DUNEDIN.
Wednesday. The sale of 21 years' lease of the Harbour Board's endowments took place today. A telegram was received from the Government withdrawing all opposition. The highest price realised was £5 6s per foot. The buyers were Messrs Docherty, Guthrie, Bradshaw, Proudfoot, "Webb, and Elliot. Thirty sections averaged about £2 17s per foot. The Crawford street block will realise an annual revenue of £3,500, and the St. Andrew's block, £4,000.
The alleged libel case af Macassey and Reed has been adjourned till Thursday week.
A~ return of the land revenue of Otago, exclusive of Southland, for the month of May, is £10,642.
At the Waste Lands Board to-day, Mr Bastings, M.K.E., slated that thousands of pounds could be put in the Government chest by setting aside land for township sites.
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2916, 20 June 1878, Page 2
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