NOTICE

Deborah Bay Subdivision of the Blueskin Road District.

THE owners or occupiers of property in the above subdivision are hereby requested to remove all fences, buildings, or other obstructions they may have erected, or have in use, on or across any district road adjoining their properties, within three months from date of publication of this notice, otherwise legal proceedings will be taken against them for obstructing such district roads.

WILLIAM JAMES BOLT,
Clerk Blueskin Road Board.

2 t 10s 6d.

VALUATOR WANTED

VALUATOR wanted by the South Molyneux District Road Board. For particulars apply to the Clerk.

Tenders to be lodged with the Chairman not later than Tuesday, 27th October.

JAMES SHIELS,
Clerk to the Board.

Port Molyneux,
25th September, 1874.

1 t 5s.

ACCOUNT of Receipts and Disbursements of the Seaside District Road Board, for the year ending 30th June, 1874:-

1873.

Receipts.

July 1. To balance in bank ... £162 4 0
Oct. 13. Subsidy on last year’s special rate ... 24 10 7

1874.

Jan. 6. General highway rate, 1873-4 ... 119 14 10
June 10. Subsidy on do. ... 179 12 3
,, 30. Special rate, 1873-4 ... 68 14 6

... £554 16 2

Expenditure.

By Thomas Hunter’s contracts ... £10 15 6
,, M. Rochford’s do. ... 217 3 9
,, J. Docherty’s do. ... 36 2 9
,, T. Blair’s surface work ... 1 10 0
,, William Davy’s contract ... 21 17 6
,, William M’Lean’s do. ... 55 15 3
,, C. Clifford’s surface work ... 17 16 9
,, J. Black’s carting ... 4 9 0
,, J. Swan’s contract ... 5 0 0
,, J. M’Coll’s do. ... 20 10 0
,, Jeffcoat’s account ... 7 17 6
,, A. M’Gilvray’s surface work ... 2 2 0
,, R. Kennedy’s surface work ... 3 0 0
,, C. Fynmore’s account (maps) ... 1 10 0
,, F. Schaw’s contract ... 2 0 0
,, Cameron’s account ... 2 1 7
,, William M’Coll’s Surface work ... 1 10 0
,, Balance in National Bank of N.Z. ... 60 0 1
,, Cash in Treasurer’s hands ... 68 14 6

... £554 16 2

Examined and found correct.

JOHN GRAHAM, Auditor.
THOS. HOWORTH, Chairman.

14 19s.

AMENDED NOTICE.

WHALING BONUS, £500.

THE Provincial Government will pay £250 by way of Bonus to the first vessel which leaves the Province fully equipped for a whaling cruise, provided such vessel shall leave on or before the 1st day of November 1874; also £250 on her returning to the Province with a cargo of oil; provided that such vessel is owned in, and hails from a port within the Province. Vessel not to be under 160 tons. Provided also that she carries at least five boys as apprentices. Bonus will be paid on production of certificate from the Harbor Master that these provisions have been complied with.

By order of the Board,
JAMES ELDER BROWN,
Clerk to the Board.

30th September, 1874.

1 t 10s 6d

D. REID,
Provincial Secretary.

Dunedin 7th July 1874.

NOTICE.—ATHENAEUMS.

A SUM of £1500 having been voted by the Provincial Council to assist in providing buildings to be used as Athenæums in localities where no such buildings have as yet been erected.

It is hereby notified to those desirous of participating in the vote, that in order to do so it will be necessary to forward a written application, stating the amount collected, and giving a general description of the approximate cost of the building proposed to be erected. The sum voted will be distributed pro rata to the contributors of the district, provided that in no case shall the contribution of the Government exceed the sum of £250 to any building.

Applications to be received at this office on or before the 1st day of October proximo, after which date no further application for subsidy will be entertained during the current financial year.

D. REID,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Dunedin, 30th June, 1874.

BONUS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF POTTERY WORKS IN OTAGO.

THE Provincial Government, being desirous of encouraging the establishment of Pottery Works in Otago, is prepared to pay a Bonus of £250, as under:-

On the erection of buildings and plant to the value of at least £300—£75.

On the production of pottery to a value of not less than £150—£75.

On the production of a further quantity of pottery to a value of not less than £200—£100.

The pottery ware in each case to be suitable for household or domestic purposes, to be produced in works permanently established in the Province, and to be manufactured either wholly or to a large extent from material obtained in the Province.

Proposals will be received at the Provincial Government Offices, Dunedin, until the 1st of October, 1874, and should state the estimated cost and productive power of the works proposed to be erected, the date at which the same will be in operation, and that the parties will be bound in the sum of £100 to produce pottery to the value of £300, within two years from the date on which their offer is accepted.

24th June, 1874.

D. REID,
Provincial Secretary.

NOTICE.

FREE NOMINATED IMMIGRATION.

(Extract from Order in Council, 15th October, 1873.)

REGULATIONS FOR THE CONDUCT OF IMMIGRATION TO NEW ZEALAND, ON THE NOMINATION OF IMMIGRANTS BY PERSONS RESIDENT THEREIN.

1. Any person resident in the Colony, desirous of nominating relatives or friends in Europe for passages to New Zealand, may do so by applying to an Immigration Officer, in the form at foot, copies of which can be obtained at all Immigration and Post Offices.

The persons nominated, if approved by the Immigration Officer and the officers of the Home Agency, will receive free passages to the Colony.

2. Every adult emigrant will be required, before embarkation, to pay, unless specially remitted by the Agent-General, 20s. (and children in proportion), for bedding, blankets, and mess utensils.

3. The cost of conveyance to the port (unless the Agent General agrees to pay it), and to the residence of their friends after their arrival in the Colony, must be defrayed by the emigrants themselves.