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the area granted to him, and to plant with blue gum, or other approved forest trees one-fifth of the area during each of the second, third, fourth, 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.

LUNATICS ACT 1868.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it be notified that, by virtue and in exercise of the powers delegated to him in this behalf by His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, he has appointed The Honorable Capt. Thomas Fraser as and to be an Inspector of the Dunedin Public Asylum, under the provisions of “The Lunatics Act 1868,” without salary; vice Alfred Chetham Strode, Esquire, resigned.

D. Reid,
Provincial Secretary.
Dunedin, 12th April, 1871.

HIS Honor the Superintendent has been pleased, by warrant under his hand, to appoint Charles Edward Haughton, Esquire, and Edward Bowes Cargill, Esquire, to be Commissioners of the Waste Land Board of the Province of Otago.

John Logan,
Secretary to Superintendent.
18th April, 1871.

THE following list of persons who have been elected to serve on the undernominated Local Road Boards in this district of Southland is published for general information:—

Aparima.—Mr. Mathew Scott, William Johnston, William Blackstock, Richard James, James Mackintosh.

Gap.—Mr. Mathew H. L. Bennett, Thomas M’Lean, Thomas Norman, John Neill, Patrick Kerr.

Hokonui.—Mr. G. M. Bell, Cuthbert Cowan, Alex. M’Neill, Joseph Rodgers, Arch. Campbell.

Jacob’s River.—Mr. Philip Francis, William Nurse, William Johnstone, Thomas Bath, Alex. M’Lymont.

New River.—Mr. F. Sutton, A. Beaven, F. J. Collins, F. Boyd, — Brydon.

Oteramika.—Mr. Andrew Riddell, Robert M’Callum, Thomas Brydon, William Dawson, junr., James Blakely.

Waimatuku.—Mr. W. A. Lyon, James Stuck, James Cuming, Peter M’Neill, William Boyd, senr.

West Waikivi.—Mr. John Fowler, Fred. Townshead, Alex. Peter, John Bain, William Young.

Alex. Willis,
Clerk to the Board.
Dunedin, 6th April, 1871.

THE GOVERNMENT OF OTAGO being aware that it is proposed by the Colonial Executive to introduce, during the ensuing Session of the General Assembly, a Bill to consolidate and amend the several Acts relating to the administration of the Gold Fields; and, being desirous of affording the Miners an opportunity of expressing their opinions in a most direct manner upon the legislation necessary in their interest, and, further, of suggesting such alteration of the Regulations as may be suitable to the advanced condition of gold mining in the Province, have resolved to appoint a Commission for that purpose; and holders of Miners’ Rights and Business Licenses are invited to select delegates from amongst themselves to take part in a Conference, to be held in Dunedin early in the month of May.

The Otago Gold Field has therefore been divided into six districts, from each of which one delegate may be elected, in accordance with the following Regulations:

1. Every Delegate must be the holder of a current Miners’ Right or Business License, issued on or before the 1st of January, 1871.

2. Nominations of proposed Delegates may be made by holders of Miners’ Rights only, on or before Monday, May 1, in writing, addressed to the “The Warden,” and in the following form, which is to be signed by the proposer and seconder:—

FORM. (Place and date.)

To the Warden at
We hereby nominate (insert name in full) as a Mining Delegate, to represent the District of

Proposer. No. of Miner’s Right. Date of Do. Where issued.
Seconder. No. of Miner’s Right. Date of Do. Where issued.

3. If two or more Delegates are nominated for any District, a poll by open voting will be taken on Thursday, May 4th, at the places hereinafter named; and the person for whom the largest number of votes may be polled will be declared elected.

4. Every voter must produce his current Miner’s Right or Business License, dated on or before 1st January, 1871; and the Returning Officer shall stamp or write across every Miner’s Right and Business License so produced, the word “Voted” and the date.

5. Holders of Miner’s Rights may record their votes in writing in the following form; but in such case it will be requisite for the Miner’s Right of the voter to be produced by the person entrusted with the voting paper.

FORM. (Place and date.)

To the Warden at
I desire to record my vote for (insert name in full.)
(Signature in full of voter.)

DISTRICTS. | PLACES OF NOMINATION. | POLLING PLACES.
Wakatipu | Arrowtown | Queenstown, Arrow, Mace Town
Dunstan | Cromwell | Clyde, Cromwell, Black’s
Teviot | Roxburgh | Roxburgh, Alexandra
Tuapeka | Blue Spur | Lawrence, Waitahuna, Blue Spur
Mount Ida | Naseby | Naseby, Macrae’s, St Bathans
Switzer’s | Switzer’s | Switzer’s, Nokomai

At 4 p.m. on the day of nomination, the Warden or Clerk officiating will publicly notify the name of the person or persons who may have been nominated. The poll will be taken at the Court-house in each place; or, if there be no Court-house, then in such other building as the Warden of the district may direct.

C. E. Haughton,
Secretary for Land and Works.
Dunedin, 18th April, 1871.

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 Owhiro District, a portion of Section thirty-seven (37), Taieri River Sections, on the map of the...