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TENDERS will be received at the office of the Provincial Secretary, Dunedin, until 12 o'clock noon of Tuesday, 7th April, for the construction of about one hundred and fifteen chains of the Road from Taieri Ferry to the Tokomairiro River.

Plans and Specifications may be seen, and forms of tender obtained at the Road Engineer’s Office, Dunedin, and at Mr. Goodall’s Hotel, Tokomairiro.

By order,

THOMAS DICK,
Provincial Secretary.

24th March, 1863.

IMPOUNDED on the 7th March, 1863, by Constable Nicholas Molloy, one dark bay Horse, white on forehead, off hind foot white, white spots on near side under saddle, no visible brands, owner unknown, for trespassing in the public streets, and in default of being released will be sold at the public Pound, North Dunedin, on the 28th day of March, 1863, at 12 o’clock noon.

JAMES TURNER,
Poundkeeper.

At the several meetings held for the purpose, the following persons were elected Wardens for the Hundreds of North Tokomairiro, South Tokomairiro, and Waihola, for the current year, via:

NORTH TOKOMAIRIRO HUNDRED
Henry Clarke, James Elder Brown, and Robert Murray.

SOUTH TOKOMAIRIRO HUNDRED
W. H. Mansford, Robert Johnston, and J. L. Gillies.

WAIHOLA HUNDRED
John Dewe, Donald M’Master, and William Black.

The following BYE-LAWS were also passed by the Wardens of the South Tokomairiro and Waihola Hundreds:

1. No diseased cattle shall be depastured upon the Hundreds, and any person or persons who shall turn out or depasture any diseased beast shall forfeit and pay for every such offence, any sum not exceeding £5.

2. No entire animal over the age of six months, excepting horses, asses, or mules, and no horse, ass, or mule over the age of twelve months shall be depastured upon the Hundred without the consent, in writing of the Wardens, or a majority of them; and any person or persons who shall turn out or depasture any entire animal above the age of six months without having previously obtained the consent, in writing, of the Wardens, or a majority of them, shall forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding £5 for every such offence.

3. Whenever it shall appear to the Wardens, or a majority of them, that any beast of a dangerous or vicious character, or when from any other cause they shall deem it advisable to prohibit any specified beast from being depastured upon the Hundred, it shall be lawful for them, or a majority of them, to prohibit the depasturing of any such beast, and to give notice in writing of such prohibition to the owner, or person having charge of such beast, and if the same shall not be removed from the unfenced pasture lands of the Hundred within twenty-four hours, or such further time as may be stated in such notice, after the service of such notice, by delivery of the same personally, or by leaving the same at the usual place of residence of such owner, or person having charge of such beast, the owner or person having charge of such beast shall forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding £5; or if any person, as aforesaid, after having received notice as aforesaid, shall turn out or depasture on the Hundred any prohibited beast he shall forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding £5 for every such offence; or, in the event of the owner of any beast which the Wardens shall deem it advisable to prohibit from running upon the Hundred, being unknown to them, it shall be lawful for them to impound such beast, to be dealt with under the “Impounding Ordinance, 1862.”

4. No sheep shall be depastured on the Hundred without the consent, in writing, of the Wardens, or a majority of them, and under such restrictions as they may deem it advisable to impose, and any person depasturing sheep on the unenclosed land within the Hundred, without such consent, as aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence any sum not exceeding £5: Provided always that this Bye-law shall not be applicable to sheep, bona fide travelling through the Hundred, if the same shall travel at a rate of not less than five miles a day.

5. No unbranded cattle over the age of six months shall be depastured on the Hundred, and unbranded cattle above the age of six months found on the Hundred, may be impounded to be dealt with according to law.

6. All persons depasturing stock on the Hundred shall furnish to the Wardens a return, showing the number, age, sex, colour, description, and brands, of all and every beast depastured on the Hundred by each of them, or failing to make such