Land Sales and Road Contracts




BEAUMONT DISTRICT.

FRIDAY, 25TH FEBRUARY, 1876.

NOTICE is hereby given, that Section 32, Block I, Beaumont District, will be open for application at £1 per acre, at Dunedin and Lawrence Land Offices, on Friday the 25th February, 1876.

J. T. THOMSON,
Chief Commissioner,
Waste Land Board.

Land Department,
12th January, 1876.

AT a Meeting of the Waste Land Board held at Invercargill on 27th January, 1876, it was resolved—"That the grazing rights over the Mataura Lignite Reserves for one year be put up to public auction, subject to the provisions contained in clauses 4 to 11 of the ‘Southland Waste Lands Act Amendment Act, 1875,’ at the upset price of 2s. (two shillings) an acre. Auction to take place 30 days hence, i.e., on 28th February, 1876."

WALTER H. PEARSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 28th January, 1876.

TOWNSHIP OF PURAKANUI
(Near Port Chalmers).

MONDAY, 6th MARCH, 1876.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections in the Township of Purakanui—situated on the sea coast about four miles north of Port Chalmers, and within half a mile of the Northern Railway line—will be offered for sale by public auction on Monday, 6th March next, at noon, at the Land Office, Dunedin, at the upset price of £5 per section. All areas above one rood to be offered at the upset price of £7 5s. the quarter acre.

Sections 1 to 39 and 41 to 49, block I.; sections 1 to 43, block II.; sections 1 to 77, block III.

OTARIA HUNDRED,
Slopedown District, between Clinton and Mataura Bridge.

THURSDAY, 9TH MARCH, 1876.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following Sections in the above Hundred will be offered for sale by public auction at Grigor, Maitland and Co.’s Auction Rooms, Balclutha, on Thursday, 9th March, 1876, at noon, as land of special value, under clause 85 of the “Otago Waste Land Act, 1872,” at the upset price opposite each section:—

Sec. Block. Acreage. District. Upset price.
A. R. P. £ s. d.
2 I. 257 1 13 Slopedown. 307 9 0
4 " 200 1 00 " 225 5 6
5 " 279 2 36 " 314 14 0
6 " 281 3 33 " 349 0 0
7 " 302 2 26 " 330 0 0
8 " 307 2 35 " 323 0 0
9 " 308 2 30 " 324 3 0
10 " 320 2 13 " 336 12 0
11A " 13 2 00 " 15 4 0
11B " 32 2 36 " 36 17 0
12 " 301 0 03 " 316 1 0
13 " 395 2 04 " 415 5 6
14 " 383 2 09 " 430 0 0
15 " 316 0 04 " 337 16 0

J. T. THOMSON,
Chief Commissioner.

Land Department,
2nd February, 1876.

TOWNSHIP OF PEMBROKE.
(Lake Wanaka).

WEDNESDAY, 15TH MARCH, 1876.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections in the Township of Pembroke will be offered for sale by public auction on Wednesday, the 15th March next, at noon, at Pembroke, at the upset price for sections lying between Dungannon and Broomston-streets at £5 per section, and the sections fronting Beach-street at the upset price of £8; also Block VIII., containing 4 acres, at the upset price of £32, and all the others at the upset price of £5 per section:—

Sections 1 to 23, and 25 to 32, Block I.; Sections 2 to 21, and 25 to 32, Block II.; Sections 6, 8 to 22, and 25 to 32, Block III.; Sections 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Block IV.; Sections 1 to 8, Block V.; Sections 1 to 62, Block IX.; Sections 1 to 25, Block X.; also Block VIII., containing 4 acres.

Block VIII., and sections 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 19, 58, and 59, Block IX., and Sections 25, 26, and 27, Block IX.; also Sections 42 and 43, Block IX., are subject to valuation for improvements, to be stated at sale.

TUAPEKA TO TEVIOT.

TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Works for

1st. Contract No. 1,088—construction, pitching, and gravelling 58 chains of road in block 3, Tuapeka West District, until noon of Tuesday, 22nd February, 1876.

2nd Contract, No. 1,089—construction, part pitching, and gravelling 56.44 chains of road in block 3, Tuapeka West District, until noon of Tuesday, 3rd March, 1876.

Plans and Specifications may be seen and forms of tender obtained at the Office of the Provincial Engineer, Dunedin, and at the Police Camp, Lawrence.

Tenders to be indorsed "Tender for Contract No. 1,088 or 1,089," as the case may be.

The Government does not undertake to accept the lowest or any tender.

J. GREEN,
Secretary for Works.

Dunedin, 24th January, 1876.

TUAPEKA TO TEVIOT.

TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Works, until noon of Friday, 10th March, for Contract No. 1090—construction, pitching, and gravelling of 80 chains of road in block 1, Beaumont District.

Plans and specifications may be seen and forms of tender obtained at the Office of the Provincial Engineer, Dunedin, and at the Police Camp, Lawrence.

Tenders to be endorsed "Tender for Contract, No. 1090."

The Government does not undertake to accept the lowest or any tender.

TUAPEKA TO TEVIOT.

TENDERS will be received at the office of the Secretary for Works until noon of Tuesday, 15th February, for:—

1st Contract No. 1083. Gravelling 164 chains road, Block II, Benger District:

2nd Contract No. 1084. Gravelling 50 chains road, Patrick’s Flat, near Patrick’s Hotel.

J. T. THOMSON,
Chief Commissioner.

Land Department,
2nd February, 1876.



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🗺️ Land Sale in Beaumont District

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  • J. T. Thomson, Chief Commissioner, Waste Land Board

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  • J. T. Thomson, Chief Commissioner

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2 February 1876
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  • J. T. Thomson, Chief Commissioner

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  • J. T. Thomson, Chief Commissioner

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  • J. T. Thomson, Chief Commissioner