THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Lands for Sale

Town and Suburban Lots are in no case disposed of except by public Auction; but Country Lots, which have already been put up to public Auction, and not sold, may be disposed of afterwards by private contract, at the upset price.

No Lands are sold by private contract, except for ready money. When sold by public auction, one-tenth at least of the whole purchase money must be put down, and the remainder within one calendar month, or the deposit is forfeited.

Lands are put up for sale in Lots not exceeding one square mile in extent.

9. In Country, land is sold by auction at an upset price, which is to be fixed by the Governor, but which is not to be less than £1 per acre. Before the Lands are exposed for sale, they will be surveyed by the Government and duly advertised.

10. The several prices above-mentioned are of course subject to a revision at any time by the proper authorities, and the pecuniary amount of the Remission made to Officers cannot be increased on account of an increased value set upon the Lands.

N. B.—By the 10th and 11th Victoria, Cap. 62, it is enacted that any person who shall assist or procure any person in Her Majesty’s Navy to desert, or improperly absent himself from his duty, or shall conceal, employ, or continue to employ any person belonging to Her Majesty’s Navy, who shall be a Deserter, or improperly absent from his duty, shall forfeit and pay the sum of Thirty Pounds, for every such assistance, procurement, concealment, employment, or continuing of employment as aforesaid, such penalty to be recovered with costs, either by information or complaint, by summary proceedings before any Justice of the Peace, residing in or near to the place where the offence shall be committed, or where the offender at any time shall happen to be, and whether the offence be committed in or out of Her Majesty’s dominions, or within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England or not, and one moiety of such penalty shall be paid to the informer or complainant, &c.

JOHN E. ERSKINE,
Captain and Senior Naval Officer.

Description of a Deserter from Her Majesty’s Ship “Havannah,” Wellington, viz:

Names—James Nicol, alias, Fred. William Meredith.

Date of Desertion—8th December, 1848.

Quality—Carpenter’s crew.

Age—Twenty-one.

Where born—Scotland.

Height—Five feet six inches.

Hair—Brown.

Eyes—Blue.

Other marks—None.

Former Ships—First Entry.

£30 0 Reward for the apprehension of the above named man.

APPOINTMENTS

Civil Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, March 1st, 1849.

HIS Excellency the Governor-in-Chief has been pleased to appoint CHARLES LAVALLIN NUGENT, Esquire, Captain in the 58th Regiment, to be His Excellency’s Private Secretary.

By His Excellency’s command,
G. A. DALLON,
Civil Secretary.

PRINTING

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, March 8th, 1849.

TENDERS will be received at this Office, until noon on Wednesday, the 21st inst., from persons desirous to Contract for the Printing, from and after the 1st of April next, of the New Zealand Government Gazette, Proceedings of Council, Forms, &c...

The specifications of work to be done, and the terms of Contract, may be seen on application at this Office.

By His Excellency’s command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

DESERTER NOTICE

Her Majesty’s Ship, Havannah,
Wellington, New Zealand.

ALL persons are cautioned against employing or harboring James Nicol, alias Frederick William Meredith, one of the Carpenter’s crew of Her Majesty’s Ship Havannah absent from his ship without leave.

The said James Nicol, is a native of Scotland, aged 21 years, is 5 feet 6 inches in height, fair complexion, blue eyes, and brown hair, and has for some years past been resident in Sydney, New South Wales. His Father and Mother keep the “Blue Bell” public house at Auckland, New Zealand.

MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF DEPASTURING LICENSES

Commissioner of Crown Lands’ Office,
Auckland, March 8th, 1849.

HEREBY NOTIFY, for the information of all persons concerned, that, in conformity with the requirements of the Squatting Regulations, I have convened meetings of the Holders of Depasturing Licenses, in the several undermentioned Hundreds, and that the persons whose names are subjoined have been duly elected by such Holders to be Wardens for the current year, as follows:

For the Hundred of Auckland,
Thomas Somerville, J. Young, and J. Sole.

For the Hundred of Onehunga,
W. H. Kenny, W. Powditch, and J. O’Keefe.

For the Hundred of Panmure,
His Lordship the Bishop, O. W. Gray, and John Kerr.

For the Hundred of Otahuhu,
J. A. Hickson, W. Fairburn, and S. Clarke.

For the Hundred of Howick,
C. H. M. Smith, A. McIntyre, and W. Mason.

For the Hundred of Pupuke,
Henry Figg, Thomas Duder, and P. McLaren.

W. GRIMSHAW,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.