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[List of locations]
Cardrona
Queenstown
Invercargill
Woodlands
Winton
Riverton
Louther
Mataura

Macraes
St. Bathans
Tokomairiro
East Taieri
Balclutha
Clinton
Lawrence
Havelock
Tapanui

surement thirty (30) acres, more or less, situate
in the Upper Wakatip District, being section
numbered 9, block III, on the map of the said
district. Bounded towards the north by Crown
lands, one thousand one hundred (1100) links;
towards the south-east by section numbered 7,
two thousand nine hundred and fifteen (2915)
links; towards the south by Crown lands, one
thousand one hundred (1100) links; and towards
the north-west by Crown lands, two thousand
nine hundred and fifteen (2915) links.

Given under my hand, and issued under the public
seal of the Province of Otago, in presence of
Donald Reid and George Turnbull, Esquires
two of the members of the Executive Council
of the said Province, being also members of
the Provincial Council thereof, this nineteenth
day of January, one thousand eight hun-
dred and seventy-five.

(L.S.) JAMES MACANDREW,
Superintendent of the Province of Otago.
D. REID. Members of the Executive Council
GEO. TURNBULL. of the Province of Otago, and of
the Provincial Council thereof.

NOTICE.

In the matter of the "Highway Boards Empowering Act,
1871," and of an Order made by the Aparima Road
Board for opening up a road.

UNDER and by virtue of the provisions of section
thirty-three of the "Highway Boards Empowering
Act, 1871," I, James Macandrew, Superintendent of the
Province of Otago, do hereby appoint and fix Friday, the
ninth day of April, 1875, at the hour of twelve noon, at
the Superintendent's office, in the Provincial Government
Buildings, at Dunedin, as and to be the time and place
for taking into consideration an Order made by the Apa-
rima Road Board, on the 13th day of February, 1875, and
published in the Otago, "Provincial Government Gazette,"
No. 949, on the 24th day of February, 1875.

Dated at Dunedin, this 22nd day of March, 1875.
J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent of Otago.

NOTICE.

Provincial Compulsory Lands Taking Act, 1866.

NOTICE is hereby given, that it is intended to intro-
duce a Bill into the Provincial Council of the
Province of Otago at its next Session, authorising the
Superintendent of the Province of Otago to take, com-
pulsorily, for the purpose of making roads in the
District of Portobello, parts of Sections numbered
respectively twenty-two (22) and twenty-eight (28), Block
numbered five (V.), Portobello District, and in the Dis-
trict of Papakaio, part of land sold under application
numbered 2229, Block numbered IV., on the map of the
Papakaio District: And notice is hereby further given
that a copy of the Bill so intended to be introduced as
aforesaid, may be inspected at the office of the Clerk of
the Provincial Council, on and after the seventeenth day
of April next.

Dated at Dunedin, this eleventh day of March, 1875.
ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk to the Executive Council.

OTAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

TENDERS for supplying the Police and other Govern-
ment Officers at undermentioned Stations with
Forage for the twelve months, ending 31st March, 1876,
will be received at the Government Buildings, Dunedin,
until the 30th proximo.

Blueskin
West Taieri
Palmerston
Waikouaiti
Oamaru
Kakanui
Hampden
Naseby

Switzers
Waipori
Clyde
Blacks
Roxborough
Alexandra
Cromwell
Arrowtown

PRIZES FOR LABOR-SAVING MACHINES.

NOTICE.—The Provincial Council of Otago being
desirous of stimulating invention and securing the
introduction of labor-saving appliances calculated to
assist in developing the agricultural resources of the
Province, has voted a sum of £150, with a view to enable
a first and second prize to be offered for the most ap-
proved drainage ploughs—the first prize to be £100, the
second prize £50,—the prizes to be awarded on such
terms, and in such amounts, as the Government may
consider advisable.

Notice is hereby given that in accordance with the
vote of the Council, a competition of Draining Machines
will be held during the month of August next, in a stiff
clay soil, in a locality to be hereafter selected, contiguous
to Dunedin.

The following particulars are published for the
information of intending competitors:—The judges to
be appointed shall be composed of machinists and agri-
culturists; and in awarding the prizes the following
points will be kept in view:—

1st. To secure a machine which will remove the soil
and finish a drain to the depth of at least 42 inches, and
which will leave the drain ready for the pipes with the
least amount of manual labor.

2nd. Or, failing the above, a machine that will remove
part of the soil, and loosen the remainder to a depth of
say 36 to 42 inches, so that it could be quickly removed
by manual labor.

Each machine to be capable of adjustment so as to
cut different widths of drains, to suit main, sub-main,
and ordinary drains, say 12 inches wide at bottom for
main drains, and 2½ or 3 inches for small drains.

In determining the merits of the respective ma-
chines, the Judges will consider the quality of the
work done, the price of the machine, and the cost of the
drain, as completed in each case, and other things being
equal, the preference will be given to the machine which
removes the smallest quantity of earth compatible with
the full attainment of the object desired, and which can
be supplied at the lowest cost.

Should the judges consider that the machines exhi-
bited do not merit the full amount of the premium, the
prizes will be awarded only to such an extent, and in
such amounts as they may recommend.

D. REID,
Secretary for Works.
Provincial Secretary's Office,
Dunedin, 23rd February, 1875.

BONUS FOR GOLD-SAVING APPARATUS.

NOTICE.

THE Provincial Council of Otago being desirous of
stimulating invention, and securing the use of gold-
saving apparatus in connection with hydraulic mining
adapted to the purpose of extracting gold from auriferous
earth more completely than any of the machines or
methods at present in use, has voted the sum of £250, to
be offered as a bonus for the invention of such an appa-
ratus, subject to such competition and regulations as
His Honor the Superintendent may seem fit.

Notice is hereby given in accordance with the vote of
the Council, that plans and proposals for such an appa-
ratus will be received for consideration, up till the first
day of August next ensuing.

The following particulars are published for the infor-
mation of intending exhibitors of plans. The plans and
proposals will be submitted to a body of judges, com-
posed of experienced miners, and such other persons as
His Honor the Superintendent may appoint, and in con-
sidering them the following points will be kept in view:—