SALE OF TOWN & RURAL LANDS.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, 9th April, 1863.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the Sections of Land specified below will be submitted to Public Auction, at the sitting of the Waste Lands Board, to be held at the Land Office, Christchurch, on Thursday, May 14, 1863, at the hour of Noon, subject to the usual conditions of sale, and in conformity with the Regulations for the disposal, sale, letting, and occupation of the waste lands of the Crown, now in force within the Province of Canterbury.

Further applications will be received by the Waste Lands Board on and up to Thursday, April 30th, 1863.

THOS. WM. MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.

TOWN OF TIMARU.

RURAL LANDS.

BANKS’ PENINSULA.

CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT.

MANDEVILLE DISTRICT.

LYTTELTON DISTRICT.

LINCOLN DISTRICT.

ABSTRACT of the Quantity of Land sold and granted in the different districts for the month ending the 30th April, 1863.

WM. GUISE BRITTAN,
Chief Commissioner.

SHIP HUNTRESS.

Lyttelton, 23rd April, 1863.

The Immigration Commissioners, on visiting the ship Huntress, remarked, that from the unusual length of the poop the ‘tween decks was dark, and imperfectly ventilated. The ship’s beam being narrow, left little room, and in consequence cleanliness appeared to be but imperfectly maintained.

Scarlet fever had occurred on board, breaking out, as reported by the Surgeon, about two months after sailing from England. No cases were reported within three weeks of arrival here. Two or three cases of typhus had also occurred during the voyage, but no disease of an infectious character was existing at the time of visit.

The Commissioners, as advised by the Health Officer, directed the destruction of the beds used by the immigrants, before allowing them to be disembarked.

A written statement (signed by thirty-five names), making a series of complaints against the Officers of the ship, was handed to the Commissioners; these being read over to the persons accused, a copy was left with them, and written answers requested. Copies of the whole are herewith enclosed.

As some of these charges are, or will be matters of inquiry before the local courts, the Commissioners abstain from an expression of opinion thereon.

The Commissioners urgently request the attention of the Provincial Government to the want of buildings, or at least tents, for Quarantine purposes. The experience of late has forcibly reminded the Commissioners that at any time a fevered ship may arrive, in which case immediate arrangements will be indispensable; at present there is no provision for such an event, and the Commissioners are not aware of any locality having been officially set apart as a Quarantine Ground.

W.M. DONALD,
H. S. M’KELLAR, } Commissioners.
JOHN T. ROUSE,)

PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY, NEW ZEALAND.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, April 13, 1863.

THE Provincial Government of Canterbury, in pursuance of the “Canterbury Loan Ordinance, 1862,” which empowers the Superintendent of the Province to raise by way of Loan a sum not exceeding £500,000, and to issue Debentures to that amount, is prepared to receive tenders for a portion of the above sum to an amount not exceeding £100,000.

The Debentures are repayable 50 years from the day of the issue thereof, and will bear interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly, at the election of the purchasers in London, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide or Christchurch.

A Sinking Fund will be set apart yearly at the rate of one per cent. per annum.