2nd, All that road line starting from the Main North Road, and passing through sections 7, 8, 9, 21, and 2 of 20 block II, Moeraki Survey District, and thence by Kaitaga Beach in a southerly direction to the outside boundary of section 45, block IX, Moeraki Survey District, given under my hand, and issued under the public seal of the Province of Otago, at Dunedin, this sixteenth day of February, 1874.

(L.s.)
J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent of Otago.

HIS Honour the Superintendent directs it to be notified that Mr. Henry George Fielden, Inspector of Sheep for the late Province of Southland, residing at Invercargill, has been appointed Inspector of Sheep for the Province of Otago.

GEO. TURNBULL,
Provincial Treasurer.
Treasury, Dunedin, 10th Feb., 1874.

OTAGO LIGHT RAILWAYS.

TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Works, until noon of Friday, 27th March, for Contract No. 880, Construction of Light Railway up the Valley of the Waiareka.
Drawings, Specifications, and General Conditions may be seen, and forms of tender obtained, at the office of the Provincial Engineer, Dunedin.
Tenders to be endorsed, “Tender for Contract No. 880.” The Government does not undertake to accept the lowest or any tender.

HORACE BASTINGS,
Secretary for Works.

OTAGO LIGHT RAILWAYS.

TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Works, until noon of Friday, 27th March, for Contracts Nos. 877, 878, and 879, Construction of Light Railways in the Western District of Southland, embracing “Riverton to Orepuki,” “Riverton to Otautau,” and “Riverton to Invercargill and Winton Line at Makarewa Bridge.”
Drawings, Specifications, and General Conditions may be seen, and forms of tender obtained, at the office of the Provincial Engineer, Dunedin.
Tenders to be endorsed “Tender for Contracts Nos. 877, 878, and 879.” The Government does not undertake to accept the lowest or any tender.

HORACE BASTINGS,
Secretary for Works.

INSTRUCTIONS have been given to the various Gold Receivers to receive parcels of Gold for transmission to the Melbourne Mint. Each parcel to be not less than ten ounces, and to have the weight of the contents written thereon by the transmitters.
The parcels must be lodged with the Receivers the day preceding the departure of the next Escort.
All information may be obtained from the Receivers.

HORACE BASTINGS,
Secretary for Goldfields.
Dunedin, February 13, 1874.

ACCEPTANCE of Tenders:—

Contract No. 848, D. Kirby ... £250 1 9
„ 858, Nelson & Hewitson 219 3 4
„ 859, „ ... 217 8 8
„ 860, „ ... 448 19 7
„ 863, D. Kirby ... 136 17 4

HORACE BASTINGS,
Secretary for Works.
Dunedin, 17th February, 1874.

FRESH Tenders will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Works, Dunedin, until noon on Tuesday, 24th February, 1874, for Contract No. 873—Metalling about 60 chains of road, Mataura Bridge to Toi Tois, near Mr. Douglas, including the Bush portions.
Plans and specifications may be seen and forms of tender obtained at the Office of the Engineer of Roads.

HORACE BASTINGS,
Secretary for Works.
Dunedin, 10th Feb., 1874.

NOTICE

To Applicants for Unsurveyed Land, under “Otago Waste Land Act, 1872.”

IT is hereby notified to the Applicants whose names appear in the subjoined Schedule, that they have been declared 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 Invercargill, on or before Wednesday, the 4th day of March, 1874, otherwise the applications will be deemed withdrawn, cancelled, and void, and the deposit made at the time of lodging the application will be forfeited.

SCHEDULE.
Alfred Douglas, Section 31 Block VI, Wyndham District.
A. N. & J. Campbell ... 24, I. Toetoes
J. T. THOMSON,
Chief Commissioner.
Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin, 18th February, 1874.

WASTE LAND BOARD ADVERTISEMENTS

Tuesday, 24th February, at Noon.

OWN Sections will be Sold by Auction at the Land Office, Invercargill, at noon, on Tuesday, the 24th day of February proximo. For particulars see Gazette of 14th and 21st January.

MONDAY, 2nd March, Noon.

4,080 ACRES Agricultural Land in Glenkenich District, Run 168, near Tapanui, for sale by auction. More than one application having been received for the same land on the same day, notice is hereby given that Sections 13 to 41, Block VI, and Sections 2 to 18, Block VII, Glenkenich District, from 17 to 120 acres each will be sold by auction at the District Land Office, Lawrence, on Monday, the 2nd March next, at noon, at the upset price of £1 per acre. Purchasers will have to pay valuation for the fencing on the ground. Terms 10 per cent on the fall of the hammer; balance within a month.

MONDAY, 20th April, 1874.

5000 ACRES Land for sale on Deferred Payments on McNab’s Run, No. 111, on the Mataura River.

Notice is hereby given, that a block of 5000 acres of agricultural land in Waikaka and Chatton Districts will be surveyed into suitable sections, and opened for application on deferred payment, at the Land Office, Invercargill, on the 20th April, 1874.
Price, 2s 6d per acre per annum for ten years, with certain conditions as to improvement.

MONDAY, 20th April, 1874.

2500 ACRES near Macraes for sale on Deferred Payments, on 20th April, 1874.
Notice is hereby given, that block II, Highlay District, to the east of block I, already surveyed, will be surveyed into suitable sections, and opened for application on deferred payments on the 20th April, 1874, at the Land Office, Naseby.
The purchase money will be payable at the rate of 2s 6d per acre per annum (in advance) for ten years, when, if the conditions are fulfilled, the land will become the freehold of the applicant.

WEDNESDAY, 4th March, Noon.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the undermentioned Sections will be offered for sale by public auction at the Royal Mail Hotel, Popotunoa, on Wednesday, the 4th day of March next, at noon.