Tenders and Land Sales




TENDERS will be received at the Office of the
Secretary for Land and Works, until noon of Monday,
the 16th day of January, 1871, for Contract No. 60, "Survey of 2500 acres on the Tarras River,
Run 236, into 50 acre sections."
Plans and Specifications may be seen, and forms of tender obtained, at the Survey Office, Dunedin.
Tenders to be endorsed "Tender for Contract No. 60," and to be accompanied by the usual deposit.

D. REID,
Secretary for Land and Works.

NOTICE.—Tenders are wanted for Formation and Metalling of Roads by Ashleydowns Road Board.
Plans and specifications may be seen at Waiwera Hotel, from the 28th inst. to January 9, 1871.

SIGNAL HILL ROAD BOARD.—Tenders are invited for several works to be performed for this Board (Contract No. 1). Specification may be seen at the residence of Mr. Farquharson, Grand View Farm, with whom tenders are to be lodged on or before Friday, 13th January, 1871.—George Calder, Treasurer to the Signal Hill Road Board. December 28, 1870.

SYDNEY.—Tenders will be received up to the 14th instant, for Works on Aitcheson’s Road, Sydney.
Plans and Specifications may be seen from the 7th January, at the Schoolhouse, Otepopo, and at my Office, Dunedin.—John Hardy, C.E.

TOTARA.—Tenders will be received up to the 17th instant, for Works on the District Roads, Totara.
Plans and Specifications may be seen from January 10, at Livingstone’s Library, Oamaru, or at my Office, Dunedin.—John Hardy, C.E.

WASTE LAND BOARD ADVERTISEMENTS.

NOTICE is hereby given that the temporary Municipal Reserves in Hawksbury Township will be offered for sale at the Courthouse there on Friday, the 13th day of January next, together with the remaining unsold sections already advertised.

J. T. Thomson,
Chief Commissioner.

NOTICE is hereby given that any authorities given to occupy the Island, on the Mataura River, below its confluence with the Mokoreta, are hereby withdrawn, and the said Island, so far as it is Crown Lands, is now open for pasturage to settlers within the Oteramika Hundreds, in terms of the "Otago Waste Land Act 1866 Amendment Act 1869," and the regulations made thereunder.
Licenses and return forms may be obtained from the Ranger.

J. T. Thomson,
Chief Commissioner of the Waste Lands Board and Commissioner of Crown Lands.
Dunedin, 22nd December, 1870.

Wednesday, 11th day of January, 1871, at noon.

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, at Pollock’s Hotel, Popotunoa, on Wednesday, the 11th day of January next, at noon:
Block III, Kuriwao District.

Section 2, containing 4a. 3r. 11p., at the upset price of £20.0.
Section 1, containing 26a. 1r. 24p., at the upset price of £50.

The Hotel, occupied by Mr. Pollock, is situated on Section 2, and consists of bar, dining-room, parlor, private room, four bed-rooms on the ground floor, and eight on the upper floor. The out-buildings connected with the Hotel consist of nine-stalled stable, cooking-house, blacksmith’s shop, barn, and stock-yard.

Section 1 is partly fenced, and is now used as an accommodation paddock, attached to the hotel.
Terms: ten per cent, cash, balance within a month.

GOVERNMENT TOWN LAND SALES.

NOTICE is hereby given that certain Allotments in the undermentioned Townships will be offered for sale by public auction at the place and on the dates undernoted:

Roxburgh—On the ground, on Monday, the 9th day of January next, at noon.
Alexandra—At Messrs. Chapple & Co.’s auction rooms, there, on Tuesday, the 10th of January next, at noon.
Clyde—At the Courthouse, Clyde, on Wednesday, the 11th of January next, at noon.
Cromwell—At the Courthouse, Cromwell, on Thursday, the 12th day of January next, at noon.
Bendigo—On the ground, on Friday, the 13th of January next, at noon.
Nevillecastle—At Bendigo, on Friday, the 13th of January next, immediately after the sale of Bendigo.
Pembroke—At Bendigo, on Friday, the 13th of January next, immediately after the sale of Bendigo.
Gladstone—At Bendigo, on Friday, the 13th of January next, immediately after the sale of Bendigo.
Kingston—At the Survey Office, Queenstown, on Monday, the 9th day of January next, at noon.
Frankton—At the Survey Office, Queenstown, on Monday, the 9th day of January next, after the sale of Kingston.
Arrowtown—At the Public Library there, on Wednesday, the 11th day of January next, at noon.
Glenorchy—At the Survey Office, Queenstown, on Monday, the 9th day of January next, after the sale of Kingston.
Queenstown—At the Survey Office, Queenstown, on Monday, the 9th day of January next, immediately after the sale of Kingston.
Waikaia—On the ground, on Tuesday, the 10th day of January next, at noon.
Tapanui—On the ground, on Thursday, the 12th day of January next, at noon.
Lawrence—At the Survey Office, Lawrence, on Friday, the 13th day of January next, at noon.
Wetherston—At the Survey Office, Lawrence, on Friday, the 13th day of January next, at noon.
Duneld (Beaumont Ferry)—On the ground, on Monday, the 16th day of January next, at noon.
Havelock—On the ground, on Tuesday, the 17th day of January next, at noon.
Dallousie—At the Survey Office, Lawrence, on Wednesday, the 18th day of January next, at noon.



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🗺️ Tenders for Survey of Tarras River

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Tenders, Survey, Tarras River, Dunedin
  • D. Reid, Secretary for Land and Works

🏗️ Tenders for Formation and Metalling of Roads

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Tenders, Roads, Ashleydowns Road Board, Waiwera

🏗️ Tenders for Works by Signal Hill Road Board

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
28 December 1870
Tenders, Works, Signal Hill Road Board, Dunedin
  • George Calder, Treasurer to the Signal Hill Road Board

🏗️ Tenders for Works on Aitcheson’s Road, Sydney

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Tenders, Works, Aitcheson’s Road, Sydney, Otepopo
  • John Hardy, C.E.

🏗️ Tenders for Works on District Roads, Totara

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Tenders, Works, District Roads, Totara, Oamaru
  • John Hardy, C.E.

🗺️ Sale of Municipal Reserves in Hawksbury Township

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Sale, Municipal Reserves, Hawksbury Township
  • J. T. Thomson, Chief Commissioner

🗺️ Withdrawal of Authorities for Mataura River Island

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
22 December 1870
Withdrawal, Authorities, Mataura River, Oteramika Hundreds
  • J. T. Thomson, Chief Commissioner of the Waste Lands Board and Commissioner of Crown Lands

🗺️ Sale of Rural Land at Pollock’s Hotel, Popotunoa

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Sale, Rural Land, Pollock’s Hotel, Popotunoa, Kuriwao District

🗺️ Government Town Land Sales

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Sale, Town Land, Roxburgh, Alexandra, Clyde, Cromwell, Bendigo, Nevillecastle, Pembroke, Gladstone, Kingston, Frankton, Arrowtown, Glenorchy, Queenstown, Waikaia, Tapanui, Lawrence, Wetherston, Duneld, Havelock, Dallousie