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Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 513, 3 October 1857, Page 6

NOTICE. HIS Honor the Superintendent of Can terbury directs the following Mem o " randum to be published for public information " A difference.of opinion has arisen between the Provincial Governments of Canterbury and Otago, as to the boundary line between tlie h™ Provinces. Sir G; Grey fixed this boundary W a Proclamation dated the 28th day of FeWarv 1853, in the following words:— "The Province of Canterbury shall he bounded on * # # # # The South ■ By the River Waitangi to its '■. source, thence by a right line running to the source of the River Awarua, thence by the River Awarua to its source." • ' ■ .:. * -„..■*■. •■..• ...*■■■•■.. ■ # ■■■'■ . , " The Province of Otago shall be bounded cm The North '■"■■■> By the southern boundary of the Province of Canterbury, as already described in this Proclamation." The River Waitangi having several branches all having different native names, and the direction of the upper waters being unknown, an ambiguity in the meaning of the Proclamation would have existed had it not been accompanied by a map, annexed to and made part of it. This map marks out the branch running nearly east and west, and the head waters Of which are nearest to the head waters of the Awarua river as the branch intended in' the Proclamationthe boundary between the tvyo Provinces thereby running in a nearly direct line across the Island from east to west. The Superintendent of the Province of Otago, neglecting the map attached to the Proclamation,, claims, as a part of the Province of Otago, all the land south of the North branch of the Waitangi: by which claim the boundary line would appear on the map as running first westerly, then for at least 70 miles northerly, then an equal distance southerly to the Awarua River. The Superintendent of Canterbury has applied to the General Government, and has been assured that the matter will be made the subject of legislation at the approaching Session of the General Assembly. In the meantime, NOTICE"iS GIVEN that all persons not holding Licenses from the Waste Lands Board of the Province of Canterbury, occupying Land lying north of the west branch of the Waitangi River, as indicated by the Proclamation and map attached, will be treated as unlicensed squatters, and proceeded against according to law. By His Honor's command, RICHARD PACKER, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Christchurch, September 19,1857. PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON. KOTICE TO IMMIGRANTS. npHE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT J_ of Wellington will, in pursuance of the Resolution of the Provincial Council, be prepared to convey to each immigrant, (introduced under their Regulations) as soon as he shall have redeemed his Promissory Note or Notes, a quantity of land equal-in value (at the rate of 10s. an acre) to one fourth of the • amount of his Passage Money. For example: every immigrant on redemption of his Promissory Note or Notes, will be entitled-to receive ten acres of land for every Twenty Pounds he he shall have paid on account of the Passage of himself and family. These grants of land will either be made out of blocks specially reserved.for Immigration purposes in Small Farm or Agricultural Settlements, or in the immediate vicinity of Roads in process of construction; or the.lmmigrant may select the quantity to which he shall be declared entitled out of any lands open^ to purchase as Rural. In order to facilitate the location of Immi > grants desirous of immediately settling upon - land and of being employed on the Public Works, Reserves will be made wherever practicable, along or near each line of road, and will be laid off in Ten-acre Sections, which the Immigrants will be permitted at, once,to occupy, receiving a conveyance of the same as soon as they shall have paid the whole of their Passage Money. Parties desirous of availing themselves of this privilege in the block at present being surveyed in the Grey Town Settlement^ are requested to make immediate application to'the undersigned, who-will give any further information that may be required. J. G. HOLDSWORTH, Registrar of Immigration. Registry Office, August 10th, 1857. TO BE SOLD, yi valuable Fifty; Acre Section, fronting _oL on the Christchurch Town Reserve, with House,.Out-buildings,^.&c-The: whole sretion is fenced, and under: cultivation. The growing crop may be taken at a v^*'&tion, also, t ' The lease of 24 acres of excellent land adjphiing the above. This land is securely fenced, and is under crop. ; .. , For particulars apply to Mr. Aipoet, Lyttelton, and to Mr. Hall, or Mr. J. T. Brown, Christchurch. W