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this purpose in me vested, da hereby dele* gate unto John Paekin Tayloe, Esq., as Superintendent of the Province oi Southland, all the powers vested in me, under or by virtue of the said " Gold Fields Act, 1866," except the powers conferred by sections twenty-two, forty, forty-eight, sixty, sixty-nine, and one hundred and seven, to have, hold, and exercise, within the Province of Southland, the said powers hereby given to the said John Parkin Taylor, Esq., so long as he shall continue and remain Superintendent of the said Province, and no longer: Provided always that copies of all Eules and Eegulations made under the delegation aforesaid shall be forthwith transmitted to the Colonial Secretary, in order that the same may be laid before the Gfeneral Assembly, in accordance with the provisions of the one hundred and tenth clause of "The Goldfields Act, 1866." Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Com-mander-in- Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand, and its Dependencies, at the Government House, at Wellington, and issued under the seal of the said Colony this twelfth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six. E. "W. Stafford. Approved in Council : Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council. Superintendent's Office, Southland, 27th October, 1866. IT is hereby notified that I have appointed [ F. B. Holt, Esq., to be a member of the Sheep Board, for the Province of Southland, in succession to J. E. Cuthbertson, Esquire. J. P. Taylor, Superintendent.

bounded on the north east by a line (starting from a marked peg on the Beach) bearing 279.30 on the magnetic meridian a distance of about 76 chains, on the north west by a line bearing 210. on the magnetic mederian to the ocean, and on the south west and south east by the high water mark of the ocean in Foveaux Straits. The native reserve at Pahia point bounded on the north east by a line starting from a pole on the Beach on the north east Bay bearing- 125. on the magnetic meridian to the high water mark in Otui Bay and on the north west and south west by the high water mark of the ocean in Foveaux Straits. Eun No. 393. Bounded on the northeast and East by the edge of the Longwood bush, on the north-west by the Waiau river, and on the south-west and south by the high water mark of the ocean in Foveaux Straits and the township reserve of Orepuki. Eun No. 395. Bounded on the north east and south, by the edge of the Longwood bush, and on the west by the highwater mark of the ocean in Foveaux Straits and the native reserve on Pahia point. G. Grey, Governor. WHEEEAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled " The Gold Fields Act, 1866," it is enacted that it shall be kwful for the Governor in Council, under his hand and the public seal of the Colony from time to time to delegate to the Superintendent of any Province, or such other person as the Governor may deem fit, all or any of the powers vested in the Governor, or the Governor in Council, by the Act now in recital, except the powers conferred by sections twenty-two, forty, forty-eight, sixty, ninety-six, and one hundred and seven, of the said Act, subject or not to any limitations or restrictions as he may think fit, and in like manner to alter or revoke any such powers : Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor as aforesaid of the said Colony, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, and in the exercise of the power and authority for

KESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, Taken at the Government Station, Martendale, Southland, during the month of September, 1866. Lat. 46. ° 17' S ; Lon. 166 ° 20' E. Elevation, 79ft. Inches. C Greatest atmospheric pressure (on 2nd and 23rd) 30-268 Barometer, reduced to } Least „ „ (on Bth ... 29-017 32 deg., and sea-level 1 Mean „ „ 2 ?'«? (.Eangeof „ „ ... l"2ol Degrees. f Highest day temperature (on 2nd) 73-0 I Lowest night temperature (on 25th) 252 ! I Mean temperature of the air 47"4 Thermometer in shade -{ Total range of temperature in month 47 - 8 I Greatest daily range of temperature (on 16th) 36*3 J (Least "„ „ (on 215t)... 7'B LMean „ „ 225 ( Maximum solar radiation 1050 Eadiation Thermometer | Minimum terrestrial radiation 208 ( Mean temperature of evaporation ... ... 424 \ „ dew-point 368 Hygrometer jjj degree of humidity (saturation=l.oo) Si ( . tension of aequeous vapor ... ... "225 Inches. ! ( Number of days on which rain fell 5 Eainfall < Total rainfall on ground 1532 ( Greatest daily rainfall (on 21st) -583 Evaporation Total amount of evaporation on ground ... 3 361 Cloud Mean amount of cloud (overcast=lo-0 ... 3*3 j Miles. I ("Total horizontal movement of air in month. . . 4048* I Greatest daily movement (on Bth) ... ... 507* Least „ „ (on 16th) ... 29" | Force of wind -(Mean „ „ ... ••• • 134" j J Greatest velocity, per hour (on Bth) ... 40' j Greatest pressure, per square foot — On Bth, 7*2 lbs. force (Admiralty Standard, 0 — 12) ... 4*l ,_• * iir- j f N., 9 days ; N.E., 1 day ; E., 9 days ; S.E., 5 days ; Direction of Wind j g^ 0 . g w? 0 . W-> 2 days ; N.W., 4 days. Eemahes. — A fine dry month, very warm at commencement, and until 20th, when a thunder-storm occurred, and subsequently the weather was cold, with strong easterly winds, and sharp night frosts. The mean daily temperature decreased from 60-4 deg, on the 2nd to 37-7 deg. on the 22nd. The thermometer fell below the freezing-point on no fewer than thirteen days in the month, and vegetation was materially checked towards the close. It was unusually advanced at the commencement. EESTJLTS OF METEOEOLOGICALOBSEEVATIONS, Taken at the Bluff Station, Southland, during the same month. ( Fine and clear 14 Days without rain \ Dull aud cloudy ... 3 (Foggy - 3 _ • m (Showery ' 12 Days ram fell | "Wet throughout ... ... ...... ... 1 Mean amount of cloud (0 — 10 ••• 5 "? . :., • Days. r N - 3 RE.- v - 4 E ... ... ... 9 S.E 3 Direction of wind < g . _ ... 1 1 S.W. .'.'.' .'.\ '.'.'.' — - . 1 W •. .- » N,W 6 Mean force of wind (Admiralty Standard) ... 33 ... ... (0—12) CHAELES EOUS MAETEN, Director of Meteorological Stations, Southland. .