thereabout; towards the east by the Waimea Stream, 9000 links, or thereabout; towards the south by section 339, Hokanui District, and Crown Lands, 16,000 links, or thereabout; and towards the north-west by Crown Land, 11,000 links or thereabout, be set apart as a site for a village.

830 acres, more or less, bounded on the north by sections 135 and 306, Hokanui District, 6000 links, or thereabout; towards the east by the road reserve along the bank of the Mataura River, 15,000 links, or thereabout; on the south by sections 59x and 136 of aforesaid district, 5400 links, or thereabout; and on the west by sections 58, 313, 137, and 135 of aforesaid district, 14,000 links, or thereabout, be set apart as a site for a township, to be called "Gore."

142 acres and 10 poles in block IV, Jacob’s River Hundred, bounded towards the north-east by section 21 of said block IV, 4406 links; towards the south-east by sections 36, 35, 34, 33, and 33x of aforesaid block, 5774 links, or thereabout; towards the south by the road reserve, 100 links wide, along the banks of the Aparima River; and towards the west by part of west boundary of aforesaid block, 7150 links, or thereabout, be set apart as a site for a village.

640 acres, more or less, situate in Run No. 148, bounded on the north by sections 34 and 35, Hokonui District, 200 links, or thereabout; on the east by a line running due south 1900 links, or thereabout; on the south by sections 135x and 137x of aforesaid district, 1500 links, or thereabout; and towards the west by the Oreti River, be set apart as a site for a village reserve, to be called "Centre Bush."

NOTICE.

Bush Reserves in the south-west district of the Province of Otago, formerly known as the Province of Southland.

I T is hereby notified that I have caused to be temporarily reserved, under Clause 18, of the "Southland Waste Land Act, 1865," the whole of the unsold and unappropriated Forest Land in the late Province of Southland, always excepting a belt of 5 chains in depth, on the edge of the bushes, should their size permit of it.

J. T. BOYD, Deputy-Superintendent of Otago.

Superintendent’s Office, Dunedin,
21st July, 1874.

"OTAGO ROADS ORDINANCE 1871," AND THE "OTAGO ROADS ORDINANCE AMENDMENT ORDINANCE 1872."

Appointment of First Election Days.

WHEREAS by "The Otago Roads Ordinance Amendment Ordinance 1872" it is provided that the first election of members of the District Board in every district shall take place and be held on such day as the Superintendent shall appoint: Now therefore I, James Macandrew, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, do hereby appoint the 15th day of August, 1874, at twelve o’clock noon, at the Court House, Mataura Bridge, for the first election of members of the District Board of the Tuturau Road District, to be elected under and by virtue of the "Otago Roads Ordinance 1871" and the "Otago Roads Ordinance Amendment Ordinance 1872."

Given under my hand, and issued under the public seal of the Province of Otago, at Dunedin, in the said Province, this eleventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.

J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

NOTICE.

I, JAMES STEWART SHANKS, Returning Officer for the Tuturau Road District, do hereby, in terms of the ninety-eighth section of the "Otago Roads Ordinance 1871," require all candidates to be nominated in manner as is by the said Ordinance provided, and at such time and place as are above set forth: And I do hereby give notice that in the event of a poll being demanded, notice of the day on which such poll shall be held will be given immediately upon such demand being made.

J. S. SHANKS,
Returning Officer.

11th July, 1874.

PROCLAMATION

Appointing day for holding Election of Members of District Road Board.

North Taieri Road District,

Thursday, 23rd July, 1874, North Plain subdivision, at the Schoolhouse, North Taieri.

Kaikorai Road District,

Wednesday, 29th July, 1874, Abbotshill subdivision, at the Volunteer Hotel, Green Island.

Thursday, 30th July, 1874, Abbotsford subdivision, at the Kaikorai Hotel, Green Island.

Given under my hand, and issued under the public seal of the Province of Otago, at Dunedin, in the said Province, this tenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.

(LS)
JAMES MACANDREW,
Superintendent of Otago.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

IN conformity to the 29th section of the "Gold Fields Act, 1866," and to the Regulations made under that Act, and the Gold Fields Acts Amendments Acts of 1867, 1868, and 1869, for the granting of leases for gold mining purposes within the Province of Otago, it is hereby notified that it is intended to grant a lease for gold mining purposes of Crown Lands to the applicant specified in the annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objections against granting such lease.

Objections to the granting of such lease, stating the grounds of objection, must be made in writing, and lodged with the Warden at Cromwell, on or before the 7th day of August, 1874.

Copy of the application made, and plans annexed, may be seen at the Warden’s Office, at Cromwell.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this 21st day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.

J. T. BOYD,
Deputy-Superintendent of Otago.

SCHEDULE.

G. T. Stephenson on behalf of the Caledonian Quartz Mining Company, for 16 acres of land, more or less, as the same may found after survey to be, within the pegs and trenches of the applicants, situated at one and a half miles south-east of Quartzville.

HIS HONOR THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be notified that he has appointed

GEORGE TURNBULL, ESQUIRE,

to be Acting Provincial Secretary, during the absence of Donald Reid, Esquire, vice Duncan M’Kellar, Esquire, resigned.

JOHN LOGAN,

Secretary to Superintendent.

Superintendent’s Office.

Dunedin, 21st July, 1874.

NOTICE.

Wednesday 19th August, 1874, at noon.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the land adjoining Training Wall, being sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, block LXVII., and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, block XLVIII., Dunedin, containing 21 poles each, will be offered for sale by public auction by Mr. James Milner, at the Provincial Council Hall, Dunedin, on Wednesday, the 19th August, 1874.

Terms, 25 per cent. cash, and 25 per cent. at 6, 12, and 24 months, bearing interest at 6 per cent. per annum.

Conditions to be seen at this office on and after the 13th instant.