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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2717, 3 December 1881, Page 1

Goverument Notices. V. R. 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 MONDAY, 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, provided that written tenders are lodged at 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 Christchurch, and at the Post Office, Timaru. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. By command, W. N. BLAIR, Engineer in Charge. Public Works Office, Dunedin, November 21, 1881. V. R. WAIMATE PLAINS. Crown Lands Office, Patea, 16 th November 1881. Further sale of 10,000 acres of RURAL LAND for Cash at pnblic auction, and on Deferred Payments on application. RURAL BUSH LAND IN THE KAUPOKONUI, NGABRE, HAWERA, AND WAIMATE SURVEY DISTRICTS. Residence not Compulsory. 14 Sections (about 2,500 acres) of Land in the above districts will be open for application on DEFERRED PAYMENTS on Monday, 19th December, at Patea and Hawera; and 72 Sections (about 7500 acres) on sale by public auction, for CASH at Hawera, on THURSDAY, the 22nd December, The Sections in Blocks XIV, and XT., Kaupokonui, abut on the continuous reserve between the Manaia and Aurora Roads; in Block XII., Kaupokonui, and Block XII, Ngaere, west of the Waingongoro Stream and Bltham Railway Station, The bush is mainly light timber, soft woods, and a few rata. Land is well watered. The Sections in Block 111., Waimate, are about two miles inland of the Town of Manaia, about half bei'ig open grass lands, the remainder light bush with The Sections in Block L, Hawera, adjoin tie railway-line from New' Plymouth to Hawera, and are about two miles from the Normanby Station. Land 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. R. SALE OF PASTORAL LEASES OP CROWN LANDS. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. General Crown Lands Office, Wellington, 7th Nov., 1881. nniIREE MILLION ACRES of Crown JL 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, will be sub-divided into areas of about two or three thousand acres and upwards, according to the nature of the country, and will be 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, the| 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. Suitable blocks of land will also be surveyed immediately in the Provincial District of Canterbury, for sale on pastoral deferred payment, and will be offered for sale about March, 1882. WM. ROLLS STON, Minister of Lands. nil HIS LAMP is complete in itself, mak I Gas from Benzoline at a farthing pe hour. Perfectly safe, cheap and easily managed. . Especially adapted for villages, oarriag drives, &c. Apply to SUN AUTOPNEUMATIC LIGHTING AND HEATING CO., 115, Southwark street S.E. Manufacturers of the celebrated “ Son Machine for lighting mansions, &0., with{ou the trouble, expens and dirt of coal 1 gas. 1 References to many of the nobxhty ana ! gentry