MOKAUTA HUNDRED.—Statement of Receipts and Expenditure.

1873.

Receipts.

£ s. d.
Licence Fees . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0
Balance from accounts of former Wardens . . . . . . 1 7 0
April. Cash Provincial Government . . . 140 5 8
Nov. Do. Do. arrears assessment . . . 191 19 6

Total . . . £333 11 8

Expenditure.

April 5. Cookson & Dunlop, road works near Mahen’s farm . . . . . . . 11 15 0
Do. M’Allister, do. near Glenham . . . . . 56 0 0
21. H. M’Lean, metalling S. of Wynd ham . . . . 18 0 0
May 2. Robert M’Allister, contract 2 . . . . . 23 10 0
Do. Do. Do. 3 . . . . . . 21 19 6
June 12. Do. Do. repairs, gravelling . . . 1 4 0
Aug. 30. John M’Laren, repairs to Pound post 1 11 0
1874.
Jan. Do. balance do. . . . . . . 2 0 0

Balance . . . . . . 135 19 6
. . . . . . . . . 197 12 2

Total . . . £333 11 8

Also, that road line starting from the Southern boundary of the Waipounamu subdivision, and dividing sections 55 and 54 from section 26; sections 21, 15, and 9 from the unsold lands in the Lindhurst district; section 4 from section 3, and ending at a point near trig. T.

Also, that road line dividing sections 59 and 15 from sections 52 and 21.

Also, that road line which passes through the southern portion of section 26, and divides sections 21 and 22 from sections 15 and 20.

Also, that road line which divides section 15 from sections 16, 19, and 20, block III., Lothian district.

Maps and plans of the above new road, and also of roads proposed to be closed, will lie for inspection at the store of Messrs M’Gibbon and Sons, Mataura Bridge; and all persons objecting are required to lodge such objections in writing with the Clerk of the Board previous to the 24th day of March next.

A meeting of the Board will be held at M’Intosh’s Hotel, Dacre, on Tuesday, 24th March next, for the purpose of considering objections, if any.

THOMAS M’GIBBON, Chairman, Lindhurst Road Board.

Mataura, Feb. 3rd, 1874. 55/19s 6d.

WAIPOIRI ROAD DISTRICT.

NOTICE.—Ratepayers within the Subdivisions of the above District, who have not paid their rates for the current year, are requested to do so, on or before the 10th day of March, 1874, in order to secure the subsidy for this year. After that date, legal proceedings will be taken to recover the same.

JAMES SIM, Collector.

Mataura, 24th Feb. 1874. 1t. 5s.

PORTOBELLO ROAD DISTRICT.

Tenders will be received until Friday 6th March, for work on road leading to Arthur Seat, consisting of formation, metal, &c. Messrs. Lewis and Wishart will show intending contractors the works on Wednesday the 4th of March, between the hours of 10 and 12 o’clock. Specifications, &c., may be seen at the office of the undersigned.

STEWART & DOUGHTY,
Surveyors, Manse Street.

2t 6s 6d.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has appointed the following constables to be Inspectors of Slaughter Houses, and of cattle intended for slaughter for the places mentioned after their respective names, viz.:

Constable JOHN BOYCE, for Woodlands, in Southland.

Constable DAVID WALSH, for Naseby.

GEO. TURNBULL,
Provincial Secretary.

2nd March, 1874.

LEASE OF TOLLS.

THE Leases, for the Year from 1st April 1874 to 31st March 1875, of the various Tolls throughout the Province, will be sold by public auction, at the Provincial Government Buildings, on the 20th day of March, at noon.

The following are the different gates and the amounts received by the Government for the year ended 31st December last:

Anderson’s Bay . . . . . . £795 18 7
Balclutha . . . . . . . 586 7 0
Blueskin . . . . . . . 778 10 1
Clutha and Tuapeka . . . . . 859 8 10
East Taieri . . . . . . 682 13 0
Hillside . . . . . . . 2,504 14 1
Pleasant Valley . . . . . . 879 12 11
Saddle Hill . . . . . . 1,786 18 3
Stoney Creek . . . . . . 405 12 6
Waikari . . . . . . . 356 9 2
Waitahuna . . . . . . 736 2 11
Waihola . . . . . . . 651 14 5
Water of Leith . . . . . . 1,657 6 9
West Taieri . . . . . . 702 0 5

£13,473 8 11

THE PARTNERSHIP hitherto existing between John Reith and James Wilkie under the Style of “J. Reith & Wilkie,” Booksellers, Stationers, &c., has been dissolved by mutual consent, as from the 30th day of November (one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three).

JOHN REITH.
JAMES WILKIE.

Witness to Signatures—John Cowell.

2t.—6s.

NOTICE.—To owners of property adjoining Sections 16 and 17, Opoho. I am now fencing with square timber and pickets. Objections (if any) to be sent to the undersigned immediately.

EDMUND Y. GODSO,
Dunedin, 22nd February, 1874.

3s 6d.

TENDERS wanted for the erection in wood of Immigrants Barracks, at Riverton.

Plans, &c., to be seen at my office, and also at Invercargill.

Tenders to be in the Government Tender Box, Dunedin, by noon, on Tuesday, 10th instant.

DAVID ROSS,
Architect.

MAURAES POUND.—The brand of the horse advertised for sale on the 6th March, 1874, at this Pound, should be described as follows:—T on near shoulder.

KERM CLARFEY, Poundkeeper.

IMPOUNDED on the 21st day of February, 1874, by Hugh Devon, Ranger:

1 strawberry sleer, branded B near rump, and II off rump.
1 black cow and calf, J 2 off rump.
1 strawberry steer, invisible brand, off rump.
1 red cow and calf, branded like K or H off ribs.
1 strawberry steer, blotch brand, off rump.
1 red and white steer, no brand.

Supposed owners written to, for trespassing on Coal Creek Station, for which 6s. driving fees is charged, and in default of being released, the above cattle will be sold at the public pound at Palmerston on Friday the 13th day of March, 1874, at 12 o’clock, noon.\n
JOHN FLANAGAN,
Poundkeeper.