Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin; at all of which places statistical information of the population and trade of the Province may be obtained.

The Government will also be prepared to receive and consider alternative tenders for the construction of the Railway on any other conditions (within the provisions and restrictions of the Ordinances) which tenderers may propose.

Government will require satisfactory evidence that the tenderers will be able to command sufficient capital to enable them to construct the works in the event of their tender being accepted.

Each of the tenderers will require to deposit a sum of Ten Thousand Pounds (£10,000) as a guarantee of good faith. The deposits of such of the tenderers whose proposals shall be declined, will be returned forthwith; and the deposit of the successful tenderer will be returned, with interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, as soon as labor and materials to the value of £10,000 shall have been expended upon the works.

Tenders will be received at the Government Offices, Dunedin, till noon of the first day of March, 1870.

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS taken at Dunedin, for the Month of October, 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 29.925 inches
Highest pressure (on 18th) ... 30.354 "
Lowest pressure (on 22nd) ... 29.279 "
Range for month ... 1.075 "

Temperature in Shade.
Approx. mean temperature for month 51.4 Fah.
Mean maximum temperature... 59.8 "
Mean minimum temperature ... 43.0 "
Mean daily range of temperature ... 16.8 "
Highest maxim. temperature (on 25th) 75.0 "
Lowest minim. temperature (on 15th) 33.0 "
Extreme range for the month ... 42.0 "
Mean temp. of evaporation ... 47.1 "

Solar Radiation.
Maximum (on 29th) ... 140 "
Minimum (on 13th) ... 76 "
Mean for month ... 119 "

Terrestrial Radiation.
Maximum (on 2nd) ... 37 "
Minimum (on 16th) ... 22 "
Mean for month ... 28 "

Mean degree of humidity (Saturation = 100) ... 72.6
Mean elast. force of vapour ... .274 inches.
Mean temp. of dew point ... 42.7 Fah.
Total rainfall on 16 days ... 1.923 inches.
Greatest rainfall in one day (on 21st) ... .526 "
Mean amount of sky covered (overcast, - 10) ... 5
Wind: Mean velocity per day for month 107 miles.
Greatest velocity observed for 24 hours 400 "
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 3 4 4 1 4 3 7

REMARKS.
Snow fell on 14th and 15th; Fog occurred on 8th and 20th.

NOTE.—The results of all the self-registering instruments were recorded at the morning's observation, and therefore occurred during the preceding 24 hours.
HENRY SKEY.

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.

POLLING PLACE.—Survey Office, Popotunoa, has been abolished as a polling place, for the election of Members of the House of Representatives.—N.Z. Gazette, 23rd October, 1869.

POLLING PLACE.—Court House, Clyde, abolished as a polling place for the election of Superintendent and Members of Provincial Council; and, the Court House, Naseby, appointed in lieu thereof.—N.Z. Gazette, 30th October, 1869.

(From the New Zealand Gazette, October 30, 1869, No. 62.)
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th October, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
WILLIAM MCGREGOR MURRAY, Esq.,
to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths and Marriages, for the District of Popotunoa, as the same is defined in Proclamation of 24th day of June, 1868, and published in New Zealand Gazette, No. 35, of 29th June, 1868.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th October, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
FREDERICK GEORGE DOWNES, Esq.,
to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths and Marriages, for the District of Port Chalmers, as the same is defined in Proclamation of 30th day of November, 1865, and published in New Zealand Gazette, No. 48, of 11th day of December, 1865.
W. GISBORNE.

PARTNERSHIP NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given, that a partnership has been entered into between JOHN DICK and SAMUEL LISTER, as Engravers and Lithographic Printers, and that the said partnership business will be carried on from this date under the style of MILLS, DICK, LISTER and Co.
Dated the 15th day of November, 1869.
JOHN DICK,
SAMUEL LISTER.
Witness—WM. REID. 6s. 6d.

NOTICE is hereby given that MR. WILLIAM ARTHUR is no longer a Partner of the Firm of Messrs. J. VON TUNZELMANN & Co., Stock Owners, on Run No. 417, Wakatipu District.
J. VON TUNZELMANN & Co.
Dunedin, October 1, 1869.
THOMAS MOODIE, of Dunedin, Land Agent, witness
2t—10s

CORPORATION NOTICE.

CITY OF DUNEDIN.
Nomination of one Councillor for Bell Ward, in room of Mr. JOHN SIMPSON, resigned.
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, that the Nomination of Candidates for Election to the Office of Councillor for Bell Ward, in room of Mr. JOHN SIMPSON, resigned, will be declared on Monday, the 22nd day of November instant, at the Terrace of the Provincial Council Chambers, at the hour of noon.
Nominations must be in form of Schedule D of t Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance 1865, and b 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.
THOMAS BIRCH, Mayor.
17th November, 1869. 9s. 6d