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roads or portions of roads intended to be stopped up in the Road District specified in the Schedule, have been deposited at the Public School mentioned immediately after the description of the respective roads, or portions of roads, intended to be stopped up in each district: Now, therefore, I, JAMES MACANDREW, by virtue and in exercise of the powers vested in me in that behalf by the "Roads Diversion Ordinance, 1875," session No. XXXIV., do hereby give notice that all persons objecting to the stopping up of such roads, or portions of roads, or any of them are required to set forth a statement in writing of any well-grounded objections they may have to the stopping up of such roads, or portions of roads, and to leave such statement addressed to me at my Office, in Dunedin, within sixty days from the first publication hereof, otherwise such objections will not be considered by me.

SCHEDULE.
1.—Aparima Road District.
Plans to be seen at the School-house, Flint's Bush, Invercargill.
2.—Clutha Road District.
Plan to be seen at the School-house, Warepa.
3.—Crichton Road District.
Plans to be seen at the School-house, Tuakitoto.
4.—Half-Way Bush Road District.
Plan to be seen at the School-house, Waikari.
5.—Hawksbury Road District.
Plan to be seen at the School-house, Flag Swamp.
7.—Makarewa Road District.
Plans to be seen at the School-house, Forest Hill, Winton.
8.—North-East Valley Road District.
Plans to be seen at the School-house, N. E. Valley.
9.—North Taieri Road District.
Plan to be seen at the School-house, Mosgiel.
10.—Otepopo Road District.
Plans to be seen at the School-house, Otepopo.
11.—Peninsula Road District.
Plan to be seen at the schoolhouse, North-east Harbour.
12.—Portobello Road District.
Plan to be seen at the Schoolhouse, Portobello.
13.—South Molyneux Road District.
Plan to be seen at the Schoolhouse, Puerua.
14.—Tuapeka East Survey District.
Plans to be seen at the school-house Lawrence.
15.—Waipori Road District.
Plan to be seen at the school-house Lake Waipori.
16.—Waireka Road District.
Plan to be seen at the school-house Oamaru.
17.—Waitahuna West Survey District.
Plans to be seen at the schoolhouse, Tuapeka mouth.
18.—Shotover Survey District.
Plan to be seen at the School house, Lower Shotover.
19.—Waitahuna East Survey District.
Plan to be seen at the school house, Havelock.
Dated at Dunedin this fifteenth day of November, 1875.
J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

For description of the districts see Gazette of 17th and 24th November, and 1st December all last.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

IN conformity to the 29th section of the "Gold Fields Act 1866," and to the Regulations made under that Act and the Gold Fields Act Amendment Acts of 1867, 1868, and 1869, for the granting of leases for gold mining purposes within the Province of Otago, it is hereby notified that it is intended to grant a lease for gold mining purposes of Crown Lands to the applicants specified in the annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objections against granting such lease.

Objections to the granting of such lease, stating the grounds of objection, must be made in writing and lodged with the Warden at Arrowtown, on or before the 20th day of December, 1875.

Copy of the application made, and plans annexed, may be seen at the Warden's Office at Arrowtown.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this 7th day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.
J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent.

SCHEDULE.

T. H. Preston, on behalf of the Sons of Fortune Gold Mining Company, for two acres of land, more or less, as the same may be found after survey to be within the pegs and trenches of the applicants, situated at Falls, Arrow River.

N O T I C E.

IN the matter of the "Highways Boards Empowering Act, 1871," and of an Order made by the Makarewa Road Board for opening up of roads.

UNDER and by virtue of the provisions of section 33, of the "Highways Boards Empowering Act, 1871," I, James Macandrew, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, do hereby appoint and fix Friday, the 17th day of December, 1875, at the hour of 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 Makarewa Road Board, on the 18th day of August, 1875, and published in the Otago Provincial Government Gazette, No. 982, on the 1st day of September, 1875.
Dated at Dunedin, this 26th day of November, 1875.
J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent of Otago.

HIS HONOR the Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has appointed Constable
WILLIAM ROWSE
To be Inspector of Slaughter Houses, and of Cattle intended for Slaughter, for the District of Invercargill and Dacre, vice Constable Hector M'Lean Steele, resigned.
D. REID,
Provincial Secretary.
November 22nd, 1875.

N O T I C E.

A SUM of £1100 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 March, 1876, after which date no further