III. Waihola District, will be offered for sale by public auction, by Mr Matthew Hay, at the Survey Office, Lawrence, on Friday, the 19th of July next, at noon, at the upset price of £5 per acre, subject to valuations for improvements and survey expenses.

15th JULY.—EDUCATION RESERVE.

SECTION 2 of 7, block VI, North-East Harbour and Blueskin District, will be leased at the Land Office, Dunedin, on Monday, the 15th July, immediately after the sale of the Waihawa Station.

Copies of Regulations and Conditions of Lease may be had on application at the Education Office.

MONDAY, 5th August.

Sale of Crown Lands in the City of Dunedin.

NOTICE is hereby given that block 49, Dunedin, will be offered for sale by auction at the Land Office, Dunedin, on Monday, the 5th August, at the upset price of £250.

The block contains one rood and six poles, and is situated at the corner of High street and Dowling street, adjoining Mr. Gray’s timber yard.

Terms 10 per cent. deposit on the fall of the hammer, balance within a month. Waste Land Board Office.

MONDAY, 5th August, 1872, at noon.

NOTICE is Hereby Given that the lately reclaimed lands situated in Rattray street, opposite the Wharf, numbered sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 19 and 20 block XLVII in the plan of the City of Dunedin, containing 3 roods and 24 poles, will be offered for sale by Mr Milner at the Land Office, Dunedin, by public auction, on Monday, the 5th day of August next, at noon, at the upset price of £1000.

Plans may be had at the Land Office, Dunedin.

NOTICE is hereby given that sections 1 and 3, block X, Awamoko district, containing respectively, 171a 2r 39p, and 186a 3r 25p; sections 45 and 46, block IV, Awamoko district, containing 33a 3r; sections 1 and 3, block IX, Kauroa district, containing 207a 3r 14p; sections 15 and 16, block VIII, Awamoko district, containing 188a 3r 35p, and 158a 0r 26p; section 59, block IV, Awamoko district, containing 114a 1r 25p; sections 28, 29 and 30, block V, Awamoko, containing 143a 3r 36p, 55a 3r 0p, and 281a 3r 27; and sections 5, 10, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 52, 53 and 54, block I, Awamoko district, containing respectively 96a 3r 8p, 115a 2r 16p, 132a 0r 8p, 100a 0r 34p, 86a 1r 4p, 50a, 91a 1r 35p, 55a 1r 12p, 45a 2r 20p, 17a 3r 7p will be offered for sale by public auction, by Mr Samuel Shrimski, at his auction rooms, Oamaru, on Monday, the 5th day of August next, at noon, at the upset price of 10s. per acre.

NOTICE is hereby given that section 3, block III, South Taieri district, containing 56a; section 1 of 14, and 13, block VII, Kaitangata district, 156a 3r 40p; and 188a 1r 26p will be offered for sale by public auction, by Mr Capstick, at his auction rooms, Tokomairiro, on Monday, the 5th day of August next, at noon, at the upset price of 10s. per acre.

Immediately thereafter, section 44, block II, Clutha district, (hitherto a bush reserve) containing 260a 3r 9p, will be offered at the upset price of £1s. per acre.

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

The Sections in the subjoined Schedule being now surveyed, the applicants are informed that the Waste Land Board will give its decision on their applications at this Office, on Wednesday, the 17th day of July, 1872, at 12 o’clock noon, on or before which day, objections to the survey, if any, must be made. In the event of the applications being granted, the purchase money may be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue at Invercargill, within a few days:

John Scott, section 1, block VIII, Waihaka district.
Henry Dickson, section 2, block VIII, Waihaka district.

J. T. Thomson,
Chief Commissioner.

Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin, 3rd July, 1872.

NOTICE to APPLICANTS for UNSURVEYED LAND under “Otago Waste Lands Act 1866.”

It is hereby notified to the applicants whose names appear in the subjoined Schedule, that the Waste Land Board has declared them to be the purchasers of the sections set opposite their names in the Schedule, and that the purchase money of these sections must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, in Dunedin, on or before Wednesday, the 17th day of July, 1872; otherwise the applications will be deemed withdrawn, cancelled, and void, and the deposit made on lodging the application will be forfeited.

William Dermer, section 1, block IX, Hyde district.
John Butters, section 60, block VIII, North Harbour and Blueskin.

J. T. Thomson,
Chief Commissioner.

Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin, 3rd July, 1872.

THE sale of the Block of Land at the Rattray street Jetty (No. 47) has been postponed to Monday, the 5th August.

WASTE LAND BOARD, INVERCARGILL.

On and after 19th July next, Section 44, block VIII, Jacobs River Hundred, containing 73a 3r 14p, more or less, hitherto temporarily reserved, will be open for application at the Land Office, Invercargill.

On and after 19th July next, Section 14, Block IV, East Winton, containing 1 acre, more or less, hitherto reserved for a Mill Site, will be open for application at the Land Office, Invercargill.

**BLUESKIN Road District.—The Road Rates being now payable and overdue, notice is hereby given, that legal proceedings will be adopted for the recovery of same, unless payment is made to the collector on or before Monday first, the 8th July.

FINLAYSON, Collector, Blueskin.

IMPOUNDED, on the 24th day of June, 1872, by Alex. M’Nichol, farmer, West Taieri, two red steers, branded like the letters WD off rump, owner unknown, for trespassing on a green crop at West Taieri, for which 6s. per head is claimed for damages and driving expenses to pound; and, in default of being released, the above cattle will be sold at the Public Pound, at West Taieri, on the 19th day of July, 1872, at 12 o’clock noon—Michael Tyran, Poundkeeper of the West Taieri Pound.

QUEENSTOWN CEMETERY.

REPORT from the Year 1866.

1. The managers took office in August, 1866.
2. No changes have taken place in their names; they