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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT DUNEDIN FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, 1874.

Lat. 45 deg. 52 min. 11 sec. S. Long. 170 deg. 31 min. 7 sec. E. Altitude above sea, 500 feet.

Barometer—
Mean for month ... 29.829 Inches.
Maximum for month on the 8th ... 30.186
Minimum for month on the 15th ... 29.353
Extreme range ... 0.833

Temperature in Shade—
Mean maximum temperature ... 61.1 Fah.
Mean minimum temperature ... 43.3
Approximate temperature for the month ... 52.2
Mean daily range of temperature ... 17.8
Extreme maximum temperature on 8th ... 74.0
Extreme minimum temperature on 16th ... 34.0
Extreme range of temperature for month ... 40.0
Mean temp. of evaporation ... 48.3

Exposed Thermometers—
Mean solar radiation ... 106
Maximum solar radiation on 8th ... 130
Mean terrestrial radiation ... 40
Minimum terrestrial radiation on 16th ... 33
Mean daily range between the extreme temperature of night and day ... 66

Hygrometrical—
Mean elastic force of vapour ... .292 in
Mean temperature of the dew point (computed from the means of the wet & dry bulbs) ... 41.3 Fah.
Mean degree of moisture ... 74.3

Rain—
Total rainfall ... 1.292 inches.
Number of days on which rain fell ... 9 days.
Maximum rainfall in any 24 hours on the 22nd ... 0.320 inches.

Wind—
No. of days it blew from each point—
N 3, N E 4, E 0, S E 0, S W 7, W 8, N W 0, calm 8.
Average daily velocity for month ... 204 miles.
Greatest velocity for one day (on 1st) ... 535 miles
Mean amount of cloud for month —0, clear sky; 10, overcast ... 4 7 0 to 10

Remarks
High winds occurred on the 1st, 15th, and 16th. Snow fell on 15th.

(Signed) HENRY SKEY, Observer.

Note.—In this abstract, the results are inserted for the day on which they are recorded, although occurring during the preceding twenty-four hours.

(From the New Zealand Gazette, April 30th, 1874.)

Fixing Sittings of District Court, Otago Gold Fields.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority in this behalf enabling me, I, Sir James Fergusson, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby fix and appoint that sittings of the District Court of the Otago Gold Fields, during the months of June and July next, shall be held as follows:—

In the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Naseby, on the second Wednesday in June next.

In the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Clyde, on the Monday next after the second Wednesday in June next.

In the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Queenstown, on the Monday second after the second Wednesday in June next.

In the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Lawrence, on the second Tuesday in July next.

Provided that in case any of the days so fixed as aforesaid shall happen to be a holiday, then the Court appointed for that day shall be held on the first day thereafter, not being a holiday.

Issued this eighteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.

G. MAURICE O’ROKKE.

(From the New Zealand Gazette, April 30th, 1874.)

Notice to Coroners, &c.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1874.

THE following sections of “The Registration Act, 1858,” are reprinted here for the information of Coroners, Justices, Constables, and others:—

13. In case any new-born child or any dead body shall be found exposed, a constable of the district shall forthwith inform the Registrar thereof, and of the place where such child or dead body was found; and where an inquest shall be held on any dead body, the Coroner or Justice of the Peace holding the same shall notify to the Registrar of the district the verdict of the jury, with all other particulars required to be registered concerning the death, and such Registrar shall make the entry in his Register Book accordingly, and the same shall be signed by the Coroner or Justice of the Peace by whom the information has been given.

14. Every Registrar, immediately upon registering any death, or as soon thereafter as he shall be required so to do, shall without fee or reward deliver to the person giving information, or to the undertaker or other person having charge of the funeral, a certificate under his hand, according to the form in Schedule C hereto annexed, that such death has been duly Registered; and such certificate shall be delivered by such undertaker or other person to the minister or officiating person who shall be required to bury or perform any funeral or religious service for the burial; and if any dead body be buried for which no certificate shall have been so delivered, the person who shall bury the same, or perform any funeral or religious service for the burial, or who shall in any other way dispose of the body, shall forthwith give notice of the facts to the Registrar: Provided always that the Coroner or Justice of the Peace holding any inquest upon any dead body for which no certificate shall have been delivered as aforesaid, may order the body to be buried, if he shall think fit, before Registration; and shall in such case give a certificate of his order in writing under his hand, in the form in schedule D hereto annexed, to the undertaker or other person having charge of the funeral.

G. MAURICE O’ROKKE,
Acting Minister of Justice.

(From the New Zealand Gazette, April 30th, 1874.)

Member of House of Representatives elected.

Clerk of the Writs’ Office,
Wellington, 28th April, 1874.

THE Clerk of the Writs has received a return to the Writ issued by him on the 24th day of March, 1874, for the election of a member to serve in the House of Representatives of New Zealand for the Electoral District hereinafter specified; and by the indorsement on such Writ it appears that the under-mentioned gentleman has been duly elected Member for such District, viz.,—

For the District of Dunedin City:

NATHANIEL YOUNG ARMSTRONG WALES, Esq.

G. S. COOPER,
Clerk of the Writs.

Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of Otago, by COULLS and CULLING, of Rattray Street, Printers to the said Provincial Government for the time being.