WASTE LAND BOARD ADVERTISEMENTS.

Tuesday, 19th May.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the following allotment of Rural Land will be offered for sale by public auction, on Tuesday, the 19th May next, in the Land Office, at noon, under the 35th clause of the "Otago Waste Land Act 1866," at the upset price of 10s. per acre:—

Section 28, Block VIII, Otepopo, 52a. 3r. 18p.

Monday, 23rd May, at noon.

BUSH RESERVES.—Sealed offers will be received at this office until noon of Monday 23rd May, for leasing for a term of 21 years from the 1st June, 1870, the undermentioned Bush Reserves, under certain conditions as to planting &c., which may be seen on and after the 1st May at the Police Stations at West Taieri, Balclutha, Port Molyneux, Waikouaiti, Tokomairiro and Hampden, and at the Land Office, Dunedin.

The offers are to be made by filling in the printed form of Tender, (which can be obtained at the place abovementioned), the prices at which the different descriptions of timber in the bush are to be supplied to the public, and are to be enclosed in an envelope marked "Offer for Lease of Bush Reserves," addressed to the Chief Commissioner of the Waste Land Board, Dunedin.

The person whose tender may be accepted will require to name two sureties to the satisfaction of the Waste Land Board, who will enter into a bond in the sum of £50 for the due fulfilment of the conditions of the lease.

The lowest or any offer not necessarily accepted.

For list of sections see previous Gazettes.

Monday, 6th June, at noon.

THE RESERVE having been withdrawn from section 2, block V, Lawrence—Notice is hereby given that the said section will be offered for sale by public auction by Mr. J. M. Nicolson, at the Court House, Lawrence, on Monday, the 6th day of June next, at noon, at the upset price of £2, and subject to a valuation (to be stated at time of sale) for improvements effected thereon.

Monday, 6th June, at noon.

NOTICE is hereby given, that Section 107, Block I, Waitahuna West District (island below Dalhousie), containing 10 acres, will be offered for sale by public auction, as land of special value, at the Land Office, Dunedin, on Monday, the 6th day of June next, at noon, at the upset price of £2 per acre.

SUPREME COURT.—Notice is hereby given, that a sitting of the Supreme Court, for the despatch of Criminal and Civil Business, will be holden at the Supreme Court-house, Dunedin, on Monday, the sixth day of June next, at the hour of ten o’clock in the forenoon, at which time and place all persons bound by recognizance to appear as prosecutors, defendants, or witnesses, are required to give their attendance.

Notice is hereby further given, that the Civil Cases will not be called on for trial until Monday, the thirteenth day of June, at ten o’clock in the forenoon.

Sheep Inspector’s Department, Dunedin, 18th April, 1870.

SIR,—I have the honor to forward for the information of the Government, Return of Sheep in the Province of Otago for the year ended 30th September, 1869.

The accompanying list shows a total of two millions three hundred and eighty-five thousand two hundred and fifty-nine (2,385,259) sheep above six months old, of which number one million eight hundred and fifty-nine thousand one hundred and eighty-six (1,859,186) are depastured on Runs; four hundred and forty-nine thousand eight hundred and fifty-four (449,854) on freehold; forty-five thousand eight hundred and five (45,805) on Gold Fields; and thirty thousand four hundred and fourteen (30,414) on Hundreds.

It has been usual to publish the Return in the month of November in each year, but I was unable to do so on this occasion, owing to the unfortunate death of Mr. Inspector Kennedy, whose successor had to collect fresh returns from his district before I could make up the list, and even now there are doubtless a few still omitted.

With the exception of one flock all the sheep entered in the Return as diseased are now clean. I append a list of the owners of diseased sheep at present in the Province, from which it will be seen that the disease is confined to the Mount Stuart and Waitahuna Hundreds.

Owing to the nature of the country it is exceedingly difficult preventing the different flocks mixing, and I anticipate that it will be a troublesome task to eradicate disease from these commonages.

I append a tabular Return, showing the increase of sheep from 1859 to 1869, inclusive.

I have, &c.,

WM. LOGIE,
Chief Inspector.

List of Owners of Diseased Sheep in the Province of Otago, for the Month of April, 1870:

George Cameron, Lovell’s Flat ... 1,300
Walter Miller, Woolshed ... 7,000
Edwin Legge, do ... 1,000
William H. Miller, Woolshed ... 1,200
Maitland Brothers, Hill End ... 6,000
James Smith, Greenfield, Molyneux ... 10,000

Chief Inspector’s Office,
Dunedin, 9th May, 1870.

List of Owners of Diseased Sheep in the Province of Otago, in the month of March, 1870, with the number of Sheep owned by them:

George Cameron, Lovell’s Flat ... 1,200
Walter Miller, Glenore ... 7,000
Thomas Murray, Waitahuna ... 3,000
Edwin N. Legge, Glenore ... 1,000
W. H. Miller, do ... 1,200
Maitland Brothers, Hill End ... 6,000
James Smith, Molyneux ... 10,000

Total ... 29,400

Return, showing the increase of Sheep in the Province, from the year 1859 to 1869:—

Note.—Those marked * include Sheep within the Province of Southland, at that time a part of Otago. Up to 1867 there was no difference between returns received from Freeholders or Runholders, so that it is impossible properly to distinguish the nature of the property on which the Sheep were depastured until after that date.