Land and Works Office,
Dunedin, 8th September, 1869.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the application of George Butler Bond and others, for a Mining Lease of fifteen acres of land, adjoining Pierce and Party’s Claim, Cardrona, has been refused by the Government, and the said land is now open for occupation by holders of Miners’ Rights.

D. RIND,
Secretary for Land and Works.

Land and Works Office,
Dunedin, 8th September, 1869.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the Government have refused the applications for Agricultural Leases of the undermentioned persons:—

James Boreland, for sections 29 and 30, Moa Flat Block, Mount Benger
John Campbell, for sections 2 and 3, block 4, Table Hill;

And the above sections are now re-open for application for Agricultural purposes.

D. RIND,
Secretary for Land and Works.

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS taken at Dunedin, for the Month of August, 1869.

At 9 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 29.923 inches
Highest pressure (on 19th) ... 30.238
Lowest pressure (on 10th) ... 29.508
Range for month ... 0.730

Temperature in Shade.
Approx. mean temperature for month 44.6 Fah.
Mean maximum temperature ... 50.5
Mean minimum temperature ... 38.7
Mean daily range of temperature ... 11.8
Highest maximum temperature (on 28th) 63.0
Lowest minimum temperature (on 12th) 32.0
Extreme range for the month ... 31.0
Mean temp. of evaporation ... 41.4

Solar Radiation.
Maximum (on 31st) ... 110
Minimum (on 19th) ... 52
Mean for month ... 73

Terrestrial Radiation.
Maximum (on 30th) ... 34
Minimum (on 24th) ... 18
Mean for month ... 25

Mean degree of humidity (Saturation = 100) ... 76.2
Mean elastic force of vapour ... 0.236 inches
Mean temp. of dew point ... 37.7 Fah.

Rainfall.
Total rainfall on 17 days ... 1.507 inches
Greatest rainfall in one day (on 25th) ... 0.370
Mean amount of sky covered (overcast, = 10) ... 5

Wind.
Mean velocity per day for month 82 miles
Greatest velocity observed for 24 hours (on 13th) ... 370

Number of days on which the wind blew from each point:—
N. N.E. E. SE. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm.
13 1 0 0 1 2 10 1 13

Remarks.
Snow on 12th; Fog on 1st.

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.

THE PARTNERSHIP entered into for three months between Ralph Steele Nicolson and Robert Souter, as Printers, &c., under the style of Reith, Nicholson, and Souter, expired on the 30th of April, 1869.

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.—The Partnership hitherto subsisting between John Bernard Ludwig Luks and George William Luks, trading under the style and firm of Luks Brothers, hotel and storekeepers, has been dissolved this day by mutual consent.

The business from this date will be carried on by said J. B. L. Luks, who will pay and collect all accounts due by and to the late firm.

Waihemo, this first day of September, 1869.

J. B. L. LUKS,
O. W. LUKS.

Witness to signatures—
THOMAS ROBERTSON.

BALANCE SHEET OF THE BLUE SPUR SLUICING COMPANY (REGISTERED):—

Dr.
£ s. d.
To Capital ... ... ... 2838 0 0
„ Tribute ... ... ... 86 8 0
„ Bank of New Zealand, Dunedin ... 67 2 4

£2991 10 4

Cr.
£ s. d.
By Claim ... ... ... 2000 0 0
„ Wages ... ... ... 33 2 6
„ Working Expenses ... ... 163 1 0
„ Bank of New Zealand, Lawrence ... 56 8 0
„ Profit and Loss, balance from 26th October, 1867 ... 738 18 10

£2991 10 4

J. AITKEN CONNELL, Manager,
Dunedin, 6th September, 1869.

From the New Zealand Gazette, 2nd September, 1869, No. 48.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 1st September, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint JAMES SEATON, Esq., of Portobello, and WILLIAM MARTIN, Esq., of Green Island, in the Province of Otago, to be Justices of the Peace for the Colony.

W. GISBORNE.