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14 of 404 a) it is proposed to sell for cash by public auction at Gore, along with other education sections in Waikaia and Wyndham, on a day near Christmas, exact date to be fixed after hearing from Mr. Maitland. Section 14 of 404 a to be offered on pastoral lease. Ask Board to fix upset rental and term of lease, say ten years. Please bring these matters before Board next meeting, as plans cannot be published until full particulars are known. Ask Board also to fix upset price of cash sections. Settlers petitioned Otago School Commissioners in June last for a cemetery near Balfour— Longridge railway siding. Chief Surveyor has been instructed to see you about reserving suitable area of, say five acres from one of the sections. Feas. Stevens, Commissioner, Crown Lands, Invercargill. (for Under-Secretary for Lands).

No. 24. The School Commissioners, Dunedin, to the Seceetaey, Education Department. School Commissioners of Otago. (Memorandum.) Education Eeserves Office, Dunedin, 10th May, 1884. I have the honour to inform you that at last meeting of the School Commissioners the following resolutions, dealing with the .lands reserved from the Waikaia runs for settlement, were adopted, and I am directed to request you to take the necessary action to have them carried into effect by the Crown Lands Department, in terms of sections 53 to 57 of "The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882 " : " That the land in the education reserves in the Waikaia district not hitherto dealt with shall be disposed of henceforward in the following proportions : One-third for cash, and two-thirds on deferred payments; and also that the Government be requested to give effect to the foregoing resolution." The lands referred to above consist of the following blocks : Waikaia district, Blocks 1., YIL, VIII., IX., XI., and XII., the total area being about 11,108 acres, and the blocks are shown in the attached plan as being enclosed in a red margin. With a view to laying off village settlements, as recommended by the Hon. Mr. Solleston, several small sections have been made in Blocks VII., 1., and IX. I enclose a schedule giving the numbers and areas of the various sections, and will forward plans as soon as they are completed. I presume that lithographs showing the classification of the sections will be prepared by the Crown Lands Department, as formerly. J. P. Maitland, The Secretary, Education Department, Wellington. Chairman.

Waikaia District.

No. 25. The School Commissioners, Dunedin, to the, Seceetaby, Education Department. School Commissioners of Otago. (Memorandum.) Education Eeserves Office, Dunedin, 15th May, 1884. I have the honour to forward herewith an amended schedule of sections'in the Waikaia district, which please substitute for thejone attached to my letter of the 10th instant, and also change the figures giving the total area from 3,942 acres to 11,108 acres. Sections Ito 6, Block IX., are not coloured in the plan, as they were surveyed before the lithograph was coloured, but they are included in the list of sections for sale. J. P. Maitland, Chairman, The Secretary, Education Department, Wellington. (per C. Macandbew).

Sec. Block. Area. Sec. Block. Area. Sec. Block. Area. Sec. Block. Area. 6 7 3 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 3.1 VII. A. B. P. 143 1 14 55 1 27 46 1 28 49 0 19 49 0 6 49 0 27 48 2 0 50 0 0 46 1 0 160 0 0 189 1 22 201 2 14 281 3 13 160 0 0 160 0 0 80 3 0 37 38 39 40 41 42 vin. A. It. V. 313 3 16 283 3 0 318 0 0 320 0 0 306 0 0 291 2 0 8 XII. A. E. P. 210 3 8 1,484 0 28 19 0 15 39 0 20 50 0 0 43 3 13 48 0 10 41 1 4 30 2 18 50 0 0 24 2 32 34 2 12 50 0 0 44 0 11 24 3 8 24 3 26 27 0 24 20 0 0 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18* 19* 20* 21* 22* 23* 24 25 26 27 28* 29* 30* 31 32 33 IX. A. B. P. 10 1 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 *• 1 o 3 4 5 6 XI. 3,192 3 28 197 1 35 I 811 1 0 315 3 24 157 0 18 272 2 23 160 0 0 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 07 68 71 0 0 80 0 0 207 2 10 169 0 32 i [1,770 3 10 159 1 2 304 1 8 251 3 26 242 0 32 174 0 0 228 0 24 XII. 1,4.14 1 25 176 2 0 VIII. 1 2* 31 82 33 84 35 36 4 5 6 7t .197 1 20 298 2 0 320 0 0 281 0 0 IX.578 0 33 137 2 0 54 2 0 59 0 10 9 10 10 0 0 6 0 0 465 0 12 Mining reser e. ■]■ Omitted.