[Province of Otago]

Election shall be conducted: And whereas James Macandrew, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, by proclamation under his hand, dated the 24th day of June, 1872, appointed Walter Henry Pearson, Esquire, Invercargill, to be the person before whom such election as aforesaid should be conducted, at the several districts and subdivisions hereinafter specified:

Now therefore I, William Alexander Imlay, Esquire, Deputy-Superintendent of the said Province of Otago, hereby revoke the said nomination and appointment of the said Walter Henry Pearson, and in his stead do hereby nominate and appoint the persons after-mentioned, by and before whom the elections of members of the district boards of the several districts and subdivisions hereinafter specified respectively and following their respective names shall be conducted in the manner provided by the said Ordinance.

Given under my hand, and issued under the public seal of the Province of Otago, this fifth day of August, 1872.

W. A. Imlay,
Deputy-Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

HIS Honor the Deputy-Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has appointed Constable Archibald Blair to be Inspector of Slaughter Houses for Mount Ida district.

W. H. Cutten,
Acting Provincial Secretary.

6th August, 1872.

The following gentlemen have been elected as members of the Outram Road District, as defined in the Otago Roads Ordinance 1871, and Amendment Ordinance 1872:—

West Taieri Subdivision:

• James Shand
• Donald Borrie
• Peter Grant, of Gowrie

Henley Subdivision:

• John Reid
• Alexander Fleming
• George Thomson

James Fulton,
Returning Officer.

West Taieri, August 3, 1872.

District Road Boards

Notice is hereby given that the persons whose names are recorded hereunder, have been duly elected under the “Otago Roads Ordinance, 1871” and the “Otago Roads Ordinance Amendment Ordinance 1872,” as members for the Districts or Subdivisions of Districts, opposite to which they severally stand:—

Date of Election. Districts. Names of Members.

July 24, 1872.

• Suburban:
  • Corstorphine Subdivision: Thomas Thomson, James Gardiner Scott, Peter M’Laren

July 25, 1872.

• Green Island Subdivision: James Kirkland, David Andrew, William Thomson

July 27, 1872.

• Caversham: Robert Rutherford, William Bridgman, William Smith, William Reid, James M’Indoe, Robert Bennet

July 29, 1872.

• Mornington: Richard Bowden Martin, George Mathews, John Mitchell, John Edward Attwood, James Rattray, Augustus Hadden Shury

August 3, 1872.

• Roslyn: James Curle, James Lambert, Archibald Hilson Ross, Alex Campbell Begg, William Farley, James Kilgour

Dunedin, August 7, 1872.
Charles Smith,
Returning Officer.

PUBLIC NOTICE.

Under Section 1, Regulation IV.

Whereas I have received sufficient proof that the portion of the Otago Gold Field, described in the Schedule hereto, is for the whole or the greater part of an inferior character as regards the value of its gold deposits: Now, therefore, I hereby give notice that the same may be occupied by holders of Miners’ Rights, in claims of the undermentioned size, viz.—

One (1) acre for each holder of a Miner’s Right, provided that no block claim shall comprise more than six (6) acres altogether.

Given under my hand at Naseby, this 1st day of August, 1872.

H. W. Robinson,
Warden.

SCHEDULE.

All that portion of the Otago Gold Field, situate at Slaughter Yard Hill, Naseby: bounded on the north by old workings, 100 yards; on the south by A. M. Brown’s residence, area 100 yards; on the east by old workings, 50 yards; and on the west by old workings, 50 yards.

Notice of Protection under Section 9 of Regulation XXII of the Regulations of the Otago Gold Field.

Whereas I am satisfied that, by reason of the inclemency of the weather, Mining Operations