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Lyttelton Times, Volume V, Issue 330, 29 December 1855, Page 3

New Zealand to Wil^-Province of Canterbury WHEREAS a Writ, under the hand of , ..... Jamhs Edward Fitz Gerald, Esquire, Superintendent of ihe Province of Canterbury, &c, &c, bearing date the Twentieth day of November, in the yeav of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, hath been directed to me, John Watson, Esquire, Heturning Officer for the Akaroa District, requiring and commanding me to cause to be elected, by and from amongst the voters duly qualified for that purpose, freely and indifferently, and in manner and form by law prescribed, One Person to serve as a member of the Provincial Council, in the place of the Reverend "William Aylmer, resigned : —Now therefore, Ij the said John Watson, Esquire, Returning officer for the Akaroa District, do hereby in pursuance of the said recited writ, give notice that a public meeting of the electors of the Akaroa' District, will be holden at the Resident Magistrate's Court, at Akaroa, on Wednesday, the 2nd day of January, 185(5, at noon, for the purpose of nominating One Person to serve as a member of the Provincial Council of Canterbury, for the Alcaroa District, and in the event of a poll being demanded for the candidates or any of them, such polling shall take plane on Thursday, the 3rd day of January, 1856, in the Resident Magistrate's Court House, at Akaroa; the voting to commence at any time after nine o'clock, a.m., of the said day, and to close at four o'clock, p.m., «>t. the same day. John Watson, Returning Officer. Akaroa, 29th Nov., 1855. SALE OF TOWN RESERVES. Provincial Secretary's Office, Chiistchurch, 2Sth, Nov. 1855. PUBLIC NO i ICE. HIS Honor the Supeiunteni/ent di- ; rects it to be notified for public information, that the Town Reserves of Christchurch are open for Sale on the following terms; and that a Map signed by the Provincial Engineer, may be seen during Office hours, in the Provincial Secretary's Office, Christchurch, setting forth the Sections into which the land will be divided for the purpose of sale, with a list attached, describing the number, measurement, contents, and upset price of every Section. 1. Every person desirous of purchasing any potion of the Town Reserves must make a written, application, addressed to the ProvinciarSecretary, stating the section or sections which he or she is desirous of purchasing, and describing the same by reference to the number on the Map and List above referred to. 2. Land so applied for will be put- up at Public Auction, at the upset price specified on the List, not being less than after the rate of Fifty Pounds per acre. 3. Any number of sections comprised in one block, and named in one application, not exceeding five acres, will be put up to Auction as one lot. 4. In every case of purchase of laud not exceeding half an acre, a deposit of Ten per j. cent, of the purchase money must be paid at the Auction, and the remainder within one week thereafter, at the cud of which period if the purchase bo not completed, ihe Section will be again immediately put up to Auction and the deposit forfeited. 5. Any quantity of land exceeding half an acre may be acquired either by absolute purchase on paj'iuent of the purchase money in'manner provided by the 4th term of sale, or by lease, the lessee undertaking to purchase the land ou the following terms, viz.: —Ten per cent, of the purchase money to be paid at the Auction,—thirty percent, within three years thereafter,—the remainder on or before the expiration of the lease. The lease to be for a tevm of years not. exceeding Seven, at an annual rent of; Seven .per cent, on the unpaid portion of the purchase money, and to contain, in addition to those implied under the Conveyancing Ordinance covenants by the lessee for the payment of the