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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2716, 2 December 1881, Page 1

Gorei’nineiit Notices. V. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS, ALBURY TO FAIRLIE CREEK AND BURKE’S PASS BRANCH RAILWAY. TIMBER BRIDGES CONTRACT. WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at this ofliee until Noon of MON* DAY, the sth December, 1881, for the above contract. They are to be marked on the ■ outside , “ Tender for Timber Bridges Contract,” and addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Dunedin. Telegraphic tenders, similarly addressed and marked will be received if presented at any telegraph office by noon of the same date, J provided that written tenders are lodged at I any District Resident Engineer’s Office by , the same hour. Drawings, specifications and general conditions may be seen at this office and at the Public Works Office at r Christchurch, and at the Post Office, Timaru. The lowest or any tender not L necessarily accepted. , By command, W. N. BLAIR, Engineer in Charge. Public Works Office, Dunedin, November 21, 1881. R. WAIMATE PLAINS. Crown Lands Office, Patea, Kith November, 1881. Further sale of 10,000 acres of RURAL LAND for Cash at public auction, and on Deferred Payments on application. RURAL BUSH LAND IN THE KAUPOKONUT, NGABRE, HA WE BA, AND WAIM.ATE SURVEY DISTRICTS. Residence not Cojipulsoky. 14 Sections (about 2,500 acres) of Land in the above districts will be open for application on DEFERRED PAYMENTS on Monday, Kith December, at Patea and Hawera ; and 72 Sections (about 7500 acres) on sale by public, auction, for GASH at Hawera, on THURSDAY, the 22nd December, The Sections in Blocks XIV. and XV., Kaupokonni, abut on the continuous reserve between the Manaia and Aurora Roads ; in Block XII., Kaupokonui, and Block XII, Nuacrc, west of the Waingongoro Stream and Ettham Railway Station, The bush is mainly light timber, soft woods, and a few rata. Land is well watered. The Sections in Block HI., Waimato, arc about two miles inland of the Town of Manaia, about half bci g open grass lands, the remainder light bush with clearings. The Sections in Block 1., Hawera, adjoin (be railway-line from New Plymouth to Hawera, and arc about two miles from the Normanby Station, Laud level and partially cleared. Contested applications for any of the Deferred-payment Sections will be decided on the 22nd December at Hawera. Full particulars may be obtained and plans inspected at any Land Office in the Colony. C. A. WRAY, Commissioner of Crown Lands. V. SALE E. OF PASTORAL TEASES OF CROWN LANDS. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. General Crown Lands Office, Wellington, 7th Nov., ISSI. mil REE MILLION ACRES of Crown I lands will shortly be open f.r sale and lease in the Provincial District of Otago, New Zealand. This country is at present held under lease in large runs until the Ist March, 1883. These runs, after agricultural blocks, townships, plantation and other reserves have been taken, wilt be sub-divided into areas of about two or three thousand acres and upwards, according to the nature of the country, and will ho offered for lease or for sale on pastoral deferred-payments in terms of “ The Land Act, 1877,” and “ The Land Act Amendment Act, 1879.” 'The agricultural blocks will be forthwith surveyed, and will then be offered for selection on immediate and deferred payments. Areas exceeding 5,000 acres, will be let as runs for ten years, from the Ist March, 1883, with pre-emptive right over 320 acres for homestead. Areas under 5,000 acres will be generally for sale on pastoral deferred payments. In order to give new pastoral lessees time to make arrangements, thej licenses will, in terms of the Land Acts, be sold by public auction, at the Land Office, Dunedin, in the latter end of February, 1882, twelve months before possession is to be given. One year’s rent will be payable in advance on the license at the time of sale. The pastoral deferred payment sections will be offered for sale by public auction probably in November or December, 1882 ; possession on March 1, 1883. Terms; A deposit of one-thirtieth of the price of the land on purchase, the balance in halfyearly payments extending over fifteen years. Residence within twelve months is compulsory, and must continue for five years. Balance of instalments may be paid at end of ten years, in which case Crown grant issues. The country has been occupied for upwards of twenty years. It is well grassed, well watered, sound and healthy. Distance from port by good roads, and railways part of. the way, from 30 to 150 miles. Maps and further particulars will be obtainable at the Land Offices of New Zealand early in December next, and at places in the Australian Colonies to be named in future advertisements. 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