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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXIV, Issue 9662, 26 October 1882, Page 3

SALE OF PASTOEAL LEASES OF CROWN LAFDS. PEELIMINAEY NOTICE. General Crown Lands Office, Wellington, 20th September, 1882. /~\NE million seven hundred and fifty \J thousand acres of Crown lands will shortly he open for pastoral lease in the Provincial District of Otago, New Zealand. This country is at present held under lease in forty-six runs until the first of March, 1884, and will again be offered, hi runs suitable to the nature of the country : hut no lessee will he allowed to take up more than will carry twenty thousand sheep or four thousand head of cattle. . ■ The leases will he for a term o£ years to he hereafter determined ; c hut in no case will any lease he for a period exceeding twenty- one years. Compensation for improvement up t 0 three years' rental will be allowed at th c enHof the lease. In order to give new pastoral lesse c time to make arrangements, the license, will.in terms of the Land Acts, he sold by public auction, at the Land Offices Dunedin, in the latter end of February, 1883, twelve months before possession is to be given. One year's rent will he payable in advance on the license at the time of sale. The country has been occupied for upwards of twenty years. It is well grassed, wellwatered, sound and healthy. Distance from port by. good roads and railways part of the way, from thirty to one hundred and fifty miles. Maps and further particulars will he obtainable shortly at the Land Offices of New Zealand, and at places in the Australian Colonies, to be named in ftvture advertisements. Wm. Eolleston, Minister of Lands. THE EDUCATION BOARD OF THE DISTRICT OF WANGANUI. A PPLICATIONS are invited from /\ Certificated Teachers competent to fill the following positions in the Boys' District High School, Wanganui, viz. :■ — Head Master, at a salary of £400 per annum. Second „ „ „ 250 „ Third „ „ „ 200 „ Fourth „ „ „ 150 „ The Head Master must be able to teach Latin, Greek, Mathematics, and French or German. The Second Master will receive the fees for instructing the Pupil Teachers, amounting to about £15 per annum. Applications, stating age, with copies only of testimonials, must be forwarded to the Secretary on or before the 24th November, and successful candidates will be required to commence their duties on Monday, the 15 th January, 1883. A. A. BROWNE, Secretary. WANGANUI AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION. ANNUAL SHOW, 1882. Extract from the Wangantti Cheonicle of October 20. "DEFORE leaving the implements we must JL) not overlook the collection of drays shown by Mr Gavin Hamilton, all of them of a solid and durable character, worthy of the establishment they emanated from. • • • • • In the course of the afternoon the competition for the best-shod horse took place, Messrs T. Hamilton, W. Armstrong, and R. Shannon entering the lists. The contest was keen, but in the end Mr Hamilton was decided the winner both as to the draught horses and thoroughbreds. Prizes. — Implements : Mr G. Hamilton, wharf dray, Ist. Miscellaneous : Best farm cart, Mr G. Howe's prize, £1 Is, Mr Gavin Hamilton. The firm have, during the last four years, been constant takers of both first and second prizes. HAMILTON'S SHOEING FORGE, RIDGWAY-STBEET. Good news f roni Home, Good news for me, Has come across The deep blue sea. TX7HAT is it? Why, Thomas Dudson, ■VV Saddle and Harness Maker, has started business in Wanganui, where he intends to Manufacture all kinds of Saddlery, and so encourage Local Industry. I will have always on hand it complete assortment of Paddles Whips Bridles Spurs Gig, Cart, Buggy and Waggon Harness. T. D. would call special attention to his Collars and Saddles, which will be made to order on the premises, and guaranteed to please. A trial is solicited. Orders by telegram or post punctually attended to. Workmen sent into the country when required. Note the address, — THOMAS DUDSON, Saddi.ee, Next F. R. Jackson's Sale Yards, Avonue. FLOWER SEEDS"! 4 S this is tho best season for sowing choice A Flower Seeds, call or send to JAMES LAIRD'S, Taupo Quay, for a collection to suit the size of your garden, at the following low prices : — 6 varieties, extra choice ... Is 9d 12 „ „ „ ... 3s 25 „ „ „ ' ... 5s 50 „ „ „ ... 9s gent post free, with descriptive list, to any part of the colony on receipt of stamps or P.C JAMES LAIRD. MONEY. p/^frAON Freehold Security. £2500, otOc/v/ in one or more sums, on Freehold Security. Apply to ARTHUR FILMER, Ridrwav-street, Wanßanui. "PROPERTY ASSESSMENT ACT, 1879." Distbict of Wellington. IN accordance with section 30 of the above Act, I, the Property-Tax, Commisßioner, do hereby give public notice that the twentieth day of December next is the TIME, and the office of the Property-Tax Commissioner, Government Buildings, Wellington, is the PLACE, at which all persons in the District of Weliington are required to furnish statements of all real and personal property belonging to them, in accordance with the said /»ct and the Acts amending the same. Dated this nineteenth day of October, 1882. J. SPERREY, Property-Tax Commissioner. N.B. — Forms of Statement will be delivered to all persons as far as practicable, but, as the duty of procuring such forms is cast upon the public, no person is excused from neglecting to provide liimself therewith. Persons can obtain forms from the Assessors of divisions, in. the above distriot A