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Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 338, 15 January 1861, Page 2

A BARB OPPORTUNITY Of obtaining a BUILDING ALLOTMENT within a utone's throw of the Court House, Nelsou, on very moderate and easy terms. I "MESSRS. NASH AND SCAIFE have -*-'-*• received instructions to offer for sale by auction at their rooms, Bridge-street, TO-MORROW (Wednesday) at 12 o'clock, and immediately after the sale of Mr. rearce'B land, All that other portion of TOWN ACRE, 455, (in lots to suit purchasers) having the FRONTAGE TO TRAFALGAR-SQUARE, and bounded on the other sides by land belonging to Mr. C. Elliott, and Mr. E. Fearce, and by a private road. The land is perfectly level, and has recently been thoroughly drained; it is planted with fruit and .forest trees, and enclosed with a live hedge; and from its close proximity to the centre of the town, combined with the healthiness and comparative retirement of the country, it offers advantages as a site for cottage and villa residences, that are now rarely to be met with. Upset Price: Frontage to private road, 15s. per foot; Frontage to the Square, 255. per foot. A plan is on view at the office of the Auctioneers, and intending purchasers are invited to inspect the ground previous to the sale. Terms liberal. Title, Crown Grant. 87 MESSRS. NASH AND SCAIFE WILL SELL BY AUCTION AT THEIR WAREHOUSE, BRrDGE-STREET, SUNDRY GOODS, EVERY SATURDAY, , .; ■ ;. AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. 97. FLOUR. WITHOUT RESERVE. MESSRS. NASH AND SCAIFE will sell by auction at their Warehouse, Bridge•treet, immediately after the Land Sales advertised for Twelve o'clock TO-MORROW, 16th instant:— Oue ton Nelson FLOUR, in lots to suit purchasers. Terms cash. Nelson, 15th January, 1861. 94 BOUT 7000 COUNTESS SLATES for SALE. Price £15 per thousand. Early application is necessaiy to B. MOORE. Trafalgar-street, January 11. 80 ALTERATION OF ROADS. THE undersigned hereby gives notice, that he intends to APPLY to two or more Justices of the Peace having jurisdiction within the Province of Nelson, at a sitting to be held on MONDAY, the 11 tli day of March now next, at the Court House, Richmond, for an order for STOPPING UP the un-der-mentioned Roads; and further, that he will cause a Sui vey Plan of the roads proposed to be stopped up, together with a Book of Reference and Estimate, to be deposited, on or before the 28th day of January next, •with the Clerk to the Magistrates at Richmond, and with Mr. GEORGE WALKER, Constable forWaimea West. To stop up a certain road in Waimea-west, commencing at the north corner of Section 119, and proceeding 66 chains in a south-west direction, 35 chains west-north-west, between sections 137. 138, 140, and 5 Also that road, 34£ chains long, lying between sections 5 and 7, commencing at the south coiner of Section 7, and terminating At its western corner. JOHN KERR, Farmer. Waimea-west, January 9th, 1861. 81 WAKEFIELD STORE. J WILKINSON avails himself of the • prest-nt opportunity of thanking the inhabitants of the district for the support which has been accorded to him since commencement, and begs to call attention to the following list of prices. Best Colonial Ales, under 10 gallons, 3s. per gallon. " 20 " 2s. 9d. " " over 20 " 2s. 6d. " Harvest Ale, 2s. per gallon ; over 5 gallons, Is. 9d. per gallon. English Bottled Ale and Stout, 14s. per dozen, Is. 3d. per bottie. Colonial ditto, 9s. per dozen, Is. per bottle. Brandy, ss. per bottle. Rum and Old Tom, 3s 6d. per bottle. Geneva, fis. 6d. per bottle. Port and Sherry, from 3s. 6d. per bottle. Groceries of the Best Description at Nelson prices. An assortment of Drapery, Hosiery, Gloves, Haberdashery, <fee, &c. N.B.—Sawn Timber and Produce taken in exchange. 78 NELSON INSTITUTE. THE ANNUAL MEETING of the MEMBERS of the NELSON INSTITUTE will be held in the Reading Room, on MONDAY, January 28, at half-past Seven o'clock in the evening, for the purpose of hearing the Auditor's Report, and electing Officers for the current year. Rule 25. " Members wishing to pi opose persons to serve any office, shall give in the names of such persons in writing to the Secretary, at least seven days prior to the day of election. All office bearers shall be chosen from the persons on the list found qualiged, and from none other." 77 rPHE MEMBERS of this INSTITUTE ■*- are respectfully informed that the SUBSCRIPTIONS for this year are now due. Terms; — For the Reading Room, per annum, 10s. For the Library. " " 10s. Payable yearly or half-yearly, in advance. All subscriptions promised towards the erection of the New Institute are requested to be paid in at once either to the Treasurer, Mr. O. Curtis, or to the Librarian, Mr. George Jackson. JOHN PERCY, 76 Honorary Secretary. MONEY TO LEND. THE TRUSTEES of the NELSON SAVINGS' BANK are ready to LEND the sum of FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS, in sums of £100 and £200, upon Mortgage of Freehold property situate within twelve miles of the city of Nelson. H.D.JACKSON, 75 Manager and Accountant. IMPOUNDED at the POUND, SPRING -*■ GROVE, a WHITE and RED STEER, about two years old, and branded on the oft rump with a horse-shoe with a stroke through it. This is to give notice unless CLAIMED in 21 days from this date it will be SOLD to pay expenses. WILLIAM MAGOWAN, Poundkeeper. Waimea-south, January 8. 84 QCHOONER SPRAY, from Melbourne. *2 —CONSIGNEES are requested without delay to pass Entries, present Bills of Lading, and pay Freight to the Undersigned, as the above vessel will < SAIL FOR WELLINGTON on the 16th instant. 8« JAMES CUMMINS. NOTICE. ALL DEBTS due to the undersigned J^"L muit be PAID on or before the Ist February next, and all claims due by him must be sent in by that date, he being about to leave the Province. Accounts unsettled after the Ist February will be placed in the hands of a solicitor for recovery. HENRY JASPER, Mitre Hotel. Nelson, January 14th, 1861. 93 IrTHE advertiser would he happy to com- *■ municate with any person who may have a "•tock of RELIGIOUS TRACTS at his disposal, and b«gß to intimate that an excellent channel is now 'open for their distribution. . I. M. HILL, Bibla Depot, Ift - . Wkime*-iti<Mt.