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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume XIII, Issue 553, 20 February 1868, Page 1

Sporting. APIER RACES, 1868. Stewards -—Messrs, G. S. Cooper, J. D. Ormond, Q-. Peacock, T. Tanner, and G. S. Whitmore. FIRST DAY.— Tuesday, March 3. Maiden Plate—Distance, 1 Smiles. Entrance, sso vs., with £SO added. Weights' for age. Victuallers’ Purse— Distance, 2 miles 1 Entrance, 4 sovs., with £4O added. Weights for age. Hack Race —Distance, half-mile; heats. Post entrance, 1 sov., with £lO added. Catch weights. Scurry Stakes— Distance, 1 mile. En trance, 3 sovs., with £3O added. Weights for age. SECOND DAY— Wednesday, March 4. Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club Cup.—loo sovs., added to a sweepstakes of 10 sots. Entrance, 5 sovs. Second horse to receive 30 sovs. Distance, 14 miles. Entries closed. Railway Stakes —Distance, half*mile ; heats. Entrance, 3 sovs., with £3O added. Weights for age. Hack Race —Distance, 1 mile. Post entrance, 1 sov., with £lO added. Ladies’ Purse —Distance, If miles. Entrance, 4 sovs., with £4O added. Weights for age. THIRD DAY— Thursday, March 5. Hawke’s Bay Stakes— Distance, 3 miles Entrance, 6 sovs., with £6O added, Wghts. for age. Forced Handicap foe Winners—Distance, 1 mile. Entrance, 4 sovs., with £4O added. Optional to losers. Top weight lOst 71bs. Consolation Handicap —1 mile and a distance. Entrance, £2, with £2O added. RULES. The Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club Rules will be strictly adhered to. For weights for age, see published Rules. The Grst race to start on each day at one o’clock precisely. The bell will be rung quarter of an hour before each race. Three horses to start in each race, or only half the public money will be given, except in the Cup Race. Second borse to save his stakes in each race when public money is given, except the Consolation. All entries to be made under sealed cover, ai d to be addressed to (he Secretary, at th<- Masonic Hotel, Napier, on Wednesday, 26th Febiuary, 1868, not later than [4 p.m. Age and description of horses, and | colors of riders, to be stated at time of entry. ( Live per cent, on all winnings to be jdeducted for the expenses of the course. By orde- of the Stewards. I G. E. G. RICHARDSON, Secretary and Treasurer, H.B.J.C.

Government Advertisements. PROCLAMATION. By Dosald MT/eau, Esquire, Superintendent; of the Province of Hawke’s Bay, in the Islands of New Zealand. I DONALD M'LEAN, Superintendent , of the Province of Hawke’s Bay, do Hereby Proclaim that a Sale of Crown Lauds will take place at the Crown Lands Office, Napier, on THURSDAY, March 12, 1868, at noon precisely, when the allotments of land specified in the schedule hereunto annexed, except such as may be reserved under the provision hereinafter mentioned, and which have been duly certifiedby the Commissioner of Crown Lands, on the application of intending purchasers, as being unavailable for agricultural purposes, will be put up to public auction at the upset price of ss. per acre, in accordance with the Land Regulations of the 4th March, 1863, and the additional regulations for the amendment and extension of the said regulations recommended by the Su perintendent and the Council for the Proviece of Wellington (session 2) to the Go vernor. If at any time during the sale it may appear to the Commissioner of Crown Lands beneficial or expedient for the public service to reserve from sale either o the sections specified in the said schedule, or to vary the order in which they are to be put up, he is hereby authorised to do so Dated this twentieth day, of January, onthousand eight hundred and sixty eight. DONALD M'LEAN, Superintendent. Schedule »f Unagricultural Land to goto Auction at the Crown Lands Office at Napier, on Thursday, I2th March, 18r>8, at noon. Kapuawhara Block. J. 0. LAMBTON CARTER, Commissioner of Crown Lands.