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At his house, Green Island, on or before the 20th Feby., 1873, after which date all unpaid rates will be recovered in a summary way without further notice.

T. C. MORLAND,
Clerk and Collector to Board.

Green Island, 14th Jany., 1873.

KURI BUSH ROAD BOARD.—Notice is hereby given, that all parties having their fences, hedges, drains, or any other obstructions whatsoever on any of the Road lines within the district, must have the same removed within ninety days from this date, otherwise the Board will remove the same at the expense of such parties.

PETER LEITCH, Clerk to Board.
January 18, 1873.

KURI BUSH ROAD BOARD.—Notice.—Ratepayers within the respective subdivisions of the above district, are requested to pay the amount of their respective rates to me, on or before the 20th day of February, 1873.

PETER LEITCH, Collector.
January 18, 1873.

POMAHAKA ROAD DISTRICT.—Notice.—Tenders will be received by the Board of the above named district, for certain road works in the Te Houka and Ashley Down subdivision, till Monday, February 3, 1873. Specifications for work in the Te Houka subdivision, to be seen at my house, and for Ashley Down, at the Waiwera Hotel. Tenders to be lodged with the Clerk.

W. DALLAS, Clerk to Board.
Te Houka, January 18, 1873.

A MEETING of the Ratepayers of the West Taieri River District will be held at the Drill Shed, Outram, on Monday, the 10th day of February next, at One o’clock p.m., for the purpose of electing a Board of Conservators for the following year.

Secretary to the Board of Conservators.
DAVID GRANT.

NOTICE to Wharf Carters.—The provisions of sections 17 and 105, “Customs Regulations Act 1858,” and section 11, “Drawbacks Act 1872,” relative to the removal of Bonded Goods by licensed carriers only, are now in force at this Port.

Persons wishing to obtain licenses can have every information by applying at this office.

THOMAS HILL,
Collector.
Customs, Dunedin,
18th January, 1873.

IMPOUNDED on the 7th day of January, 1873, by Duncan McLaren, Ranger:

1 brown cow, branded JM near rump;
1 strawberry heifer calf, no visible brands;
1 brown steer, no visible brands, white belly, tip of tail white;
owners unknown; for trespassing on Coal Point road; for which is 6d per head is claimed; and in default of being released, the above cattle will be sold at the Public Pound at Palmerston, on Friday the 7th day of February, 1873, at twelve o’clock noon.

JOSEPH LLOYD,
Poundkeeper of the Palmerston Pound.

QUEENSTOWN Cemetery.—Estimated expenditure for the year 1873:

Keeping cemetery in general repair ... £10 0 0
Mapping out allotments, registering graves, planting trees and shrubs, and removing rocks, &c. ... 120 0 0

£130 0 0

QUEENSTOWN Cemetery.—Annual Balance Sheet for the year ending December 31st, 1872:

1872. Dr. £ s. d.
      Jan. 1—To balance in Bank of Otago ... 36 4 7
      Dec. 31—By amount received for graves and fees ... 46 8 6

£82 13 1

Ca.
By Cash paid Robertson, timber for fence ... 9 9 0
" Campbell, balance of labour contract, do. ... 14 0 0
" Aldred, painting fence ... 0 10 0
" Sexton, account sinking graves ... 13 0 0
" Stamps ... 0 2 0
" Secretary, commission on £39 ... 3 17 6
Dec. 31—By cash in Bank of Otago, Queenstown ... 41 14 7

£82 13 1

January 1, 1873.—To balance in Bank of Otago, Queenstown ... 41 14 7

BENDIX HALLENSTEIN
J. W. ROBERTSON
DENIS POWELL.

Declared before me,
B. BENTWICK, J.P.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations taken at Dunedin, for the month of December, 1872:

Lat. 45° 52' 11" S. Long. 170° 31' 7"
Altitude above sea, 550 feet.

Barometer (reduced to 32° Fah. and sea level):
Mean atmospheric pressure for month ... 29.817 ins.
Highest pressure (on 6th) ... 30.215
Lowest pressure (on 24th) ... 29.464
Range for month ... 0.751

Temperature in Shade:
Approximate mean temperature for month ... 60.4 Fah.
Mean maximum temperature ... 68.9
Mean minimum temperature ... 51.9
Mean daily range of temperature ... 17.0
Highest maximum temperature (on 25th) ... 88.0
Lowest minimum temperature (on 4th) ... 42.0
Extreme range for the month ... 46.0
Mean temperature of evaporation ... 55.8

Solar Radiation:
Maximum (on 23rd) ... 184
Mean for month ... 153

Terrestrial Radiation:
Minimum (on 3rd) ... 33
Mean for month ... 39

Mean degree of humidity (Saturation = 100) ... 73
Mean elastic force of vapor (in inches of mercury) ... 0.346
Mean temperature of the dew point ... 48.9 Fah.

Total rain-fall in 8 days ... 1.148 ins.
Greatest rain-fall in one day (on 3rd) ... 0.750
Mean amount of sky covered (overcast = 100) ... 6

Wind:
Mean velocity per day for month ... 171 miles
Greatest velocity observed for 24 hours (on 4th) ... 580
Number of days on which the wind blew from each point:
N., N.E., E., S.E., S., S.W., W., N.W., Calm.
1, 5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 3, 2, 6

Remarks:
High winds on 3rd from W. and S.W.; thunder on 9th, 18th, and 20th.
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.

OTAGO DOCK TRUST.

The Trustees of the Otago Graving Dock invite Tenders for Mortgage Bonds to the amount of £10,000 (in £100 Bonds), to be issued under the authority of “The Otago Dock Debt Trust Act 1872.” Tenders will be received till noon on Monday, January 20th, 1873, and may be for the whole or a portion of the sum, but the Trustees do not bind themselves to accept the highest or any tender.

These Bonds will have a currency of thirty years from the date of issue; will bear interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, and interest and principal will be made payable in Dunedin, or in London, Melbourne, or Sydney, at the option of the purchasers. After 1st November, 1878, they will form a first charge on the property and income of the Trust.