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WAITAHUNA WEST DISTRICT.
BY LAWRENCE.

TUESDAY, 10TH OCTOBER, 1876.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following sections in the above District will be offered for sale by public auction by Mr. R. B. Martin, at the Survey Office, Lawrence, on Tuesday, 10th October, 1876, at 2 o’clock p.m., as land of special value, under clause 85, “Otago Waste Lands Act, 1872,” at the upset price opposite each section:—

Section. Blk. Acreage. District. Upset price.
11 V 174 0 11 Waitahuna £232 0 0
12 " 214 2 16 " 300 0 0
13 " 14 0 12 " 17 12 0
14 " 6 3 12 " 55 0 0
15 " 188 2 08 " 380 0 0
16 " 349 1 38 " 547 0 0
2 VIII 253 0 10 " 374 0 0
3 " 256 0 06 " 380 0 0
4 " 257 2 21 " 520 0 0
5 " 261 0 26 " 477 0 0
6 " 319 0 26 " 399 0 0

A. CHETHAM STRODE,
Deputy-Commissioner of Crown Lands.
Land Department,
Dunedin, September, 6, 1876.

LAND HELD UNDER DEFERRED PAYMENTS.
LICENSES ANNULLED.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Waste Lands Board has annulled the licenses, and declared unoccupied, Sections 14 and 15, Block V., Sections 21 and 24, Block VIII., Section 27, Block IX., Toetoes District; Section 3, Block I., Waikaka District; Section 50, Block II., Tuapeka West District; Section 6, Block II., Slopedown District, the conditions required in terms of Sections 53 and 56a of the “Otago Waste Lands Act, 1872” not being fulfilled, and have ordered that such sections should be again advertised open for application. (See advertisement below.)

DEFERRED PAYMENT SECTIONS.

RE-OPENED FOR APPLICATION ON WEDNESDAY, 18TH OCTOBER, 1876.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Sections will be open for application on deferred payments on Wednesday, 18th October, 1876. Application must be made by the applicant in person, at any Land Office in the Province, and a deposit of 1s. 6d. per acre paid at the time of making the application, being the first half-year’s occupation fee. The purchase money is payable at the rate of 3s. per acre per annum for ten years.

Plans to be seen, and lithographs obtained, at the Land Office, Dunedin.

Section. Blk. District. Acreage.
14 V Toetoes 107 0 00
15 V " 93 0 00
21 VIII " 200 0 00
24 VIII " 50 0 00
27 IX " 73 0 00
3 I Waikaka 199 0 00
50 II Tuapeka West 196 1 21
15 VIII Crookston 199 3 28
6 II Slopedown 197 2 34

A. CHETHAM STRODE,
Deputy-Commissioner of Crown Lands.
Land Department,
Dunedin, 12th September, 1876.

NOTICE is hereby given that an application under the 47th, &c., Sections of the “Waste Land Act, 1872, and Amendments, for Section 3, Block III., Teviot, has been received from Andrew Young, and duly recorded. Tuesday, the 19th day of September, 1876, at the Court-house, Roxburgh, is the day and place appointed for deciding such application (if unopposed) and notifying objections (if any) which may have been lodged.

MAURICE SIMPSON,
District Land Officer.
District Land Office,
Clyde, 28th August, 1876.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following applications under the 47th, &c., Sections of the Otago Waste Land Act, 1872, and Amendments, have been received and duly recorded, viz.:—Peter Johnston, for sections 11, 9, 13, and 15, block 4, Teviot; Robert Smith, for sections 14, 16, 17, and 18, block 4, Teviot, and that Tuesday, the 19th instant, at the Court-house, Roxburgh, is the day and place appointed for deciding such application, if unopposed, and notifying objections (if any) which may have been lodged.

MAURICE A. SIMPSON,
District Land Officer.
District Land Office,
Clyde, 4th September, 1876.

NOTICE.

AS ignorance prevails respecting the purchase of Crown Lands at public sales by auction, attention is drawn to the Act entitled “The Crown Lands Sales Extortion Prevention Act,” especially clauses 3 and 8 of said Act, which are as follows:—

III. Every person who shall actually receive money or other valuable consideration for abstaining to bid for or compete for the purchase of any Crown Lands which shall have been advertised for sale by public auction, and whether or not the same land shall be put up for sale by public auction shall be deemed to have been guilty of a misdemeanour and shall on conviction thereof be liable to be imprisoned with or without hard labour for any period not exceeding two years or fined any sum not exceeding five hundred pounds.

VIII. Any Commissioner of Crown Lands or other person connected with the administration of any of the Waste Lands of the Colony who shall cause or attempt to cause or knowingly permit any person to apply for the purchase of any portion of the Waste Lands of the Crown such applicant not being a bona fide intending purchaser or who shall knowingly countenance or permit any collusion or arrangement between intending purchasers of land having for its object to preclude or supersede the necessity of bona fide competition at any such auction sale as aforesaid shall on conviction thereof be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds and shall for ever thereafter be rendered incapable of holding any office or employment under the Crown.

A. CHETHAM STRODE,
Deputy-Commissioner of Crown Lands.
Lands Department,
Dunedin, 9th August, 1876.

MR. ROBERT SHORT, Land Office, Dunedin, has been appointed to supply information as to settlement on the land, whether by immediate purchase, deferred payments, or under agricultural leases. Mr Short will show maps of the land and assist purchasers or selectors in making the necessary applications.