THURSDAY, 1st OCTOBER, 1874.

NOTICE is hereby Given, that the Lease for 10 years of Run No. 459, containing 6200 acres, will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Survey Office, Clyde, on the 1st day of October next, at noon, in terms of the Otago Waste Land Act, 1872, at the upset price of half-penny per acre. Rental to be an assessment of 3s. 6d. for every head of great cattle to be depastured on the run; but the minimum stock on which assessment will be charged shall not be less than 500 sheep. Lease to commence on the 1st of October, 1874. The annual rent and a deposit of one-tenth of the purchase money shall be payable at the fall of the hammer, the balance of purchase money within a month.

J. T. THOMSON,
Chief Commissioner.
Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin, 4th August, 1874.

Wednesday, 9th September, at noon.

NOTICE is hereby given that section 2, block 5, Warepa District, containing 322 acres, will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Royal Mail Hotel, Clinton, on Wednesday, the 9th day of September next, at noon, at the upset price of £1 per acre.

NOTICE is hereby given that section 50, block II, Wyndham District, containing 50 acres, will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Court-house, Mataura, on Wednesday, the 9th day of September next, at noon, at the upset price of £1 per acre.

TO ARCHITECTS.

COMPETITIVE DESIGNS are invited for a Building to be used as the Otago Provincial Museum. The conditions under which Designs will be received can be seen on application at the Office of the Secretary for Works. Designs will be received at the Office of Lands and Works till noon of Tuesday, 8th September, 1874.

D. MACKELLAR,
Acting Secretary for Works.
Dunedin, 28th July, 1874.

Gold Fields Office,
Dunedin, 12th August, 1874.

NOTICE is hereby Given, that the Agricultural Lease issued in favour of James Connew, for section 112, Block II., Leaning Rock District, has been cancelled, and the land is open for occupation by holders of miners’ rights.

D. MACKELLAR,
Secretary for Gold Fields.

TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Works until noon of Tuesday, 25th August, 1874, for Contract No. 995 – Supply of 1320 Cubic Yards of Metal on road Palmerston to Oamaru. Plans and specifications may be seen, and forms of Tender obtained at the office of the Provincial Engineer, Dunedin, and at Police Camp, Hampden. Tenders to be endorsed, Tender for Contract No. 955. The Government does not undertake to accept the lowest or any tender.

D. MACKELLAR,
Secretary for Works.
Dunedin, 11th August, 1874.

TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Lands until noon of Monday the 24th August, for:

1st. Survey Contract No. 85 – Sectional Survey of 14,000 acres in Waikaka and Chatton Districts.

2nd. Survey Contract No. 86 – Sectional Survey of 20,000 acres in Waikaka and Waipahi Districts.

The size of the sections to be 200 acres each. Plans and specifications may be seen, and forms of Tender obtained at the Survey Offices, Dunedin and Invercargill. Tenders to be accompanied by a deposit of five per cent.

THURSDAY, 1st OCTOBER, 1874.

NOTICE is hereby Given, that the Lease for 10 years of the undermentioned Runs will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Survey Office, Queenstown, on the 1st day of October next, at noon, in terms of the Otago Waste Land Act, 1872, at the upset price of half-penny per acre. Rental to be an assessment of 3s. 6d. for every head of great cattle, or 7d. for every head of small cattle to be depastured on the runs; but the minimum stock on which assessment will be charged shall not be less than the number set opposite each. Lease to commence on the 1st day of October, 1874. The annual rent and a deposit of one-tenth of the purchase money shall be payable at the fall of the hammer, the balance of purchase money within a month.

THURSDAY, 1st OCTOBER, 1874.

NOTICE is hereby Given, that the Lease for 10 years of the undermentioned Runs will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Land Office, Invercargill, on the 1st day of October next, at noon, in terms of the Otago Waste Land Act, 1872, at the upset price of half-penny per acre. Rental to be an assessment of 3s. 6d. for every head of great cattle, or 7d. for every head of small cattle to be depastured on the runs; but the minimum stock on which assessment will be charged shall not be less than the number set opposite each. Lease to commence on the 1st day of October, 1874. The annual rent and a deposit of one-tenth of the purchase money shall be payable at the fall of the hammer, the balance of purchase money within a month.