Public Notices and Land Sales




ABSTRACT FROM PREVIOUS GAZETTES

16th June, Friday noon, a Gelding will be sold at Leaning Rock Pound.

16th June, Friday noon, two Heifers and a Steer will be sold at Hawksbury Pound.

16th June, Friday noon, a black Mare will be sold at Balclutha Pound.

16th June, Friday noon, a Steer will be sold at Caversham Pound.

23rd June, Friday, noon a horse will be sold at Lake Hayes Pound.


DUNAKANUI AND BLUESKIN DISTRICT.

Tenders will be received by the General Road Board, up to Saturday the 24th inst., for clearing about forty chains of Bush on the Mopanui Ridge, being that part of the road which runs through section 19 and between sections 51, 52 and 53, Block I, North Harbour and Blueskin District.

Plan and Specification may be seen at the office of the General Road Board, Dunedin, and at the office of the Harbour Master Port Chalmers.

The Board does not undertake to accept the lowest or any tender.

Alexander Willis,
Clerk to the Board.
Dunedin, 10th June, 1871.


WASTE LAND BOARD ADVERTISEMENTS.

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.


MONDAY, 3rd JULY—NOON:

NOTICE is hereby given that Section 27, Block II, Dunedin & East Taieri District, containing 86a 3r 11p, will be offered for sale, by public auction, at the Land Office, Dunedin, on Monday, the 3rd day of July next, at 12 o'clock noon, at the upset price of 10s. per acre.

Immediately after, Section 52, Block I, containing 17 acres, Otokia, will be offered at the upset price of 21s. per acre; and Section 20, Block IX, containing 153a 3r 33p, Otepopo District, will be open for application on and after that date, at the upset price of £1 per acre.


MONDAY, 10th JULY.

10,200 ACRES.—Notice is hereby given that the Hundred of Strath Taieri, comprising the above area, including Sections 1 to 21, 23, 24, 35 to 43, Block 4, Section District, Sections 1 to 7, 16, to 31, part 32, 39 to 55 and 71, Block 5; and 1 to 5 Block 10, Strath Taieri District. Surveyed into lots of from 50 to 100 Acres each, will be open for application at the Land Office, Dunedin, on and after Monday, the 10th of July next.

Lithographed Maps of the Blocks surveyed, price 1s. each, may be had at the Land Office, Dunedin, and the Survey Office, Naseby, where also application forms may be obtained, and every information as to the limits of the Hundred.

Applications endorsed “Application for land open 10th July” may be posted addressed to “The Chief Commissioner of the Waste Land Board, Dunedin” so as to arrive on or before the day above-mentioned.

In case of two applications for the same land on the same day, the portion so applied for will be put up to auction.

J. T. Thomson,
Chief Commissioner.
Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin, June 6th, 1871.


MONDAY, 10th JULY—NOON:

5,590 ACRES.—Notice is Hereby Given, that Sections 3 to 6, 9 to 60, Block 3. Sections 9, 11, 13, 14, 16 and 17, Block 4. Sections 1 to 6 and 12, Block 6, Waipahi District, will be offered for sale by Public Auction, at the Crown Hotel, Balclutha, on Monday the 10th day of July next at noon, at the upset price of £1 per acre.

J. T. Thomson,
Chief Commissioner of Land Board.
July 7, 1871.


MONDAY, 3rd JULY—NOON:

2,460 ACRES.—Notice is Hereby Given, that Block 1, Lower Hawea District, comprising an area of 2460 Acres, more or less, surveyed in Sections of from 50 to 100 acres each, will be open for application at the Land Office, Dunedin, on and after Monday, the 3rd day of July next.

Lithographed Maps, price 1s each, and forms to application, may be obtained at the Survey Office, Clyde.

Applications endorsed “Application for land, open 3rd July, 1871,” may be posted, addressed to “The Chief Commissioner of the Waste Land Board, Dunedin,” so as to arrive on or before the date above mentioned.

In case of two applications for the same land on the same day, the portion so applied for will be put up to auction.

J. T. Thomson,
Chief Commissioner.
Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin, June 6th, 1871.


ELECTION OF ROAD BOARDS.—Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of the “Otago Roads Ordinance 1865,” the annual meetings of persons liable to be rated are hereby appointed to be held at the times and places within the several Districts aftermentioned, for the purpose of electing qualified persons to serve as members of the several Local Boards for the ensuing year.

Name of District Date of Meeting Place of Meeting and Hour
1 Abbotsford Friday, June 23 Kaikorai Hotel, at 3 o’clock p.m.
2 Adamsthorpe Mr Jasper Clark’s at noon
3 Ahuriri Mr John M’Call’s Schoolhouse
4 Akatore Mr John Belford’s at noon
5 Allday Schoolhouse, at 1 p.m.
6 Anderson’s Bay Schoolhouse, at noon
7 Aparima Saturday, June 24 Mr Macintyre’s Otama Flat Hotel, at noon
8 Ashleydowns Friday, June 23 Mr Geo. Gibson’s, at 12 o’clock
9 Awamoa M. Holmes, Esq.’s, at 3 o’clock p.m.
10 Beaconsfield Kilmog Hotel, at 3 o’clock p.m.
11 Blueskin Schoolhouse, at 8 o’clock p.m.
12 Blue Mountain Schoolhouse, Palmerston, at noon
13 Broadalbane Mr Smith’s Hotel, at noon
14 Brighton Saturday, June 24 Mr H. Williams’s, at noon


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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Otago Provincial Gazette 1871, No 739





✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏗️ Sale of Livestock at Pounds

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Livestock, Auction, Pounds, Leaning Rock, Hawksbury, Balclutha, Caversham, Lake Hayes

🏗️ Tenders for Bush Clearing

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
10 June 1871
Tenders, Bush Clearing, Mopanui Ridge, Dunakanui, Blueskin District
  • Alexander Willis, Clerk to the Board

🗺️ Land Open for Sale Notice

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land Sale, Advertisement, Waste Land Board

🗺️ Public Auction of Land Sections

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land Sale, Public Auction, Dunedin, Otokia, Otepopo District

🗺️ Land Open for Application in Strath Taieri

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
6 June 1871
Land Sale, Strath Taieri, Waste Land Board, Application
  • J. T. Thomson, Chief Commissioner

🗺️ Public Auction of Land in Waipahi District

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
7 July 1871
Land Sale, Public Auction, Waipahi District, Balclutha
  • J. T. Thomson, Chief Commissioner of Land Board

🗺️ Land Open for Application in Lower Hawea District

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
6 June 1871
Land Sale, Lower Hawea District, Waste Land Board, Application
  • J. T. Thomson, Chief Commissioner

🏘️ Annual Meetings for Election of Road Boards

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Road Boards, Election, Otago Roads Ordinance 1865, Annual Meetings
6 names identified
  • Jasper Clark, Meeting location for Adamsthorpe District
  • John M'Call, Meeting location for Ahuriri District
  • John Belford, Meeting location for Akatore District
  • Geo. Gibson, Meeting location for Ashleydowns District
  • Holmes (Esquire), Meeting location for Awamoa District
  • H. Williams, Meeting location for Brighton District