Ordinance

It is amongst other things enacted that in cases where no special provision is made for the conduct of the first Elections under the said Ordinance, it should be lawful for the Superintendent of Otago to appoint such and so many persons as might be necessary to perform any of the said acts in the said Ordinance, before required to be done by the Mayor, Councillors, Town Clerk, Collector, or other officers, before such officers could be appointed or elected under the provision of the said Ordinance: And whereas by the 4th section of the Ordinance the Mayor and Councillors of any Town incorporated under the said Ordinance (in the said section called the Council) are constituted open Courts for the revision of the Citizens’ List and for hearing and determining the claims of the Citizens thereof to be inserted in such lists, and the objections of such Citizens to any other Citizen having his name retained thereon: And whereas it is expedient to appoint a fit and proper person to perform the acts required to be done by the Mayor and Councillors, as constituting Courts of Revision under the said 4th Section of the said Ordinance, and to do the several other matters and things directed and required by the said Ordinance in the revision of the Citizens’ List for the said Incorporated Town of East Invercargill:

Now therefore I, Geo. Turnbull, Deputy-Superintendent of the Province of Otago, in exercise of the powers vested in me by the said “Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865,” and of all the other powers in any wise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby nominate and appoint

MR. JOSEPH STOCK

to perform the acts required to be done by the Council in the revision of the Citizens’ List for the Town of East Invercargill, and hearing and determining in such list, and the objections of such Citizens to any other Citizen having his name retained thereon.

As witness my hand this 25th day of August one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.

GEO. TURNBULL,
Deputy-Superintendent of Otago.

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 applicant 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 Cromwell, on or before the 22nd day of September, 1876.

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

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this 24th day of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.

GEORGE TURNBULL,
Deputy-Superintendent.

SCHEDULE

William Foreman, on behalf of the Rising Sun Quartz Mining Company, Limited, for 10 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 and adjoining, and west of the Eureka Quartz Mining Company, Bendigo Gully.

J. T. THOMSON,
Chief Commissioner.

Land Department,
Dunedin, 5th July, 1876.

LAND SALES, &c.

The following allotments in the undermentioned townships will be offered for sale by public auction by Mr. R. B. Martin, on the dates and at the places hereafter mentioned. Front quarter-acre sections to be sold at the upset price of £8, and back sections at £5 each. Sections over the quarter acre will be sold at rates to be stated by auctioneer:—

At Court House, Oamaru, on Thursday, 31st August, at noon, sections in Townships of Herbert, Deborah, Waitaki Bridge, Peebles, Georgetown and Livingston (Maruwenua).

Herbert—Sections 1, 3, 5, 6, 15, 16, Block III; 1 to 11, 16 to 26 B; VIII; 2 to 10, 15 to 21, 23, B. IX; 3 to 6-21, B. XI; 14 to 19, B. XIII; 1 to 15, 17 to 22, B. XIV; 1 to 7, B. XV; 1 to 16, B. XVI; 11 to 14, 16 to 19, B. XVII; 1 to 8, 16 to 22, B. XVIII; 2, B. XIX; 1 to 4, 6, 18 to 21, B. XX; 1 to 11, 21, B. XXI; 14 to 18, B. XXVII; 4 to 15, 19 to 21, B. XXVIII.

Deborah—Sections 1 to 46.

Waitaki Bridge—Sections 10 to 18, Block III; 1, 3, to 17, B. IV; 1 to 29, B. VI; 1 to 23, B. VII; 12 to 21, B. IX; 1 to 18, B. X; 9 to 15, B. XI; 1 to 13, B. XII; 1 to 19, 23, B. XIII.

Peebles—Sections 1 to 10, 22, 23.

Georgetown—Sections 4, 6, 8, B. I. 4, B. III.

Livingstone (Maruwenua)—Sections 14, 15, 19, Block I; 14 to 27 and 29, B. II; 1, 2, 3, 11 to 13, 20 to 22, B. III; 8, 12 to 16, 18 to 25, B. IV. N.B.—Some sections subject to valuation to be stated at Auction.

At Murcott’s Hotel, Hampden, on Friday, 1st September, at 11 a.m. sections in Township of Hampden.

Hampden—Sections 3, 4, 11, 18 to 22, Block II; 12 to 14, 16 to 22, B. III; 3 to 18, B. IX; 4 to 7, 9 to 17, B. X; 5 to 16, B. XVII; 6, 7, 8, 13, B. XVIII; 22, B. XXI; 2, 3, 4, 5, B. XXII; 8 to 12, B. XXIII; 9 and 10, B. XXX; 15, 16, 17, 18, B. XXXIII; 5 and 6, B. XXXVIII; 2 to 8, B. XLIV; 6 to 14, B. XLV; 7 to 15, 17 and 18, B. XLVI; 6, 7, B. XLVIII; 1 to 4, 7 to 15, B. LIII; 1 to 4, 17 and 18, 20, B. LIV; 4, B. LVI; 6, 7, 8, B. LVII; 2, 3, 4, 8, 16, 19 to 21, B. LIX; 12 to 16, B. LX; 13, B. LXII.

At the Court House, Hawkesbury, on Saturday, 2nd September, at 11 a.m. sections in the Township of Waikouaiti.

Waikouaiti—Sections 1 to 13, Block IV; 11, B. V; 20, B. VII; 4 to 6, B. IX; 7 to 11, B. X; 19, 20 and 22, B. XI; 1 to 10, 12 to 22, B. XVI; 1 to 9, 11 to 22, B. XVII; 15 to 19, B. XX; 1 to 9, 12 to 21, B. XXI; 2 to 6, 8 to 17, B. XXII; 1 to 11, 13, B. XXIII.

At Land Office, Dunedin, on Tuesday, 5th September, at noon, sections in Townships of Purakanui and Blueskin.

Purakanui—Sections 4 to 12, 14 to 16, 17, 20, 24 to 39, 41 to 49, Block I; 3 to 7, 10 to 19, 21 to 25, 27 to 42, B. II; 1 to 45, 51 to 67, 69 to 77, B. III.

Blueskin—Sections 2, 3 and 9, Block V; 4, 7 to 9, B. IX; 2, 3, 10, 11, B. X; 3 to 11, B. XII.