HALF-WAY BUSH DISTRICT ROAD BOARD.

NOTICE is hereby given that all Rates and Arrears of Rates due to the above Board unpaid by the 25th instant will be summarily proceeded for without further notice.

W. JOHNSON,
Clerk.

EDUCATION BOARD.

A MEETING of the Education Board will be held at the Government Offices, Dunedin, on Thursday, the 11th current, at noon.

P. G. PRYDE,
For the Secretary of Education Board.

DUNEDIN DISTRICT SCHOOLS.

APPLICATIONS, accompanied with testimonials, will be received by the Dunedin School Committee at my office, until Wednesday, 17th May, for a duly qualified Mistress for the Albany-street School. Duties to commence on Monday, 3rd July.

SYDNEY JAMES,
Secretary Dunedin School Committee.

WANTED, a Teacher for the newly-established School at Teneraki, near Oamaru. Salary £120 per annum. Applications, with testimonials, to be lodged with the Secretary on or before May 22nd, 1876.

THOS. COMMON,
Hon. Secretary.

Teneraki, Oamaru.

WANTED for the District School of Alexandra a duly qualified Schoolmaster and Schoolmistress. Salary: Master £200, Mistress £100 per annum, with comfortable residence. A mistress competent to give instruction in music preferred. Applications to be forwarded to the Secretary Education Board, Dunedin, on or before the 19th June.

JAMES RIVERS,
Clerk School Committee, Alexandra.

GREEN ISLAND MUNICIPALITY.

WANTED, TENDERS for Works required in both Wards. The Committee will meet intending Tenderers at Mr. McLean’s Store on Saturday next, the 13th May, at 3 p.m.

Tenders to be lodged with me by 6 o’clock on the 16th instant. The lowest or any Tender not necessarily accepted.

By order,

W. A. CALDWELL,
Town Clerk
rt.—78.

WANTED, for East Taieri District School, a PUPIL TEACHER (Male or Female).—Applications, with testimonials, to be sent to Mr. Waddell, Teacher, on or before 7th June.

B. SOMERVILLE,
Clerk to School Committee.

8th May, 1876.

LAND FOR SETTLEMENT.

MR. ROBERT SHORT, Land Office, Dunedin, has been appointed to supply information as to settlement on the land, whether by immediate purchase, deferred payments, or under agricultural leases.

Mr. Short will show maps of the land and assist purchasers or selectors in making the necessary applications.

METEOROLOGICAL ABSTRACT TAKEN AT DUNEDIN FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, 1876, AT 9.0 A.M.

LAT. 45° 52′ 12″ S. LONG. 170° 32′ 37″ E. ALTITUDE ABOVE SEA LEVEL, 500 FEET.

Barometer—

Mean for the month … 29.747 Inches.
Maximum for the month on the 19th … 30.112
Minimum for the month on the 27th … 29.322
Extreme range … .790

Temperature in the Shade—

Mean maximum temperature … 58.6 Fah.
Mean minimum temperature … 46.3
Approximate mean temperature for the month … 52.4
Mean daily range of temperature… 12.3
Extreme maximum temperature on 22nd… 66.0
Extreme minimum temperature on 29th… 38.0
Extreme range of temperature for month 28.0

Exposed Thermometer—

Mean solar radiation … 103.
Maximum solar radiation on 18th… 121.
Mean terrestrial radiation … 44.
Minimum terrestrial radiation on 10th … 33.
Mean daily range between the extreme temperature of night and day … 59.

Hygrometrical—

Mean elastic force of vapour … 304 in.
Mean temperature of the dew point (computed from { 45.4 Fah
Mean degree of moisture (saturation=100) } and dry bulbs.) 77.4 Fah

Rain—

Total rainfall … 5.129 inches.
Number of days on which rain fell 20 days.
Maximum rainfall in any twenty-four hours on the 27th… 1.840 inches.

Wind—

Average daily velocity for month 154 miles.
Maximum velocity for month on 28th … 540 miles.
Mean amount of cloud for month,
— 0, clear sky; 10 overcast … 6.60 to 10

Remarks—

Showery month. High winds on 27th and 28th. Earthquake shock felt on 11th. Hail on 18th. Fog on 6th, 9th, and 24th. Thunder on 8th.

(Signature)
HENRY SKEY.

NOTE.—In filling up this Abstract the results are inserted for the day on which they are recorded, although occurring during the preceding twenty-four hours.

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JOHN L. LOGAN,
Provincial Government Storekeeper.

4th April, 1876.

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