NORTH EAST VALLEY ROAD DISTRICT.

TENDERS are invited for Road Formation on West Harbor Road at Sections 13 and 14. Tenders to be accompanied with 5 per cent. on the contract. Plan and specification at Mr. Bacon’s Boot Shop, Octagon. Tenders left at Valley School-house on or before Saturday, the 19th February, at 3 p.m. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

HUGH McFADYEN,
Clerk to Board.
2t. 1ts.

TENDERS wanted by the Suburban Road Board for the Supply of 200 yards, more or less, Broken Metal, in the Green Island sub-division. Separate tenders will also be received for the supply of 200 yards, more or less, Broken Metal, in the Corstorphine sub-division. Specifications to be seen with Mr. Eagerty, with whom tenders can be lodged until Friday, February 18th.

JOHN KENNEDY,
Clerk to the Board.
1t, 6s.

TENDERS wanted by the Portobello School Committee for Removing and Re-erecting a quantity of Fencing. Specifications to be seen at Mr. Coney’s, and Mr. John M’Cartney’s house, Wickliffe Bay. Tenders to be lodged by 6 p.m. on Monday, 6th March.

JOHN M’CARTNEY,
Clerk, Portobello School Committee.

OTAGO POLICE.

TENDERS accepted for Prisoners’ Rations for the undermentioned stations for the period ending 31st December, 1876:

Police station or gaol, Clyde; tenderer, Benjamin Naylor; article, at per ration, No. 3 Female; amount of tender, 8d.; No. 3 male, 1s. 4d.; No. 4 male, 8d.; No. 4 female, 7d.; No. 9 female, 5d.; No. 10, female, 1s.

Police station or gaol, Blacks; tenderer, Martin Gavan; article, at per ration, 2s.

Police station or gaol, Cromwell; tenderer, James Hazlett; article at per ration, No. 3 male, 2s.; No. 3 female, 1s. 9d.; No. 4 male, 1s. 9d.; No. 4 female, 1s. 6d.; No. 9 female, 1s.; No. 10, female, 2s. 6d.

Police station or gaol, Roxburgh; tenderer, James Beighton; article at per meal, 1s. 6d.

Police station or gaol, Queenstown; tenderer, F. de St. Omer; article at per ration, No. 3 male, 1s. 4d.; No. 3 female, 1s; No. 4 male, 1s.; No. 4 female, 1s; No. 9 female, 6d.; No. 10 female, 6d.

Police station or gaol, Arrowtown; tenderer, William Jenkins; article at per ration, No. 3 male, 1s. 8d.; No. 3 female, 1s. 6d.; No. 4 male, 1s. 6d.; No. 4 female, 1s. 5d.; No. 9 female, 4d.; No. 10 female, 1s. 1d.

Police station or gaol, Naseby; tenderer, James Brown; article at per ration, No. 3 male, 1s. 4d.; No. 3 female, 1s. 3d.; No. 4 male, 1s. 3d.; No. 4 female, 1s. 2d.; No. 9 female, 6d.

Police station or gaol, Lawrence; tenderer, James Harris; article at per ration, No. 3 male, 1s. 6d; No. 3 female, 1s. 4d.; No. 4 male, 1s. 4d.; No. 4 female, 1s. 3d.; No. 9 male, 1s.

JOHN LOGAN.

GAZETTE

All matter should be in the hands of the printer by two o’clock on Tuesday afternoon. The Gazette is published early every Wednesday morning.

METEOROLOGICAL ABSTRACT TAKEN AT DUNEDIN FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 1876, AT 9 A.M.

Lat. 45deg. 52m. 13s. S.; Long. 170deg. 32m. 37s. E.
Altitude above sea level 500 feet.

Barometer —
Inches.
Mean for month ... 29.853
Maximum for month on the 30th ... 30.168
Maximum for month on the 11th ... 29.303
Extreme range ... 0.865

Temperature by shade —
Fah.
Mean maximum temperature ... 65.8
Mean minimum temperature ... 50.7
Approximate mean temperature for the month ... 58.2
Mean daily range of temperature ... 15.1
Extreme maximum temperature on 23rd ... 72
Extreme minimum temperature on 15th ... 40
Extreme range of temperature for month ... 32

Exposed Thermometers —
Mean solar radiation ... 132.0
Maximum solar radiation on 25th ... 150.0
Mean terrestrial radiation ... 47.0
Minimum terrestrial radiation on 15th ... 33.0
Mean daily range between the extreme temperature of night and day ... 85.0

Hygrometrical —
Mean elastic force of vapour (computed from the means of wet and dry bulbs) ... 0.385 in.
Mean temperature of dew point ... 51.9 Fah.
Mean degree of moisture (saturation = 100) ... 79.5 Fah.

Rain —
Total rainfall ... 1.214 inches
Number of days on which rain fell ... 9 days
Maximum rainfall in any twenty-four hours on the 7th ... 0.504 inches

Wind —
Average daily velocity for month ... 157 miles
Maximum velocity for month on 13th ... 435 miles
Mean amount of cloud for month — 0, clear sky; 10, overcast ... 6 to 10

Remarks —
Weather during the month very fine, with occasional showers.

(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.

TUAKITOTO EDUCATIONAL DISTRICT.

THE following is a description of the Educational District of Tuakitoto:

JOHN HISLOP, Secretary.

TUAKITOTO EDUCATIONAL DISTRICT
Comprises all that area in the Province of Otago bounded by a line commencing at the north-western corner of section No. 8, block X, North Tuakitoto District, and proceeding in a south-easterly direction along the boundary line of the said district; thence in a south-westerly direction along the boundary of the said district to the corner of section No. 5, block V., Kaitangata District; thence along the north-eastern boundaries of sections 5 and 6 of the said block V. to road line; thence along road line in a southerly direction to the north-eastern corner of section 3 of the said block V.; thence along the north-eastern boundaries of sections 3 and 4, block V.; thence along the south-eastern boundaries of sections 2 and 4 of the said block V. and 4 block V., South Tuakitoto.