stopping up of the said road, are required to set forth a statement in writing of any well-grounded objection they may have to the stopping up of the said road, and to leave such statement addressed to me, at my office in Dunedin, within sixty days from the date hereof, otherwise such objections will not be considered by me.

SCHEDULE.

Breadalbane.

34 chains in length, 60 links wide, from District Road at north-east angle of section 16, block XVIII, Taieri, to Dunedin and West Taieri Road: bounded on the north-west by section 62, irregular block, and on the south-east by sections 46 and 47, Riverside, Taieri.

22 chains in length, 60 links wide, from Dunedin and West Taieri Road to River Bank Reserve, West Taieri Bridge: bounded on the north-east by section 62, irregular block, Taieri; and on the south-west by section 49 and part of 48, river section, Taieri.

Dated at Dunedin, this twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent.

IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that Writs for election of a person to serve as a Member of the Provincial Council for the Taieri District, in place of Arthur John Burns, Esq., resigned, has been duly returned, with a certificate to the effect that JAMES ALLAN, Esq., has been duly returned.

D. REID,
Provincial Secretary.

15th March, 1870.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be notified that he has appointed Sergt. FRANCIS BULLEN, No. 191, to be Registrar of Brands, and also Inspector of Slaughter Yards, for Balclutha, vice Sergt. William Cobden, transferred.

D. REID,
Provincial Secretary.

12th March, 1870.

PUBLIC NOTICE.

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.

IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that the provisions contained in Clause 21 of the General Conditions of Contract, have been rescinded, and the Government will not be responsible for payment of Wages due by Contractors to their Workmen on Contracts let after this date.

D. REID,
Secretary for Land and Works.

Government Offices,
Dunedin, 8th March, 1870.

THE OTAGO WASTE LANDS ACT 1866 AMENDMENT ACT, 1869.

Mr. HENRY SUTCLIFFE, Clerk to the West Harbour District Road Board, is authorised by His Honor the Superintendent, under the provisions of Section 13 of the above-mentioned Act, to impound all Cattle found trespassing upon any Public Road within the limits of the West Harbour Road District.

By His Honor’s command,
JOHN LOGAN,
Secretary to the Superintendent.

10th March, 1870.

ALL ACCOUNTS against the Provincial Government should be lodged before the 21st March current, in order that payment thereof may be made during the Provincial Financial Year ending 31st March, 1870.

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 Province of Otago to take compulsorily, for the purpose of completing a road in the Kurimoto Road District, a portion of section numbered four (4), block twenty-seven (XXVII), on map of the Waihola Survey 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 thirty-first of March now instant.

Dated this first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

B. C. HAGGITT,
Provincial Solicitor, Otago.

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 Province of Otago to take compulsorily, for the purpose of completing a road in the Mornington Road District, a portion of sections thirteen (13) and fourteen (14), block seven (VII), on the Map of the Town Survey 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 thirty-first day of March next ensuing the date hereof.

Dated this twenty-fourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

B. C. HAGGITT,
Provincial Solicitor, Otago.

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 Province of Otago to take compulsorily for the purpose of completing a road in the Goodwood Road District, a portion of section thirty (30), Block one (I), on the map of Hawksbury Survey 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 thirty-first day of March next ensuing, the date hereof.

Dated this 24th day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

B. C. HAGGITT,
Provincial Solicitor, Otago.

NOTICE.

"Provincial Compulsory Lands Taking Act 1870."

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 Province of Otago to take compulsorily for the purpose of completing a road in the Pine Hill Road District, a portion of Sections sixteen (16) and seventeen (17), Block ten (X), on the map of the North Harbor and Blueskin Survey District; and for the purpose of completing another road in the said