WARRANT

Appointing Mr. Henry McLean to act as Town Clerk at First Elections of Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors for the Incorporated Town of Gladstone.

WHEREAS the Town of Gladstone has been incorporated under the provisions of the “Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865;”

And whereas by the 113th section of the said Ordinance it is, amongst other things enacted, that where no special provision is made for the conduct of the first election under the said Ordinance, it should be lawful for the Superintendent, by warrant under his hand, to appoint some person to perform any of the acts in the said Ordinance required to be done by the Town Clerk before such officer can be appointed under the provisions of the said Ordinance: Now therefore I, James Macandrew, 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 other powers in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby appoint

Mr. Henry McLean

to perform, at the first elections of Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors for the said incorporated town, under the said Ordinance, all acts in and by the said Ordinance required to be done by the Town Clerk of the Incorporated Town of Gladstone, at such first elections, under the provisions of the said Ordinance.

As witness my hand, this 4th day of October, 1876.

J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent of Otago.

NOTICE.

INCORPORATED TOWN OF GLADSTONE.

WHEREAS by the 28th section of the “Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865,” it is provided that no person elected to be Mayor, Councillor, or Auditor under the said Ordinance shall be capable of acting as such until he shall first, in the presence of any two Councillors, have made and subscribed the declaration therein set forth: Provided that at the first elections under the said Ordinance, whether for the City of Dunedin or for any incorporated town or place, such declaration shall be made and subscribed before a person to be appointed for that purpose by the Superintendent of Otago:

And whereas it is necessary that a person should be appointed before whom such declaration shall be made and subscribed by the persons elected as Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors respectively, for the Incorporated Town of Gladstone, at the first elections for the said town under the said Ordinance:

Now therefore I, James Macandrew, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, do hereby, in pursuance of the power in this behalf vested in me by the said Ordinance, appoint Mr. James Jamieson, of Gladstone, as and to be the person before whom the persons elected as Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors respectively, at the first elections under the said Ordinance for the said Incorporated Town of Gladstone, shall make and subscribe the declaration specified in the said twenty-eighth section of the said Ordinance.

Given under my hand, and issued under the public seal of the Province of Otago aforesaid, at Dunedin, this 4th day of October, 1876.

J. MACANDREW,
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 Goldfields 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 Lawrence, on or before the 30th day of October, 1876.

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

Given under my hand, at Dunedin this 11th day of October, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.

J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent of Otago.

SCHEDULE.

Thomas Hinde and Robert Grieve, on behalf of the Gabriels Gully Crushing Company, for 15 acres of land, more or less, being Section 55, Block XVIII, and 9, Block XIX, Tuapeka East.

NOTICE

Office of Examining Board,
Dunedin, 3rd October, 1876.

Notice is hereby given that Messrs John Innes and Frederick Alfred Cutten have been authorised by the Board for Examining Surveyors, to practice as Surveyors within the Province of Otago.

JAMES McKERROW,
Chairman Examining Board.

CROWN GRANTS

CROWN GRANTS for the land, and in favour of the persons after-mentioned, are now ready for delivery, and attention is directed to the following clause of the “Crown Grants Act, 1866”:

Clause XXXIX.—There shall be paid upon all Grants to be hereafter issued, which may be left in the charge or custody of any Commissioner of Crown Lands, or other officer charged with the delivery of the same, a fee of sixpence for every month during which they shall have been so left after the expiration of three months from the date of the notice in the Gazette of the Province wherein the lands are situate that such grants are ready for delivery.

Dods, Ann — Section 11, Block X, Maheno.
Dods, Ann — Section 2, Block XI, Maheno.
Prives, Isaac — Section 16, Block LXXIV, Oamaru.
Heenan, Dennis — Section 10 & 42, Block II, Maungatua District.
Lindsay, John — Section 48, Block VII, North Harbour and Blueskin District.
Mitchell, John — Section 34, Block XI, North Harbour and Blueskin District.
McIver, Murdoch — Section 5, Block III, Otokia District.
Tait, Thomas — Section 9, Block XCVIII, Clutha District.

A. CHETHAM STRODE,
Deputy-Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land Department,
Dunedin, 9th October, 1876.

LAND ON DEFERRED PAYMENTS IN THE ROCK AND PILLAR DISTRICT.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lands described in the Provincial Government Gazette, No. 1042, of the 27th September, 1876, page 522 will be open for application for deferred payments on Monday, the 6th November, 1876, at all the District Land Offices.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Under Secretary.
30th September, 1876.