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MEMORANDUM OF GOVERNMENT LAND SALES, &C.

SALE OF LAND IN HERRIOT HUNDRED POSTPONED.

J. T. THOMSON, Chief Commissioner.

Land Department, Dunedin, September, 1875.

OTARIA AND WAIPAHEE HUNDREDS, NEAR CLINTON.
SALE ON TUESDAY, 21ST SEPTEMBER, 1875.

NOTICE is hereby Given, that the following allotments in the above Hundreds will be offered for sale by public auction, at Grigor, Maitland, and Co.\'s Auction Rooms, Balclutha, on Tuesday, the 21st September, 1875, at noon, as land of special value, under clause 85 of the \"Otago Waste Lands Act, 1872,\" at the upset price opposite each section:—

Land Department, 7th July, 1875.

TUESDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER, 1875.

767 ACRES OF LAND, of special value, Kuriwao District.

NOTICE is hereby Given that the following allotments will be offered for sale by public auction, at Grigor Maitland and Co.\'s Auction Rooms, Balclutha, on Tuesday, the 21st September, 1875, at noon, as land of special value, in terms of the 85th clause of the \"Otago Waste Land Act, 1872,\" the land having been improved by survey, fencing, and otherwise, and compensation paid to the runholder.

J. T. THOMSON, Chief Commissioner.

Land Department, Dunedin, 11th August, 1875.

TUESDAY, 28TH SEPTEMBER, 1875.

Run 413 divided into Runs 413 and 463, that is—Runs 413 and 463 Sunnyside Run, Waiau.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the leases for ten years, of Runs 413, bounded towards the north by the Monowai River, towards the south by the Monowai bush, towards the east by the Waiau River, and towards the west by the Monowai bush; and Run 463, bounded towards the north-west by the Monowai bush, towards the south by the Monowai River, and towards the east by the Waiau River, containing respectively 7800 acres and 6200 acres respectively, will be offered for sale by public auction at the Land Office, Invercargill, on Tuesday, the 28th day of September next, at noon, in terms of the \"Otago Waste Lands Act, 1872,\" at the upset price, or annual rent of 1d. per acre. The bidder of the highest annual rental in addition to the assessment payable under the 138th clause of the said act, shall be the purchaser. Assessment of three shillings and sixpence for every head of great cattle, or seven pence for every head of small cattle depastured on the Runs, will be charged, but the minimum stock on which assessment will be charged shall not be less than 3000 sheep on Run 413, and 2200 sheep on Run 463, respectively.

Leases to commence on the 26th day of July, 1876 and expire on the 25th day of July 1886, or to determine on 12 months\' notice from the Commissioner of Crown Lands to the Lessee to that effect, without liability on the part of the Government or Waste Lands Board for compensation for improvements. The right to take a road 5 chains broad, for stock travelling, is retained by Government. No previous Lessee, on purchasing the lease, to be entitled to exercise a pre-emptive right to purchase land on Run. Improvements, enhancing the value of the Run, made by lessee, to be paid by the incoming tenant, before obtaining possession. A deposit, of one-tenth of the purchase money, shall be payable on the fall of the hammer, the balance within a month. The annual assessment will be payable on the 1st day of October of each year, excepting the first period from the 26th July to the 1st October, 1876, when the rent will be payable on the 26th day of July of that year.

TUESDAY, 28TH SEPTEMBER, 1875.

Runs Nos. 11 and 464.

NOTICE is hereby Given that the leases, for six years 8 months and 5 days of Run 11, situated in the Otepopo Survey District, bounded on the north by the middle branch of the Otepopo River, on the east and south by south branch of same river, and pre-emptive rights of 640 acres, on the west by a meri-