SALE OF TOWN LAND WITHOUT AUCTION

Otago Daily Times, Issue 143, 1 May 1862, Page 3

SALE OF TOWN LAND WITHOUT AUCTION

IN PARTICULAR CASES,

An Ordinance approved by the Government in 1858, further provides that in particular cases, where considered advisable, the Waste Land Board may,with the approval of the Superintendent and Executive Council, sell " Town. Lands" -without auction. The following are the important clauses. 1. In all cases wherein parties shall apply by Petitien to the Waste Land Board, setting forth the circumstances of their case, it shall he lawful for the' Waste Land Board, with approval of the Superintendand and Executive Council first obtained, to sell Town Land, except lands within the limits of tho Towns of Dunedin and Port Chalmers, without exposing the same to auction, at such price as shall be ' fixed by the Waste Land Board and approved of as aforesaid, such'price not being less than the upset-, price, if such land had been exposed to sale by auction. ' •' 2. If any; Trustees for any religious body shall co apply for liberty to purchase a site for a Church or . _ other buildings for religious purposes in any Town, it sliall be lawful for the Waste Land Board, with the • approval of the Superintendent and Executive Coun-'. oil first obtained, to sell to such Trustees for such' purposes not exceeding one acre of land in any Town. without exposing the same to auction, at such prices as would have formed the upset price if the land had been exposed to sole by auction. The struggle between, the Buenos Ayreans and .the ■ "-'; Federal party to have been wellnigh brought ton termination, "the former having been victorious in every battle, and having also, as-a coup do grace captured the squadron of Genera] Urguiuu