Peace, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court, a Clergyman, or Postmaster.

J. T. THOMSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin,
5th Oct., 1870.

I, A. B., of hereby authorise C. D., of to receive from the Commissioner of Crown Lands the Crown Grant in my favor for section block District, his receipt for which shall be binding on me.

Signed before me this day of , 18 .

A Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

Signature of Claimant.

Dunedin; at Mr. Livingston’s, bookseller, Princes street; and at the agencies of Mr. Livingston, Oamaru; Mr. Stoddart, Waikouaiti; Mr. Smith, Hampden; Messrs. B. Hibbard and Co, Tokomairiro; and at the Survey Offices at Queenstown, Clyde, Naseby, and Lawrence, so far as relates to the Districts, &c., adjacent to them; but any map not on hand at any of the Survey Offices may be ordered through them.

All the surveyed Towns and Blocks have been lithographed—price 1s. each.

The Districts now lithographed on a scale of 80 chains to an inch are Awamoko, Papakaio, Oamaru, Kauroo, Otepopo, and Moeraki—price 5s. each.

NOTICE is hereby given, that Sections 49 to 66, Block I, North Harbor and Blueskin District, will be offered for sale by public auction in the Land Office, Dunedin, on Monday, the 31st day of October, at noon, at the upset price of £1 5s per acre.

J. T. THOMSON,
Chief Commissioner Waste Land Board.

NOTICE is hereby given that Section 2 of 39, Block II, Kaitangata District, containing 49a 0r 6p, will be offered for sale by public auction, in the Land Office, Dunedin, on Monday, the 7th day of November next, at noon, at the upset price of £1 per acre.

J. T. THOMSON,
Chief Commissioner Waste Land Board.

CATLIN’S DISTRICT, 3000 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT
Sections 1 to 22, Block I,
Sections 1 to 7, Block II,
Sections 1 to 15, Block IV,
Catlin’s District, on the Owake River, have now been Surveyed, and will be open for application as Surveyed Land, on Monday, the 24th October, 1870, at £1 per acre. The Sections contain about 50 acres each of good agricultural Land.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the following allotments of rural land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, will be offered for sale by auction, as land of special value, in the Land Office, Dunedin, on Tuesday, the 1st day of November next, at noon.

Block 3, Kurimano District.

Section 2, containing 4a. 3r. 11p., upset price £300
Section 1, 26a. 1r. 24p., £60

The hotel, occupied by Mr. Pollock, is situated on section 2, and consists of bar, dining room, parlor, private room, four bedrooms on the ground-floor, and eight on the upper-floor. The out-buildings connected with the hotel consist of 9-stall stable, cooking-house, blacksmith’s shop, barn, and stockyard.

Section 1 is partly fenced, and is now used as an accommodation paddock attached to the hotel.

Terms, 10 per cent. cash, balance within a month.

J. T. THOMSON,
Chief Commissioner.

Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin, 27th September, 1870.

LITHOGRAPH MAPS of the Province of Otago, and of the surveyed Towns, Blocks, and Districts therein, may be obtained at the Land Office, Dunedin; at Mr. Livingston’s, bookseller, Princes street; and at the agencies of Mr. Livingston, Oamaru; Mr. Stoddart, Waikouaiti; Mr. Smith, Hampden; Messrs. B. Hibbard and Co, Tokomairiro; and at the Survey Offices at Queenstown, Clyde, Naseby, and Lawrence, so far as relates to the Districts, &c., adjacent to them; but any map not on hand at any of the Survey Offices may be ordered through them.

All the surveyed Towns and Blocks have been lithographed—price 1s. each. The Districts now lithographed on a scale of 80 chains to an inch are Awamoko, Papakaio, Oamaru, Kauroo, Otepopo, and Moeraki—price 5s. each.

LAND open for sale on 18th May, 1870.—See Gazette published 19th May, 1870, which may be had at the various Survey and Police Stations throughout the Province, and at the Land Office, Dunedin.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the following Rural Allotments will be offered for sale by auction, at the Land Office, Dunedin, on Friday, 7th October next, at noon, at the upset prices annexed:—

Section 20 Block II, Pomahaka district, 46a. 3r. 31p., 20s. per acre.
Section 1 of 13, Block II, Dunedin and East Taieri District, 34a. 1r. 34p., 10s. per acre.
Section 2 of 39, Block I, Otokia District, 107a. 3r. 14p., 10s. per acre.

10, 11, 12, OCTOBER, 1870.

NOTICE is hereby given, that certain unsold Allotments in the undermentioned Townships will be offered for sale by public auction at the places, and on the dates undernoted. The upset prices of Townships for the future will be uniformly £5 for sections fronting main streets, and £3 for back sections:—

Oamaru—At the Auction Rooms of Mr. S. Shrimski, on Monday, the 10th of October next, at noon.

Maheno—On the ground on Tuesday, the 11th day of October next, at noon.

Herbert—On the ground on Wednesday, the 12th day of October next, at noon.

Hampden—At Murcott’s Hotel, Hampden, on Wednesday, the 12th October next, at 4 p.m.

Moeraki—At Murcott’s Hotel on Wednesday, the 12th October next, at 4 p.m.

HIGHCLIFF LOCAL ROAD BOARD.—Notice is hereby given, that a precept authorising the collection of the Highway Rate in the above-named District—having been issued by the General Road Board—Ratepayers are requested to pay the amount of their respective rates to Mr. David Auld, Collector, at his house, on or before the 21st day of October, 1870.

—THOMAS GRANGER, Chairman.

Highcliff, 19th September, 1870.

NOTICE.—West Harbor Road District.—The Precept authorising the collection of the Highway Rate for the year 1870-71 having been issued, ratepayers are requested to pay their respective rates to me, at my house, Sawyers Bay, on or before the 8th of October, 1870.—HENRY SUTCLIFFE, Collector.

MAUNGATUA ROAD DISTRICT.—Notice is hereby given, that a precept authorising the collection of the Highway Rate in the above-named district having been issued by the General Road Board, ratepayers are requested to pay the amount of their respective rates to me, at my house, in the said district, on or before the 14th day of October, 1870.—JAMES SMITH, Collector. Maungatua, 19th September, 1870.