[The following Proclamation is made and published in consequence of certain errors appearing in the Proclamation by His Honor the Superintendent of date the 5th day of April, 1864.]

Slaughter Houses and of Cattle intended for slaughter within the Oamaru slaughter house district at Hamilton’s, vice Mr. Ivor, removed.

Thomas Dick, Provincial Secretary.

PROCLAMATION.

Reserving and Withdrawing for Sale Waste Lands situate on the West Taieri Gold Field.

By the Honorable John Hyde Harris,
Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

WHEREAS, on the sixth day of November last, I, John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, in exercise of the powers delegated to and vested in me in that behalf, did by proclamation in the Government Gazette of the said Province, constitute and appoint a certain portion of the said Province to be a Gold Field, under the provisions of the “Gold Fields’ Act, 1862,” under the name of the “West Taieri Gold Field,” and the limits of which gold field I did in and by the said proclamation define: And whereas, the lands hereinafter described are Waste Lands of the Crown, and are within and form part of the said West Taieri Gold Field, so proclaimed as aforesaid. And whereas, the said lands were lately held and occupied, with other lands, by James Hamilton and Frederick Wayne, under a license numbered 204: And whereas the said license was of even date herewith cancelled as to the lands hereinafter described: And whereas it has been made to appear to me that the lands hereinafter described are necessary for settlement, public purposes, and roads: Now, THEREFORE, I, in exercise of the powers delegated to and vested in me in this behalf, do hereby PROCLAIM and DECLARE that I do reserve and withdraw for the purposes of sale the lands hereinafter described, that is to say, ALL that area containing by admeasurement 57 acres, more or less, situate on Run numbered 204 on the Map of the North-eastern District of the Province of Otago, bounded towards the North by the Township Reserve, 626 links, also 1,330 links; towards the East by the Township Reserve, 2,430 links, and 204 links, and also 1,128 links; towards the South-east by the Township Reserve, 1,760 links; and towards the West by Crown Lands, 1,795 links, by Cemetery Reserve 812 links; also by the Township Reserve, 2,396 links. And also, ALL that area containing by admeasurement five acres, more or less, situate on the aforesaid run, numbered 204 on the Map of the North-eastern District of the said Province, bounded towards the North by Crown Lands, 500 links; towards the East by the Township Reserve, 188 links; also by the Town of Hamilton, 812 links; towards the South by Crown Lands 500 links, and towards the West by Crown Lands 1,000 links.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the

(L.S.) Province of Otago, at Dunedin,
this fifteenth day of April, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-four.

J. Hyde Harris,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
Thomas Dick, Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Dunedin, 18th April, 1864.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him, he has appointed —

William Mayberry,
a member of the Police Force, to be an Inspector of Slaughter Houses and of Cattle intended for slaughter within the Oamaru slaughter house district at Hamilton’s, vice Mr. Ivor, removed.

Thomas Dick, Provincial Secretary.

TENDERS are invited for the Supply of the various Departments of the Provincial Government with Timber, up to the 31st March, 1865.

Specifications can be seen, tender forms obtained, and tenders deposited, at the Provincial Storekeeper’s Office, at or before noon of Thursday, 28th inst.

George Duncan,
Secretary of Public Works.

April 19, 1864.

TENDERS are invited for the supply of the Provincial Engineer’s Department, Road Engineer’s Department, Gaol, &c., to 31st March, 1865, with—

Powder, Hall’s Blasting, large grain, 1st quality, at ... per ton.
Powder, Hall’s Glass, rifle or diamond grain, as required, at ... per pound.
Fuse, Bickford’s double tape, 1st quality, at ... per coil.
Percussion Caps, Eley’s, foil lined, gun, at ... per 100.
Do. ... do ... military flange, do.
Do. ... do ... revolver, do.

Information and tender forms to be obtained, and tender forms to be deposited at the office of the Provincial Storekeeper, at or before noon of Wednesday, 27th instant.

George Duncan,
Secretary of Public Works.

April 19th, 1864.

TENDERS ACCEPTED.

ERECTION of a bridge over the Gentle Annie Burn on dray road between Kawarau and Wakatipu—David Proudfoot and Co., £1,925 14s.

Road.—Dunedin to West Taieri, erection of a viaduct on the Dunedin and West Taieri Road.—James Boyle, £381 11s.

Road.—West Taieri to Dunstan, formation of a road from suspension bridge over Taieri River to Mac’s hotel, at the following schedule of prices:

• Cutting between bridge and Police station, 2s. 9d. per cube yard.
• Between police station and Mac’s hotel, 1s. 8d. per cube yard.
• Culverts 2-feet square, £1 5s. per lineal yard.
• Hand pitching (if required), 3s. per superficial yard.—Alexander M’Kenzie, contractor.

Road.—Waikouaiti to Shag River, supply of 2,000 yards of road metal.—David Kirby, £1,750.

Road.—Waikouaiti to Shag River, supply of 6,000 yards of road metal.—Jones and Co., £4,925.

Road.—Waikouaiti to Shag River, construction of one mile and a quarter of road called “the Green Swamp contract.”—David Kirby, £1,959 14s 2d.

Kawarau Bridge, erection of a timber bridge over Clutha River near the Kawarau Junction.—David Proudfoot and Benjamin Armitage, £6,800.

George Duncan,
Secretary of Public Works.

Public Works Office,
Dunedin April 15th, 1864.

POLICE CAMP CONTRACTS

Police Camp, Dunstan.—James Shand, 168 bushels Oats at 10s. 3d., 3 tons Chaff, at £24 per ton, 17 bushels Bran, at 5s., in each case bags included.

Police Camp, Upper Taieri.—James Shand, 168 bushels Oats, at 8s. 6d., 3 tons Chaff, £18 per ton, 17 bushels Bran, at 4s. 6d., in each case bags included.

Cleaning Cesspools, Dunedin Gaol till 31st December, 1864, 25s. per load.—Thomas Faulder.

Sweeping Chimneys till 31st Dec., 1864.—Edward Chambers residing at Mr. Robert Dent’s, Leith Street, Pelichet Bay, 1s. 6d. each.