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 pastured 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.

NOTICE TO APPLICANTS FOR UNSURVEYED LAND.
Under “Otago Waste Lands Act, 1866.”

THE Sections in the subjoined Schedule being now surveyed, the applicants are informed that the Waste Land Board will give its decision on their applications at this Office on Wednesday, the 9th day of September, 1874, at 11 o’clock noon, or before which day, objections to the survey, if any, must be made. In the event of the applications being granted, the purchase money may be paid forthwith.

SCHEDULE.
Kenneth M’Kenzie, Sect. 12, Block 9, Toe Toes District.
Kenneth M’Kenzie, „ 9, „ 8, „ „
J. T. THOMSON,
Chief Commissioner.
Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin, 26th August, 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 those Sections must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue in Invercargill, on or before Wednesday, the 9th day of September, 1874, otherwise the application will be deemed withdrawn, cancelled, and void, and the deposit made at the time of lodging the application will be forfeited.

SCHEDULE.
C. C. Kettle, Do. Sec. 25, blk. I., Toetoes District.
A. & K. M’Donald, „ 29 „ IV., Wyndham „
James Maben, „ 16 „ VII., Wyndham „
Thomas Watson, „ 53 „ II., „
„ „ 94 „ VII., Tuturau „
A. Noble & H. Munro, „ 36 „ V., „
J. T. THOMSON,
Chief Commissioner.
Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin, 26th August, 1874.

TO ARCHITECTS.
COMPETITIVE DESIGNS are invited for a Building to be used for 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.

TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Works, until noon of Tuesday, 1st September, 1874, for Contract No. 953 - Construction of Stone and Timber Bridge over the Oreti River, at Daniel’s Crossing, Southland.
Plans and Specifications may be seen and forms of tender obtained at the office of the Provincial Engineer, Dunedin, and at the District Engineer’s office, Invercargill.
Tenders to be indorsed “Tender for Contract No. 953.”
The Government does not undertake to accept the lowest or any tender.
D. MACKELLAR,
Acting Secretary for Works.
Dunedin, 18th August, 1874.

TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Works until noon of Tuesday, 8th September, 1874, for Contract No. 956 - Widening, constructing, and metalling of two miles 42 chains of Road through Popotunoa Gorge; together with the erection of two Stone and Timber Bridges on the Kuriwao Stream.
Plans and Specifications may be seen and forms of tender obtained at the office of the Provincial Engineer, Dunedin, and at Police Camp, Balclutha.
Tenders to be indorsed “Tender for Contract No. 156.”
The Government does not undertake to accept the lowest or any tender.
D. MACKELLAR,
Acting Secretary for Works.
Dunedin, 18th August, 1874.

THE Monthly Meeting of the Education Board will be held at the Government Buildings, Dunedin, upon Monday the 7th day of September, 1874, at noon.
JOHN HISLOP, Secretary.

EDUCATIONAL MEETING.--The Inhabitants of Beaconsfield (Coast) District, are invited to hold a Meeting in the house of Mr. William Guild, upon Thursday, the 24th day of September, 1874, at half-past 7 o’clock p.m., to appoint a School Committee for the current year.
JOHN HISLOP, Secretary.
Education Office, Dunedin, August 24th, 1874.

WANTED, for Anderson’s Bay School, a duly qualified Schoolmistress. Applications, with testimonials, to be lodged with the undersigned, on or before the 28th August.
JAMES SAMUEL,
Clerk School Committee.

TEACHER Wanted for Oteramika School, Bay Road, about 14 miles from Invercargill. Salary, Government Subsidy of £60 and school fees. A good house and 10 acres of land. Applications with testimonials, to be lodged at the Education Office, Dunedin, or with the undersigned up till 31st August.
J. F. DUNDAS,
Oteramika.