be one halfpenny per acre of the estimated area of the run. A deposit of one-tenth part of the premium and of the first rent will be payable on the fall of the hammer; and the balance of the premium within a month; and the balance of the assessment on the date of the commencement of each lease. The assessment will be payable, after the first year, on the 1st of October in each year.

The runs will be leased for a period of ten years, terminable during that time, without compensation, by the lessor giving twelve months’ notice....

The agricultural land—on the plans to be seen at this office—to be resumable at any time without notice or compensation.

GREY Road District—Otakia Sub-division.—The ratepayers in the Otakia Sub-division are hereby notified that at a meeting of the Board, held pursuant to notice on 13th November last, it was resolved to levy a special rate of 9d in the £ on all rateable property in the Otakia Sub-division of said district. Ratepayers are respectfully requested to pay the amount of their respective rates Mr. to James Allan, Hope Hill, on or before 1st March, 1873.

R. SOMERVILLE,
Clerk to the Board.

TO ROAD BOARDS AND OTHERS.

NOTICE.—Several parties having this week forwarded Advertisements and failed to comply with the rule requiring prepayment, Advertisers in the Gazette are now informed that in all cases the money must be sent, or their Advertisements cannot be inserted. Those now on hand are held over until receipt of payment.

CORRECTION.—In Gazette of 18th December last, second last line of page 541, for A. Hay and Co., read Matheson and Smith.

IMPOUNDED on the twenty-eighth day of January, 1873, by Mr Alexander Paterson, Oamaru—

1 brindle and white steer branded like O (with stroke through it) off rump;

owner unknown; for trespassing on his property near Boundary creek; for which £2 damages is claimed; and in default of being released, the above steer will be sold at the public pound at Oamaru, on Friday, the twenty-first day of February, 1873, at twelve o’clock noon.

JOHN GRAY,
Poundkeeper of the Oamaru Pound.

IMPOUNDED on the 30th day of January, 1873, by Dennis Mitchell and others—

1 dark brown mare, branded O near shoulder, white hind foot, blazed face;

owner unknown; for trespassing on Township of Forbury; and in default of being released, the above mare will be sold at the public pound at Caversham, on Friday, the 21st February, 1873, at twelve o’clock noon.

JOHN ANDERSON,
Poundkeeper of the Caversham Pound.

IMPOUNDED on the first day of February, 1873, by James Smith, Esq.—

One red cow, white back, branded like JH off rump, HM off ribs;

One yellow and white cow, PB off rump;

One red cow, like W off rump, 8 off shoulder;

One yellow and white steer, no brand;

One brindle heifer, no brand;

owners unknown; for trespassing on his paddocks; for which 4s. per head damages is claimed; and in default of being released, the above cattle will be sold at the public pound at Lawrence, on the 21st day of February, 1873, at 12 o’clock noon.

PETER ROBERTSON,
Poundkeeper of the Lawrence Pound.

HAMPDEN Road District.—Notice.—Ratepayers within the respective Subdivisions of the above district are requested to pay the amount of their respective rates for the current year to me, on or before Monday the 24th February, 1873, or legal proceedings will be taken to recover the same.

PETER W. YOUNG, Collector.

Hampden, 31 January, 1873.

3t. 8s.

STATEMENT of the Affairs of the Heart of Oak Quartz Mining Company (Registered), for the half-year ending December 30, 1872.

Name of company—Heart of Oak Quartz Mining Company (Registered).

When formed and date of registration—September 18, 1871.

Where business is conducted, and name of legal manager—Bannockburn; Jas. Marshall.

Nominal capital—£11000.

Number of shares into which capital is divided—1100.

Number of shares taken—All.

Amount of calls made—None.

Total amount of subscribed capital paid up—£6000.

Number of shareholders at time of registration of company—6.

Amount of cash in hand—£183 13s.

Whether in operation or not—In operation.

Total amount of dividends declared—£4670.

Number of shares unallotted—None.

JAS. MARSHALL,
Manager.

15s.

OTAGO DOCK TRUST.

THE Trustees of the Otago Graving Dock invite tenders for Mortgage Bonds to the amount of £10,000 (in £100 Bonds), to be issued under the authority of “The Otago Dock Debt Trust Act 1872.” Tenders will be received till noon on Thursday, February 20th, 1873, and may be for the whole or a portion of the sum, but the Trustees do not bind themselves to accept the highest or any tender.

These Bonds will have a currency of thirty years from the date of issue; will bear interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, and interest and principal will be made payable in Dunedin, or in London, Melbourne, or Sydney, at the option of the purchasers. After 1st November, 1878, they will form a first charge on the property and income of the Trust.

Of the first issue of bonds £36,200 have been deemed by the Colonial Treasurer in accordance with terms of “Defence and Other Purposes Loan Act 1870.” For the remaining liability under that issue the funds have been raised under that Act, and are in the hands of the Colonial Treasurer. The liability of the Trust in respect of these bonds is therefore only nominal.

Further information and copies of the Act may be obtained from the chairman (R. B. Martin), or from the undersigned, at the office of the Trustees, Temple Chambers, Princes street, Dunedin.

J. S. WEBB,
Clerk to the Board of Trustees.

Dunedin, Dec. 13, 1872.

4t—60s.

THE DEVIL’S CREEK QUARTZ MINING AND CRUSHING CO. (REGISTERED):

NOTICE is hereby given that an Extraordinary meeting of Shareholders in the above Company will be held at the Commercial Hotel, Waipori, at 8 o’clock p.m. on Monday, February 17, “to receive the Directors’ Report, and to take into consideration the advisability of winding up the Company.”

JAMES McCAY,
Legal Manager.

Waipori, 18th Jan., 1873.

5s. 6d.

£2 REWARD.—Lost, a chestnut mare, branded like heart under the mane, and A on near shoulder; lately running on Waihola Hundreds. Whosoever will bring the same, or give such information as will lead to the recovery, to Mr John Waters, Livery Stables, Tokomairiro, shall receive the above reward.

2t.—7s. 6d.

Printed under the Authority of the Provincial Government of Otago, by MILLS, DICK and Co., of Stafford Street, Printers to the Provincial Government for the time being.