application of Henry Menders, Queenstown Quartz Mining Company, for sixteen acres and eight perches of land, situate on the Old Man Creek, Skippers, Upper Shotover.

The application of Peter Sorenson and party, Advance Company, for twelve acres, one rood, and twenty-two perches of land, on Pactolus Reef, Skipper's Creek, Upper Shotover.

The application of James William Robertson, Union Company, for fifteen acres and six perches of land, being Section 5, Block VI, Skipper's Creek District.

The application of Norman M'Leod, Young Columbian Company, for sixteen acres, two roods, and four perches of land, being Section 3, Block X, Skipper's Creek District.

The application of Charles Kelley, Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock Quartz Mining Company, for fourteen acres, three roods, and six perches of land, being Section 13, Block XI, Skipper's Creek District, Upper Shotover.

The application of James Bridge, Marco Polo Quartz Mining Company, for sixteen acres, one rood, thirteen perches of land, being Section 22, Block XI, Skipper's Creek District, Upper Shotover.

The application of James Mollison and Co., Bonnie Dundee Quartz Mining Company, for sixteen acres, one rood, and nine perches of land, situate and being Section 8, Block II, Skipper's Creek District.

The application of Robert Johnston, Queenstown Sluicing Company, for four acres, three roods, and thirty-six perches of land, on a terrace between the One-Mile and Two-Mile Creeks, Shotover.

The application of George Beer and Robert Burns, Great Extended Gold Mining Company, for nine acres, two roods, and fourteen perches of land, Twelve-Mile Creek, Wakatipu.

The application of Henry Bell Moore and another, Liverpool Quartz Mining Company, for fifteen acres, one rood, twelve perches of land, being Section 2, Block II, Skipper's Creek.

The application of Richard D. Owens, Hercules Quartz Mining Company, for fifteen acres, three roods of land, being Section 9 of Block XI, Skipper's Creek, Queenstown.

The application of David Baird, Victorian Sluicing Company, for four acres of land, being Section 2, Sowburn Survey District, Taieri District.

The application of William Thomas, for All Nations Sluicing Company, for two acres of land in Main Gully, Hamiltons, being Section 4.

The application of George Simpson, Hit or Miss Company, for four acres of land at Sowburn, being Section 4.

The application of Samuel Ash, Cornish Sluicing Company, for six acres of land, near the Shepherd's Hut, Hamiltons, being Section 3.

The application of James Cain, Perseverance Company, for six acres of land, at the hill workings, near Hamilton's Township, and being Section 5.

The application of Thomas Stephens, for Homeward Bound Company, for two acres of land, situate at Main Gully, Hamilton's, and being Section 9.

The application of John Shannon, for a lease of six acres of land, about two miles from Township of Hamiltons, and being Section 1.

The application of Daniel Johnston, All Nations Sluicing Company, for four acres of land, being Section 3, Sowburn Survey District, Taieri District.

The application of Donald Chisholm Cameron, Sowburn Sluicing Company, for four acres of land, being Section 1, Sowburn Survey District.

GEORGE DUNCAN,
Secretary for Land and Works.

Secretary's Office for Land and Works,
Dunedin, 4th August, 1868.

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS taken at DUNEDIN, for the Month of JULY, 1868.

At 9.30 A.M. Daily.

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 ... 29.884 inches

Highest pressure (on 21st) ... 30.415 "

Lowest pressure (on 8th) ... 29.177 "

Range for month ... 1.238 "

Temperature in Shade.

Approx. mean temperature for month ... 43.8 Fah.

Mean maximum temperature ... 49.7 "

Mean minimum temperature ... 38.0 "

Mean daily range of temperature ... 11.7 "

Highest maximum temperature (on 17th) ... 59.0 "

Lowest minimum temperature (on 11th) ... 32.0 "

Extreme range for the month ... 27.0 "

Mean temp. of evaporation for month ... 30.9 "

Solar Radiation—

Maximum (on 13th) ... 105 "

Minimum (on 19th) ... 70 "

Mean for month ... 89 "

Mean degree of humidity (Saturation = 100) ... 72.5 "

Mean elastic force of vapour ... 0.196 inch

Mean temp. of dew point ... 35.3 Fah.

Total rainfall on 9 days ... 1.154 "

Greatest rainfall in one day (on 11th) ... 0.286 "

Mean amount of sky covered (overcast = 10) ... 4

Wind:

Mean velocity per day for month ... 194 miles

Greatest velocity observed for 24 hours (on 17th) ... 560 "

Number of days on which the wind blew from each point:—

N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm.

2 3 0 0 1 0 12 7 6

REMARKS.

High wind on 16th from N.W.

Thunder storms on the 16th and 17th.

Snow fell on 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th and 10th.

Lunar halos on 7th and 29th.

Note.—The results of all the self-registering instruments were recorded on the dates above given, and therefore occurred during the preceding 24 hours.

HENRY SKEY.

NOTICE TO APPLICANTS FOR UNSURVEYED LAND, under "Otago Waste Lands Act, 1866."

It is hereby notified to the Applicants whose names appear in the subjoined Schedule, that the Waste Land Board has declared them to be the purchasers of the sections set opposite to their names in the Schedule, and that the purchase money of these sections must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue in Dunedin, on or before Wednesday, the 26th day of August, 1868, otherwise the applications will be deemed withdrawn, cancelled, and void, and the deposits made at the time of lodging the applications will be forfeited.

SCHEDULE.

Wyndham District.

Thomas Ayson, Block V, Sections 4 and 5.

David Doull, Block V, Sections 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12 and 13.

John Turnbull, Block VI, Section 6.

David Doull, Block VIII, Sections 8 and 9.

David Doull, Block IX, Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10.

Moeraki District.

H. H. Kitchener, Block XIV, Sections 7 and 8.

Akatore District.

Thomas Rabbit, Block VIII, Section 2.

W. H. Cutten,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin, 12th August, 1868.