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Lyttelton Times, Volume VI, Issue 331, 2 January 1856, Page 3

New Zealand to Wit, — Province of Canterbury. WHEREAS a Writ, under the hand of Jamks Edward Fitz Gjciiald, Esquire, 'Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, [Tijs., &«•! bearing dale the Twentieth day of ■November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, hath been directed to me, John Watson, Esquire, Returning Officer for the Akiirou District, requiring and commanding me tv cause to be elected, by und from amongst the voters disqualified for that purpose, freely and indiflerent- | ]y, and in manner and form by law prescribed, One Person to serve as a member of the Pro* ; vincial Council, in the place of the Reverend I William Aylmer, resigned : —Now therefore, 11, the said John Watson, Esquire, Returning | officer for the Akaroa District, do hereby in purJsuance of the said recited writ, give 1 notice that | a public meeting of the electors of th,c Akaroa $ District, will beholden at the licsidetn MagisI trate's Court, at Akaroa, on Wednesday; the 2nd | day of January, 1850, at noon, for the purpose [ of nominating One Pirson to serve as a member j of the Provincial Council of Canterbury, for the I Akaroa District, and in the event of a poll being demanded for the candidates or any of them, such polling shall take place on Thursday, the 3rd day of January, 1856, in the Resident Magistrate's Court House, at Akaroa; the I voting to commence at any time after nine o'clock, a.m., of the said day, and to close at four o'clock, p.m., of the same day. John Watson, Returning Officer. Akaroa, 29th Nov., 1855. j SALE OF TOWN RESERVES. j Provincial Secretary's Office, I Chrislchurch, 28th, Nov. 1855. J PUBLIC NOTICE. ITTIS Honor the Supehintenpent di--1,-*-"; rects it to be notified for public inforjma^on, that the Town Reserves of Christ- | church are open for Sale on the following |terms; and that a Map signed by the ProI vincial Engineer, may be seen during Office I hours, in the Provincial Secretary's Office, fChristchurch, setting forth the Sections into | which the land will be divided for the purJpose of sale, with a list attached, describing |the number, measurement, contents, and upI set price of every Section. | 1. Every person desirous of purchasing |any p---tion of the Town Reserves must a written application, addressed to the stating the section or jsections which he or she is desirous of purchasing, and describing the same by referifence to the number on the Map and List "'above referred to. ■| 2. Land so applied for will be put tip at Auction, at the upset price specified jon the List, not being less than after the | rate of Fifty Pounds per acre. 0 3. Any number of sections comprised in 1 one block, and named in one application, not ;; exceeding five acres, will be put up to Auction as one lot. 4. In every case of purchase of land not ; exceeding half an acre, a deposit of Ten per ; cent, of the purchase money must be paid 'at the Auction, and the remainder within ;one week thereafter, at the end of which f period if the purchase be not completed, the will be again immediately put up to | Auction and the deposit forfeited. ? : 5. Any quantity of land exceeding half an :^acre may be acquired either by absolute j purchase on payment of the purchase money provided by the 4th term of sale, ■ or by lease, the lessee undertaking to purchase the land on the following terms, viz.: —Ten per cent, of the purchase money to be paid at the Auction,—thirty per cent, within ■ th'Sr^years thereafter, —the remainder on or y^troV» the expiration of the lease. The flease to be fdv a term of years not exceeding ,Seven, at an annual rent of Seven per cent. ,/:On the unpaid portion of the purchase y^oney, and to contain, in addition to those under the Conveyancing Ordinance |Covenants by the lessee for the payment of the