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Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 511, 26 September 1857, Page 2

SALE OF TOWN EESERVES. PUBLIC NOTICE. HIS Honor the Superintendent di- j rects it to be notified for. public information^ I that the Tovvn Reserves of Christchurch are open for Sate on the foilowingj 'terms ;vand that a map'signed by ,the Pro-, vincial Engineer,may be seen during Office,, hours, in the Provincial Secretary's .Office, Chfistchufchi setting'forthHhe 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 p> "tion of the Town Reserves must make a written application^ addressed to the Provincial Secretary, stating the section or sections which he or she is desirous of purchasing, and describing the same by referI ence 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, no. t exceeding five acres, will be put up to Auqtion as one lot. : 4. In every case of purchase of land not exceeding half an acre, a deposit of Ten per cent, of the purchase money must be paid at the Auction, and the remainder within one week thereafter, at the> end of which period if the purchase be not completed, the 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 absolutje purchase on payment of the purchase money in manner provided by the 4th term of sale, or by lease, the lessee undertaking to purchase the land on the« following terms, viz..: —Ten per cent, of the purchase money to be paid at the Auction,—thirty: per cent; within three years thereafter, —the remainder on or before the expiration of the lease. The lease to be for a term 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 purchase money as above mentioned, po\ve,i to be reserved to the Lessor to re-enter on breach of any of "the Lessee's covenants. 6. The purchaser may obtain,his conveyance, or lease, as the case may be, and "aay be put in possession, on payment of £1. . 7. Auctions will be held from time to time, at such time and place, and subject to such further Conditions of Sale as the Superintendent may direct, of all which due public notice will be given. RICHARD PACKER, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Christchurch, 10th Feb., 1857. NOTICE. PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY TO WIT. TIMARU DISTRICT. WHEREAS a Writ, under the hand of Thomas Gore Browne, Esquire, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-chief in and over the Colony of New Zealand, &c, &c, bearing date the fourteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, hath been directed to me Belfield Woojlcornbe, Esquire, as Returning Officer for the District of Timaru, requiring and commanding me to cause to be elected by the voters duly qualified for that purpose, freely and indifferently, and in manner and form by law prescribed, a legally qualified person to serve as a Member of the Provincial Council for the said District of Timaru: Now, therefore I, the said Belfield Woollcombe, do hereby, in pursuance of the said recited writ, give notice that a public meeting of the electors of the Timaru District!, will be holden at the Resident Magistrates' Office^Timaru, on Friday, the 6th day of November next, at noon, for the purpose of nominating a person to serve as a Member of the Provincial Council for the said Timaru District; and, in the event of a poll being demanded fotf i the candidates or' any of them, such polling shall take place on Monday, the 9fch day of November next, at the following polling places; viz., i At Mr. Macdonald's station, at the residence of Mr. John Hayhurst,l and at-the Office of the Resident Magistrate, Timaru. \ The voting to commence at-any time after nine o'clock, a.m., of the said 9th day of No^ vember, and to close at 4 o'clock, p.m., of the same day. , ■ . BELFIELD WOOLLCOMBE, Returning Officer. Government Offices; Clmstchuvch, ; September Ist, 1857. : BOOKBINDING. ORDERS for all work of this description will now be taken for immediate execution, at the office of the Lyttelton Timei,