CROWN LANDS.

Notice to Purchasers of Land under the “Otago Land Regulations, of 1st April, 1856.”

The decision of the Supreme Court in the matter of the Attorney General v. Jones having been given in favor of the Crown, the attention of purchasers of land under the “Otago Land Regulations, 1856,” is directed to the following clause of the “Waste Land Act, 1863,” No 2 :—

FORMER APPLICANTS MAY COMPOUND—TAKE PART OF HIS LAND—OR COME UNDER THIS ACT.

VIII. Any person who at any time before the passing of this Act shall have applied for the purchase of Land, under the Land Regulations then in force, and shall have obtained from the Waste Land Board a certificate entitling him to take possession of the Land specified in his application, but who shall not have expended on such Land Forty Shillings per acre in improvements, so as to entitle him to a Crown Grant thereof, under the said Regulations (hereinafter styled a “former purchaser,”) may elect to do any one of the following things:—

COMPOUND.

1. To pay to the Receiver of Land Revenue, at his office, a sum of money equal to Ten shillings per acre on the quantity of Land comprised in his certificate, and be entitled forthwith to a Crown Grant, in fee simple free from conditions.

TAKE PART OF HIS LAND.

2. To take a Crown Grant in fee simple without conditions, for two-thirds in value of the land comprised in such certificate, to be ascertained to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

COME UNDER THIS ACT.

3. To Take a Crown Grant in fee simple, subject to the tax imposed by this Act and the provisions hereof relating thereto.

OTHERWISE TO STAND ON THEIR RIGHTS.

IX. Any such former purchaser who shall not within six months after the coming into operation of this Act, elect to do any one of the aforementioned things and signify the same in writing to the Waste Land Board, shall be deemed to have decided to stand upon his rights and to remain subject to his liabilities as though this Act had not been passed.

The attention of such purchasers is further directed to the fact that the “Waste Land Act, 1863,” No. 2, came into force on the 20th September, 1864, consequently the period within which a purchaser can elect to do any of the things set forth in sub-clauses 1, 2, and 3 of section VIII, will expire on the 20th day of March next.

W. H. CUTTEN,
Chief Commissioner.
Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin, 20th February, 1865.

NOTICE.

Sale of Surveyed Lands lately within the Goldfields.

Notice is hereby given that applications for the sale of Sections in Blocks 1 and 2, Tuapeka District, will be received at the Gold Receiver’s Office, Lawrence, on Thursday, the 16th day of March next.

Applications for the sale of Sections in Blocks 2 and 3, Leaning Rock District, will be received at the Gold Receiver’s Office, Clyde, on Tuesday, the 21st day of March next.

Maps showing the Sections open for application in the Blocks above specified may be seen at the offices of the Gold Receivers, in Lawrence, Clyde, and Queenstown.

W. H. CUTTEN,
Chief Commissioner.
Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin, 20th February, 1865.

SUPREME COURT, OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND DISTRICT.

NOTICE is hereby given, that a sitting of the said Court, for the despatch of Criminal and Civil Business, will be held at the Court House, Dunedin, on Wednesday, the 1st day of March next, at ten o’clock in the forenoon, at which time and place all persons under recognizance to appear as Prosecutors, Defendants, or Witnesses, are hereby required to give their attendance.

ROBERT CHAPMAN,
Registrar.
Supreme Court Office,
Dunedin, 10th February, 1865.

SUPREME COURT, OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND DISTRICT.

INSOLVENT JURISDICTION.

NOTICE is hereby given that a Sitting of the said Court, for the despatch of all business arising under the “Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862,” will be held at the Court House, Dunedin, on Saturday, the 18th day of March next, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon.

ROBERT CHAPMAN,
Registrar.
Supreme Court Office,
Dunedin, 10th February, 1865.

DUNEDIN LICENSING DISTRICT.

In terms of Section 12 of the “Licensing Ordinance, 1864,” notice is hereby given that a Meeting of Justices will be held in the Resident Magistrate’s Court House, Dunedin, on Tuesday, the 14th March next, at twelve noon, for the purpose of taking into consideration all applications for Publicans’ Licenses, and for the Transfer, Renewal, or Removal of such Licenses, of which due notice shall have been given to the Clerk of the said Court, as directed by Section IX. of the said Ordinance, at which time and place all persons having business thereat are required to give their attendance.

THOMAS CALCUTT,
Clerk to the Bench.
Resident Magistrate’s Court, Dunedin.

QUARTERLY LICENSING MEETING.

PORT CHALMERS LICENSING DISTRICT.

In terms of Section 12 of the “Licensing Ordinance, 1864,” notice is hereby given that a meeting of Justices will be held in the Resident Magistrate’s Court House, Port Chalmers, on Tuesday, the 14th day of March next, at 12 noon, for the purpose of taking into consideration all applications for Publicans’ Licenses, and for the Transfer, Renewal, or Removal of such Licenses, of which due notice shall have been given to the Clerk of the said Court, as directed by Section IX. of the said Ordinance.

JOHN JOYCE,
Clerk to the Bench.
Resident Magistrate’s Court, Port Chalmers,
February 13th, 1865.