ELECTION OF WARDENS WITHIN HUNDREDS.

THE Settlers desirous of obtaining depasturing licences within Hundreds, and of electing Wardens, are requested to note and comply with the Clauses 56 and 57 of the Land Regulations, which provide that application for depasturing license must be made on or before the 1st January in each year, and that a return of the number of acres occupied by the applicant must be made to the Waste Land Board.

If a sufficient number of persons in each Hundred do not take out licences before the 1st of January, there can be no election of Wardens.

W. H. Cutten,
Chief Commissioner.
Waste Land Board Office,
7th November, 1863.

IMPOUNDED

On the 16th day of November, 1863, by Mr. Cutten,

Two Cows AND Two CALVES,

One Cow branded — near side, owner unknown, for trespassing, for which no special damage is claimed; and in default of being reclaimed, the above cattle will be sold at the Public Pound at South Dunedin, on the 9th day of December, 1863, at twelve o'clock noon.

John Barr,
Poundkeeper of the South Dunedin Pound.

IMPOUNDED on the 26th day of November, 1863, by Mr. Robert Marshall,

ONE BAY GELDING,

Branded J U on near shoulder, black points and switch tail, owner unknown, for trespassing on Mr. Robert Marshall's cultivation paddock, “Bell Knowes,” near Dunedin, for which the sum of £1 10s. is claimed as damages; and in default of being released, the above Gelding will be sold at the Public Pound at North Dunedin on the 16th day of December, 1863, at twelve o'clock noon.

James Turner,
Poundkeeper of the North Dunedin Pound.

Princes-street South,
Dunedin, 2nd November, 1863.

WE beg to announce that we have arranged with Messrs A. Cairns and Co., Carron Iron Warehouse, to take over their stock and premises at the above address, and that from this date a branch of our business of Wholesale and Retail Ironmongers and Iron Merchants will be carried on there, under the firm of Arthur Briscoe and Co., managed by Mr Hugh M’Neil, who will sign the firm by procuration.

Briscoe and Co.

OTAGO GOVERNMENT TOWN LAND SALES.

TOWNSHIP OF CLYDE,

Situate on the east bank of the Clutha, formerly known as the Upper Dunstan Township.—At the Camp there, on Monday, the 14th day of December, at 11 o'clock a.m.

TOWNSHIP OF CROMWELL,

Situate at the junction of the Kawarau and Clutha Rivers.—At the Camp there, on Wednesday, the 16th day of December at 11 o'clock a.m.

TOWNSHIP OF FRANKTON,

Situate at the junction of the Wakatipu Lake with the Kawarau River.—At the Camp, on Saturday, the 19th day of December, at 11 o'clock a.m.

TOWNSHIP OF QUEENSTOWN,

Situate on the north bank of the Wakatipu Lake, about four miles west from the Kawarau.—At the Camp there, on Monday the 21st day of December, at 11 o'clock a.m.

TOWNSHIP OF KINGSTOWN,

Situate at the south end of the Wakatipu Lake.—At the Camp there, on Saturday, the 26th day of December, at 11 o'clock a.m.

W. H. Cutten,
Chief Commissioner.
Waste Land Board Office, Dunedin,
6th November, 1863.

ABSTRACT OF ADVERTISEMENTS from the “Provincial Government Gazette,” of date 25th Nov., 1863:—

1st December.—Tenders to be lodged by noon for the Erection of a Flagstaff upon the Peninsula.

3rd December.—Tenders for the Erection of Exhibition Buildings may be lodged till 4 p.m.

3rd December.—A Special Meeting of Education Board at noon.

7th December.—Auctioneers must apply by this date for annual Licenses. Forms to be had at the Treasury.

8th December.—Tenders to be lodged by noon for Building a Buoy.

8th December.—Tenders to be lodged by noon for Erecting a Jetty and Crane on Clutha River.

8th December.—Tenders for Supply of Fittings, &c., for Green Island School House.

8th December.—Tenders for Supply of Fittings, &c., for East Taieri School House.

18th December.—Tenders for the Erection of a Schoolmaster’s Residence at North Taieri.

1st January, 1864.—Applications for appointment of Mining Surveyor to be made.

John Logan,
Secretary to the Superintendent.

PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE.

Dunedin, 28th Nov., 1863.

ROAD DEVIATIONS

PERSONS through whose properties roads have been taken, and who are consequently interested in the closing, widening, opening or deviation of any roads, are requested to communicate, without delay in writing to this office.

George Duncan,
Secretary of Public Works.

Printed for the Provincial Government by Daniel Campbell, Dunedin, Otago, N.-W. Zealand.