Hill. Intending Contractors to meet the Local Board at the Yellow Pinch on Saturday, the 13th inst., at 11 o’clock a.m., when the different works will be pointed out to them. Specifications to be seen at the Schoolhouse, Otokia, or at Mr. Lander’s house, Kuri Bush. Tenders to be lodged with the undersigned, Otokia, or Mr. Lander, on or before 3 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 17th inst.—Peter Lerron, Clerk. Otokia, 3rd May, 1871.

WASTE LAND BOARD ADVERTISEMENTS.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Sale of the Township of Ophir (Black’s), advertised to take place at the Shamrock Hotel there on Friday, the 26th of May next, is postponed till further notice.

J. T. Thomson,
Chief Commissioner.
Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin, 8th May, 1871.

LAND OPEN FOR SALE on 22nd February, 1871.—See Gazette of 23rd February, 1871,

which may be had at the various Survey and Police Stations throughout the Province; and at the Land Offices, Dunedin and Invercargill.

NOTICE.—Section 20, Block 10, Tuapeka East District, containing 1a 3r. 27p., will be offered for sale by Public Auction, immediately after the Town Land Sale, at the Auction Room of Mr. Mathew Hay, on Friday, the 19th day of May next, at the upset price of £5 per acre.

NOTICE is hereby given that Section 60, Block IV, Oamaru District, part of Quarry Reserve, containing 61a. 2r. 20p. will be offered for sale by public auction at the Auction Rooms of Mr. Shrimski, Oamaru, on Monday, the 5th day of June next, at the upset price of £2 per acre, reserving the right to the present licensees to quarry thereon to the expiry of their licenses.

NOTICE is hereby given that Sections 4, 5, and 6, Block XVI, Waihola District, 50 acres each, more or less, will be offered for sale, by public auction, at the Auction Rooms of Mr. W. Capstick, Tokomairiro, on Monday, the 5th day of June next, at the upset price of 10s. per acre. And that, on and after that date, Section 31, Block VI, Maungatua, containing 30a. 3r. 30p. will be open for application as ordinary Rural Land, at the upset price of £1 per acre.

NOTICE is hereby given that Section 10, Block I, Clarendon District, containing 23a. 2r. 3p., will be offered for sale by Public Auction, at the Auction Rooms of Mr. R. W. Capstick, immediately after the Town Land Sale there on Monday, the 15th day of May next, at the upset price of 10s. per acre.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following allotments of Rural Land will be offered for sale, by public auction, in the Auction Rooms of M. S. Shrimski, in Oamaru, on Monday, the 15th day of May, immediately after the sale of the Township of Oamaru, in terms of Clause 35 of the “Otago Waste Land Act 1866,” at the upset price of 10s. per acre.

Otepopo.

NOTICE is hereby given that Section 2, Block V, Waikouaiti District, containing 300a. 1r. 8p. will be offered at the Court House, Hawksbury, immediately after the sale of that Township on Wednesday, the 17th May next, at the upset price of 10s. per acre, the purchaser paying the cost of survey, £24 12s.

NOTICE is hereby given that Sections 1 of 16, Block I, Otokia, containing 75a. 1r. 15p., and Section 26, Block V, Dunedin and East Taieri District, containing 90a. 3r. 23p., will be offered for sale by public auction, in the Land Office, Dunedin, immediately after the Town Land sale, on Monday, the 15th May next, at noon, at the upset price of 10s. per acre.

NOTICE is hereby given that Section 36, Block I, Clarendon, containing 124a. 1r. 4p., will be offered for sale by public auction at the Auction Room of Mr. R. W. Capstick, Tokomairiro, immediately after the Town Land Sale there, on Monday, the 15th of May next, at noon, at the upset price of 10s. per acre.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the lease for seven years of Sections 57, 58, and 59, Block VIII, Otepopo, containing severally 44 acres, 45 acres, and 49 acres, will be offered for sale, by public auction, separately, at the Auction Room of Mr. S. Shrimski, at Oamaru, on Friday, the 26th day of May next, at noon, at the upset rent of £10 each per annum.

40,000 ACRES.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the Hundreds of Crookston and Wairuna, including Greenvale, Blocks 1, 2, 4, and 5; Crookston, Blocks 2 and 3; and Waipahi, Blocks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8, surveyed into Sections of from 50 to 300 Acres each, will be open for application at the Waste Lands Board Office, Dunedin, on Monday, the 21st day of May next. Lithograph maps may be had at this Office, at the Survey Offices, Lawrence; and of Messrs Hibbard and Co., Tokomairiro.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the sales of Cromwell, Bendigo, Newcastle, Pembroke, and Gladstone, formerly advertised to be held on the 18th and 19th of May next, will be held instead—Cromwell on the 19th, and Bendigo, Newcastle, Pembroke, and Gladstone, on the 20th of May.

NOTICE is hereby given, that certain allotments in the undermentioned Townships will be offered for sale by public auction, at the places, and on the dates under-noted:

• Roxburgh.—On the ground, on Monday, the 15th day of May next, at noon.
• Alexandra.—At Mr. J. C. Chapple’s Auction Rooms there, on Tuesday, the 16th day of May next, at noon.
• Clyde.—At the Survey Office, Clyde, on Wednesday, the 17th day of May next, at noon.
• Cromwell.—At the Court House, Cromwell, on the 19th day of May next, at noon.
• Bendigo.—On the ground, on Saturday, the 20th day of May next, at noon.
• Newcastle.—At Bendigo, on Saturday, the 20th day of May next, immediately after the sale of Bendigo.
• Pembroke.—At Bendigo, on Saturday, the 20th day of May next, after the sale of Bendigo.
• Gladstone.—At Bendigo, on Saturday, the 20th day of May next, after the sale of Bendigo.
• Kingston.—At the Survey Office, Queenstown, on Monday, the 15th day of May next, at noon.
• Frankton.—At the Survey Office, Queenstown, on Monday, the 15th day of May next, after the sale of Kingston.
• Arrowtown.—At the Public Library there, on Wednesday, the 17th day of May next, at noon.