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Lyttelton Times, Volume VII, Issue 435, 3 January 1857, Page 3

FERRY OVER THE WAIMAKARIRI. Provincial Secretary's Office, Christclrarch, Nov. 29,1856. THE Provincial Government are piepared to receive tenders for the establishment of a ferry over the South branch of the "Waimakariri, at the cuttings opposite the New Ferry House on the North Road. The Government will provide the contractor with a house and 10 acres of land on the South side, and -J of an acre of land on the North side of the river. The contractor will have to find a ferry boat, at least as large as the present boat at Jackson's ferry, together with ropes and all other things necessary to keep the ferry in working order. Tenders must state the rates of fares for which the contractor will undertake to work the ferry. The ferry will be let for three years, and must he established not later than the Ist March, 1857. Tenders must be sent to the Provincial Secretary's Office, before Noon on Wednesday, the 31st instant. JOSEPH BRITTAN, Provincial Secretary. Crown Lands Office, Christchuvch, 9th July, 1856 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following Crown Grants of Lund, in Exchange for Original Land Orders of the Canterbury Association deposited in this office, are ready for delivery. Rural Sections :—Nos. 4, 27, 104, 13G, 150, 192, 195, 229 a, 255, 259, 275, 315, 338, 338 a, 338b, 338 c, 338 d, 388e, 339, 340, 350, 351, 352, 354,355, 355 a, 364, 36'7b. 367 c. Town Sections, Christchuech :—Nos. 177, 178. 179, ISO, 475, 476, 477, 478, 483, 485, 487,489,491, 493, 495, 497, 519, 521, 522. 525,905 to 926 (both inclusive), 993, 995, 997, 999.1,001,1,003. I Ls'ttei/ton :—Nos, 10, 32, 140 to 150, (both inclusive), 313, 314, 328, 329, 330. William Guise Brittan, Chief Commissioner of the Waste Lands Board, Canterbury. PUBLIC NOTICE. HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified for public information that the upset price of the Eastern and Southern portions of the Christchurch Town Reserves, will, from and after the date hereof, be Fifty-Two Pounds sterling per acre, the additional two pounds per acre being required to 1 provide a fund for the effectual draining of that I portion of the Estate. JOSEPH BRITTAN, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Christchurch, Nov. 10, 1856. GORSE SEED. 2CWT Furze, Gorse or Whin. W, WILSON. FOR SALE, A BOUT 500 superior breeding ewes f\ (now running on the south bank of the Hakaia) in perfectly clean and healthy condition. Apply to Mr. W. X- Purnell, at Mr. T. W. HAi.i.'s'station, Ilakuia; or to Mr. W.C. Bt:swiok Ki.iapoi. Public Notice. TIMBER CUTTING LICENSES. WHEREAS it has been represented to the Commissioners, of the Wa^te Lands Board that parties are unlawfully cutting timber on Banks" Peninsula, Talbot and Hare- ' wood forests, and other parts of the province, NOTICE is hereby given, that any person ibnnd cutting timber on any of the Waste lands of the Crown, without a license previously obtained" from this Board, will be proceeded against in pursuance of the Regulations now in force within this province. By order qf the Waste Lands Board, WILLIAM GUISE BRITTAN, Chief Commissioner. Land Office, Christelnuvh, 6th November, ISSO,