and land and take in passengers from and to such Railway, the lands or portions of the lands mentioned in the schedule hereunderwritten: 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 twenty-eighth day of April next ensuing, the date hereof.

SCHEDULE

ABOVE REFERRED TO.

Town of Port Chalmers.

Sections 44, 45, 46, 47, 18, 19, 17, 16, 78, 73, 61, 58, 57, 56, 55, 54, 52, 53, 51, 50, 49, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 405, 406, 11, 7, 6, 4, 399, 400, 401, and section to the north of sections 401 and 404.

Harbor Office and Custom House Reserve.

Portion of Town Belt, one chain in width, from high water mark, extending twenty-five chains north-east from section 401.

Portion of Harbor Reserve extending between sections 77 and 401, and continuation thereof for seven chains.

Crossings of Mount street and of Main Road at Junction with Wickliffe Terrace.

Part of George street, and continuation of same to and across Harbor Reserve to Jetty.

Portion of Koputai Bay in front of Harbor Reserve from sections 77 to 401, and of Town Belt.

Dated this thirty-first day of March, 1871.

B. C. HAGGITT,
Solicitor for the Bill

25s

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be notified that he has appointed Messrs.

WILLIAM M’DIARMID
ROBERT HARVEY
DONALD BORRIE, senr.
ALEXANDER CHISHOLM,
and
DONALD BORRIE

managers of Outram Cemetery.

D. REID,
Provincial Secretary.

31st March, 1871.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the Gold-Mining Lease granted to the undermentioned persons: J. Barry and others, for Section 6, Wakefield District, for gold-mining purposes, has been cancelled, and that the said land is open for occupation by holders of Miners’ Rights.

D. REID,
Secretary for Land and Works.

Land and Works Office,
Dunedin, 3rd April, 1871.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Gold-Mining Lease granted to the undermentioned person: Michael Dillon, 10 acres in Main Gully, Hyde, for gold-mining purposes, has been cancelled, and the said land is again open for occupation (with the exception of that portion comprising the Peat Bog) by holders of Miners’ Rights.

D. REID,
Secretary for Land and Works.

Land and Works Office,
Dunedin, 3rd April, 1871.

“OTAGO MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ORDINANCE 1865.”

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be notified that he has appointed The Honorable James Paterson, of Dunedin, to be a Trustee, under the “Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance 1865,” of the Sinking Fund, to be set apart by the Council of the City of Dunedin, under the provisions of the said Ordinance—vice Arthur William Morris, Esquire, resigned.

D. REID,
Provincial Secretary.

4th April, 1871.

FREE GRANTS OF LAND FOR PLANTATION.

THE Provincial Government is prepared to receive applications from parties desirous of taking up land for the purpose of planting forest trees.

Each applicant will be allowed to take up an area of land not exceeding 250 acres, be selected in any part of the Province: Provided that, if within Gold Fields, the Warden of the district will be required to report, and should the application be granted, it will be subject to the provisions of the Agricultural Lease Regulations, as to entry to mine, or prospect for gold.

Any person whose application is accepted will be required, during the first year, to fence in the whole of the area granted to him, and to plant with approved forest trees one-fifth of the area during each of the second, third, and fifth years. The remaining fifth may be used for cultivation, at the option of the occupant.

As soon as these conditions are fulfilled, the occupier will be entitled to receive a Crown Grant free of cost.

Any further information can be obtained on application at this office.

D. REID,
Secretary for Land and Works.

4th April, 1871.

ABSTRACT FROM PREVIOUS GAZETTES

of Impounding Notices:—

7th April, Friday, noon, a red Steer will be sold at Papakaio Pound.

14th April, Friday, noon, a Cow will be sold at Balclutha Pound.

14th April, Friday, noon, a Filly will be sold at Caversham Pound.

TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Land and Works until noon of Tuesday, the 18th April, for

CONTRACT No. 557—Erection of a Court House at Cromwell.

Plans and Specifications may be seen and Forms of Tender obtained at the office of the Engineer of Roads and Works, Dunedin, or at District Engineer’s Office, Cromwell.

Tenders to be indorsed “Roads and Works Tender for Contract No. 557.”

The Government does not undertake to accept the lowest or any Tender.

FRESH TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Land and Works until noon of Friday, 14th April, for

Contract No. 555—Formation of portion of road, Dunedin to Portobello.

Plans and Specifications may be seen, and forms of tender obtained, at the Office of the Engineer of Roads and Works, Dunedin.

Tenders to be indorsed “Roads and Works Tender for Contract No. 555.”

The Government does not undertake to accept the lowest or any Tender.

D. REID,
Secretary for Land and Works.

Dunedin, 3rd April, 1871.

SANDYMOUNT.—Tenders wanted for forming, re-forming, and metalling portions of Sandymount road. Specifications to be seen at the house of Mr James Weipers, who will show the works on Thursday,