NOTICE.

"Provincial Compulsory Lands Taking Act 1866."

NOTICE is hereby given that it is intended to introduce a Bill into the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, at its next Session, authorising the Superintendent of the said Province of Otago to take compulsorily (for the purpose of completing a District Road in the Stoney Creek Road District) a portion of section 5, block iii, on the map of the North Tuakitoto District, and also portions of sections 1 and 2 of block viii, on the map of the said district.

And notice is hereby further given that a copy of the Bill so intended to be introduced as aforesaid may be inspected at the office of the Clerk of the said Provincial Council on and after the fourteenth day of March next ensuing the date hereof.

Dated this twentieth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

B. C. HAGGITT,
Provincial Solicitor, Otago.

Secretary for Land and Works Office,
Dunedin, 18th February, 1869.

In conformity with the 29th section of "The Gold Fields Act 1866," it is hereby notified that it is intended to grant a Lease, for gold mining purposes, of Crown Lands to the undermentioned:

W. D. MORRISON,
section 14, block xviii, Tuapeka East, containing 3 roods and 11 perches, subject to protection of all water races now on the ground.

A. J. BURNS,
Secretary for Land and Works.

SALE OF CROWN LANDS OF SPECIAL VALUE,

under the 64th Clause of "The Otago Waste Land Act 1866."

Notice is hereby given that the following allotments will be offered for sale by auction, in the Land Office, on Thursday, the 25th day of March next, at 12 o'clock noon:

Upset prices affixed.

Section 60 (originally part of Bush Reserve 59), block vii, Dunedin and East Taieri District, 4a 1r 25p, at 25s per acre;
Section 1 of 29, block vii, Dunedin and East Taieri District, 37a 3r 8p, at 21s per acre;
Section 65, block vi, Dunedin and East Taieri District, 22a 2r 15p, at 21s per acre.

J. T. THOMSON,
Chief Commissioner of Waste Land Board.
Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin, 22nd February, 1869.

An Application having been received to purchase the undermentioned Sections, notice is hereby given that they will be sold under 27th Clause of the "Otago Waste Land Act 1866," to the present applicant at the price affixed, unless applications have been received before the 25th day of March next, from other parties desirous of purchasing the said Sections.

Town of Outram, Sections 6 and 7, Block VI, £5 each.

J. T. THOMSON,
Chief Commissioner.
Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin, 22nd February, 1869.
3t.18s.

BALANCE SHEET OF THE QUEENSTOWN B CEMETERY

from 4th November, 1866, to 31st December, 1868.

Income.

4th Nov. To cash from Provincial Government ... £50 0 0
17th Dec. Grave sold and burial fee ... 3 3 0
1867
14th Feb. Burial fee and grave sold ... 3 8 0
5th Mar. Cash from Provincial Government ... 50 0 0

Expenditure.

4 Nov. By sexton for grave ... 0 15 0
29 Jan. Boyne, fencing ... 22 16 3
Cartage of posts and rails ... 5 0 0
Warren, forms and schedules ... 2 2 6
11 Feb. Tyree, gates ... 4 15 0
6 Mar. Robertson, timber for fence ... 44 19 9
Sundries, for advertising, sign board, postages, etc. ... 2 0 0
29 May Wise, placards, interment books, etc. ... 5 1 0
31 Dec. Sexton for graves ... 2 5 0
Hellenstein, lock for gates, etc. ... 0 13 0
M'Lonochie, planting trees ... 4 10 2

Balance in Bank ... £22 5 1
Total ... £123 17 0

H. MANDERS,
D. MATHESON, Managers.
D. POWELL,

Signed and declared before me this sixth day of February, 1869.

J. W. ROBERTSON,
One of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

Queenstown, 6th Feby., 1869.

Note.- A sum of £50 is urgently required to complete the fencing and for the purpose of laying out the ground into sections. Cattle continue to get on the unfenced-side.

IMPOUNDED,

on the 11th day of February, 1869,

by William Campbell, Ranger of the Otepopo Hundred, fifty-six Sheep, branded A, supposed to belong to Mr Adam Anderson, for trespassing on the Otepopo Hundred, for which 4d per head is claimed; and, in default of being released, the above Sheep will be sold at the Public Pound, at Otepopo, on the 19th day of March, 1869, at 12 o'clock noon.

DONALD CAMPBELL,
Poundkeeper of the Otepopo Pound.

IMPOUNDED,

on the 18th day of February, 1869,

by George Paterson, Ranger of the Otepopo Hundred, 105 Sheep, blotch brands, owners unknown, for trespassing on the Otepopo Hundred, for which damages are claimed; and, in default of being released, the above Sheep will be sold at the Public Pound, Otepopo, on the 19th day of March, 1869, at 12 o'clock noon.

DONALD CAMPBELL,
Poundkeeper of the Otepopo Pound.

IMPOUNDED,

on the 18th day of February, 1869,

by George Paterson, Ranger of the Otepopo Hundred, eleven Ewes, branded X, and seven Lambs, forked in both ears, supposed to belong to Adam Anderson, for trespassing on the Otepopo Hundred, for which 4d per head is claimed; and, in default of being released, the above Ewes and Lambs will be sold at the Public Pound, Otepopo, on the 19th day of March, 1869, at 12 o'clock noon.

DONALD CAMPBELL,
Poundkeeper of the Otepopo Pound.