Objections to the granting of such lease, stating the grounds of objection, must be made in writing and lodged with the Warden at Queenstown, on or before the 25th day of August, 1871.

Copy of the application made, and plans annexed, may be seen at the Warden’s Office at Queenstown.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this eighth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.

J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent.

SCHEDULE.

George Hart, for the NIL Desperandum Tunnelling Company, for six acres of land, being section 8, Glenorchy District.

ASSISTANT ENGINEER WANTED.—Temporary Assistant wanted in the Roads and Works Department, salary to be at the rate of £300 per annum. Applications in writing to be sent to the Secretary for Land and Works, not later than noon of Friday, 11th instant.

D. REID,
Secretary, Land and Works.

Dunedin, 5th August, 1871.

TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Lands and Works, until noon of Tuesday, 15th August, for Contract No. 566—Carting about 300 cubic yards of road metal from Old Botanic Reserve along the “Main Road through Dunedin.”

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

Tenders to be endorsed “Roads and Works Tender for Contract No. 566.”

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

D. REID,
Secretary for Lands and Works.

Dunedin, 7th August, 1871.

TENDERS will be received at this Office, until noon of Friday, the 1st September next, for the performance of the Steam Tug Service in the Port of Dunedin, for Twelve Months, by a suitable Steamer of not less than (70) seventy horse power. The Master of the Tug must be qualified to act, and be licensed by the Government as a Pilot for the aforementioned Port.

D. REID,
Provincial Secretary.

TO CONTRACTORS.

THE Oteramika Road Board invite Tenders for the Formation of a Road from the Half-way Bush to near Edendale station, a distance of about seven miles. The work is divided into three contracts, to suit small contractors.

Plans and specifications lie with Mr. Stewart, Clerk to the Board, at Edendale station, who will receive sealed tenders up till 20th August.

The Board do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any tender.

THOMAS BRYDON,
Chairman.

26th July, 1871.

ROSLYN ROAD BOARD.—Wanted, Tenders for Maintenance Metal. Particulars from undersigned.

Tenders to be lodged on or before Monday, 14th inst. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

H. P. MACLEAN, Clerk.

ROSLYN ROAD BOARD.—Wanted, Tenders for collecting Rate for the year 1871-72, on or before Tuesday, 15th instant. Particulars as to duties, &c., can be obtained from the undersigned. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

H. P. MACLEAN, Clerk.

CLERK AND COLLECTOR WANTED.—The Local Board of Blueskin Road District invites tenders for the above appointment for the current year, ending June 30, 1872. Offers to be addressed to the Chairman of the Board, Mr. James Green, M.P.C., Blueskin, on or before 31st instant. Applicants must be prepared to give satisfactory security. The Board do not bind themselves to accept any tender, or the lowest.

4th August, 1871.

THE “Otago Waste Lands Act 1866 Amendment Act 1869.”

Mr. John M’Lauchlin, of Hawksbury, is authorised by His Honor the Superintendent, under the provisions of section 13 of the above-mentioned Act, to impound all cattle found trespassing upon any public road within the limits of the Hawksbury Bush Road District.

By His Honor’s command,
JOHN LOGAN,
Secretary to Superintendent.

4th August, 1871.

SCOTT’S CENTENARY.—The Provincial Government Offices will be closed at 1 o’clock p.m., on Wednesday, 9th August, 1871.

WASTE LAND BOARD ADVERTISEMENTS.

NOTICE TO APPLICANTS for UNSURVEYED LAND, under “Otago Waste Land Act, 1866.”

It is hereby notified to the applicant whose name appears in the subjoined Schedule, that the Waste Land Board has declared him to be the purchaser of the section set opposite his name in the Schedule; and that the purchase money of this section must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue in Invercargill, on or before Wednesday, the 16th day of August, 1871, otherwise the application will be deemed withdrawn, cancelled, and void, and the deposit made at the time of lodging the application will be forfeited.

Daniel Sinclair, section 5, block III, Wyndham district.

Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin, 2nd August, 1871.

IT IS HEREBY notified that the Regulations for the management of pasturage within Hundreds, published in the Provincial Government Gazette, No. 72, of the 17th April, 1871, so far as Clauses 1 to 14 inclusive, have been agreed to by the Waste Land Board as Regulations for the management of pasturage within the Waihola and Crookston Hundreds, the word September will for the present year, so far as regards these Hundreds, be substituted for the word January in Clause 1 aforementioned.

J. T. THOMSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 2nd August, 1871.

Approved,
J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent.