Section 13 of the Otago Waste Lands Acts 1866 Amendment Act 1869.

8. Any cattle found depasturing on a Hundred, not being the property of, or in the custody of a license holder, or depasturing on the Hundred in contravention of these Regulations, may be impounded, and the owner or custodian of such cattle shall forfeit and pay for every such offence the sum of £5, to be recovered in a summary way.

9. Any person disturbing or harassing cattle, great or small, depastured within any Hundred, shall be liable to a penalty of £5, to be recovered in a summary way, provided always that any person holding a license to depasture cattle within the Hundred, or any person duly authorised by him, may drive cattle so depastured for the purpose of collecting such of them as may belong to him, and for the legitimate use of the right to pasture within the Hundred; but in case it should be necessary for such purpose to drive any cattle belonging to any other person a greater distance than one mile, the person so driving such cattle must take them to the nearest stock-yard, and there separate his own cattle from those of other persons, and return the latter to the place from whence they were driven.

10. No person shall remove cattle from beyond the boundary of any Hundred other than those belonging to him or for the removal of which he shall have due authority, under a penalty of £20, to be recovered in a summary way.

11. Any person shooting cattle on any Hundred without the consent in writing of the Waste Land Board previously obtained, shall be liable to a penalty of £20, to be recovered in a summary way.

12. Any person who shall set fire to any herbage or grass upon the Crown Lands within any Hundred, without the consent in writing of the Chief Commissioner of the Waste Land Board previously obtained, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence the sum of £5, to be recovered in a summary way; but such consent will not protect any person from the consequences of any loss or damage which may be sustained by any person by reason of the carelessness with which such burning of the Hundred may be performed.

13. The Waste Land Board may appoint one or more Rangers for each Hundred, whose duty shall be to see that these Regulations are carried into effect, and to report any neglect or breach thereof to the Waste Land Board.

14. The word cattle, in these Regulations, shall mean all animals included within the meanings attached to great and small cattle by the “Otago Waste Lands Act 1866,” and shall include, except where the context clearly shows a contrary intention, a single head of great or small cattle, as well as any larger number.

SCHEDULE.

PROVINCE OF OTAGO.

RETURN OF Acreage occupied (or owned) and of Stock depastured (or desired to be depastured) by ........................... of ........................... within the ........................... Hundred.

I, ........................... of ........................... do hereby solemnly declare to the best of my knowledge and belief that the above is a correct return of the acreage occupied (or owned), of the land unenclosed, and of the stock owned by me (or under my charge) and which were actually depasturing (or, which I desire to depasture) on the ........................... Hundred on (or after) the ........................... day of ........................... 187...; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true in every respect.

Dated this ........................... day of ........................... 187...

(Signature of owner or person in charge).

To the Chief Commissioner of the Waste Land Board.

Approved by Waste Land Board, 5th January, 1870,

J. T. THOMSON,
Chief Commissioner.

Approved—

J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

11th January, 1870.

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS taken at DUNEDIN, for the Month of DECEMBER, 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 29.979 inches

Highest pressure (on 21st) ... 30.381 ,,

Lowest pressure (on 29th) ... 29.623 ,,

Range for month ... .758 ,,

Temperature in Shade.

Approx. mean temperature for month 59.5 Fah.

Mean maximum temperature... 67.0 ,,

Mean minimum temperature ... 52.0 ,,

Mean daily range of temperature ... 15.0 ,,

Highest maxim. temperature (on 11th) 78.0 ,,

Lowest minim. temperature (on 1st) 38.0 ,,

Extreme range for the month ... 40.0 ,,

Mean temp. of evaporation ... 56.1 ,,

Solar Radiation.

Maximum (on 26th) ... 152 ,,

Minimum (on 7th) ... 112 ,,

Mean for month ... 131 ,,

Terrestrial Radiation.

Maximum (on 19th) ... 45 ,,

Minimum (on 2nd) ... 21 ,,

Mean for month ... 37 ,,

Mean degree of humidity } Computed from
(Saturation = 100) ... 80.1 ,, the monthly
Mean elast. force of vapour ... .404 inches. means of wet
Mean temp. of dew point ... 53.1 Fah. and dry bulb
thermometers.

Total rainfall on 8 days 3.320 inches.

Greatest rainfall in one day (on 30th) ... 1.300 ,,

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

Wind: Mean velocity per day for month 72 miles.

Greatest velocity observed for 24 hours (on 18th) ... 190 ,,

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

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

7 8 0 3 5 1 1 0 6

REMARKS.

Very fine weather this month until the 29th, when heavy rain-falls commenced; Fog prevailed on 21st.

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.

CITY OF DUNEDIN.

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the City Valuator’s Assessment for year 1870 has