emptive right B., Run No. 249, thence to and by the Nevis road to the Earnscleugh river, thence by the Earnscleugh river to a point on the eastern bank of the Clutha river opposite the junction of the said Earnscleugh river, thence by the Clutha river and north and east boundaries of Alexandra to Manuherikia river, thence by the east bank of the Manuherikia river to a point opposite the junction of the Chatto Creek, thence by a direct line to the Dunedin road via the Rock and Pillar, thence by a direct line to the Manorburn three miles above its junction with the Manuherikia river, thence by the western watershed of the Manorburn to the Teviot road via the Knobbies, thence by the said main road to the starting point.

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS taken at DUNEDIN, for the Month of JUNE, 1869.

Daily at 9.0 a.m.

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 ... 29.41 inches

Highest pressure (on 21st) ... 30.70 "

Lowest pressure (on 6th) ... 29.627 "

Range for month ... 0.743 "

Temperature in Shade.

Approx. mean temperature for month 44.1 Fah.

Mean maximum temperature ... 49.1 "

Mean minimum temperature ... 39.0 "

Mean daily range of temperature ... 10.1 "

Highest maximum temperature (on 5th) 56.0 "

Lowest minimum temperature (on 2nd) 35.0 "

Extreme range for the month ... 21.0 "

Mean temp. of evaporation for month 44.1 "

Solar Radiation.

Maximum (on 8th) ... 101 "

Minimum (on 8th) ... 52 "

Mean for month ... 81 "

Terrestrial Radiation.

Maximum (on 2nd) ... 47 "

Minimum (on 16th) ... 17 "

Mean for month ... 26 "

Mean degree of humidity (Saturation = 100) ... 77.1

Mean elastic force of vapour ... 0.225 inches

Mean temp. of dew point ... 37.6 Fah.

Total rainfall on 11 days ... 3.372 inches

Greatest rainfall in one day (on 16th) ... 0.980 "

Mean amount of sky covered (overcast = 10) ... 5

Wind: Mean velocity per day for month 79 miles

Greatest velocity observed for 24 hours (on 15th) ... 580 miles

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

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

3 1 0 1 1 2 8 1 13

REMARKS.

High wind on 15th from S.W.; Hail fell on 14th; Fog prevailed on 7th.

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.

Native Land Court Office,

Auckland, July 5, 1869.

THE Chief Judge of the Native Land Court has revoked the license as Interpreter in this Court, issued to Alfred Edmonds on 8th day of April, 1868.

A. J. DICKEY, Chief Clerk.

IMPOUNDED on the tenth day of July, 1869, by E. B. Atkinson, Esq., one dark bay Mare, branded J M off shoulder, J R or J B off neck, star on forehead; one bay Mare, near shoulder, small star; owners unknown, for trespassing on fenced land, for which no damages are claimed; and in default of being released, the above cattle will be sold at the Public Pound at Oamaru, on the sixth day of August, 1869, at 12 o'clock noon.

FRED. COLLIS,

Poundkeeper of the Oamaru Pound.

CITY OF DUNEDIN.

NOMINATION of Councillors and Auditors for Municipal Year ending 1st August, 1870.

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Nominations of Candidates for election to the several offices of Councillors and Auditors for the year ending 1st August, 1870, will be declared on Wednesday, the 28th day of July instant, at the Terrace of the Provincial Council Chambers, at the hour of noon.

The Councillors retiring by rotation are—

For South Ward—Cr. H. S Fish.

" High " —Cr. Alex. Carrick.

" Bell " —Cr. Louis Thonemann.

" Leith " —Cr. Henry Driver.

Nominations must be in form of Schedule D of the "Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance 1865," and be lodged at the Office of the Town Clerk, Princes Street, where blank forms may be had on or before noon of the day herein fixed for the declaration.

One Councillor to be elected for each Ward, and two (2) Auditors to be elected for the City.

By Order of His Worship the Mayor,

J. M. MASSEY, Town Clerk.

13th July, 1869.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Copartnership carried on for some time past at Adelaide, South Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Brisbane, Queensland, and Dunedin, New Zealand, by Alexander Sinclair Murray, and Peleg Whitford Jackson, under the firm of Murray and Jackson, was this day dissolved by mutual consent. Mr. A. L. Blake, 55 Elizabeth Street, is empowered to discharge and settle all debts due to and by the said co-partnership concern.

Dated at Melbourne this 28th day of June, A.D., 1869.

A. S. MURRAY.

P. W. JACKSON.

Witness:

JAS. K. B. PLUMMER, Solicitor,

20s. 36 William Street, Melbourne.

Printed under the Authority of the Provincial Government of Otago, by Mills, Dick & Co., of Dunedin, New Zealand, Printers to the said Provincial Government for the time being.