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North Otago Times, Volume IV, Issue 55, 9 March 1865, Page 2 (Supplement)

Government Notice.

CEOWN LANDS. Notice to Purchasers of Land undor the " Otago Land Eegulations of 1st April, 1856." J 1 1PIE Decision of the Supreme Court in the JL matter of the Attorney-General v. Jones, having been given in favor of tho Crown, the attention of purchasers of land under tho " Otago Land Eegulations, 1856," is directed to the following clause of the " Waste Land Act, 1863," No. 2 : — FORMER APPLICANTS MAT COMPOUND — TAKE PARi; — OP HIS LAND — OE COME UNDER THIS ACT. VIII. Any person who at any time beforo the passing of this Act shall have applied for the purchase of land, under tho Land Eegulations then in force, and shall have obtained from the Waste Land Board a certificate entitling him to take possession of tho land specified in his application, but who shall not have expended on such land Forty Shillings per Acre in Improvements, so as to entitle him to a Crown Grant thereof, xinder the said Eegulations, (hereinafter styled a " former purchaser,"; in ay elect to do any one of the following things : — 'COMPOUND. 1. To pay to the Eeceivcr of Land Eevenue, at his office, a sum of money equal to ten shillings per acre on the quantity of land comprised in his certificate, and bo entitled forthwith to a Crown Grant in fee simple, free from conditions. TAKE PAET OF HIS LAND. 2. To take a Crown Grant in fee simple, without conditions, for two-thirds in value of the land comprised in such certificate, to be ascertained to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands. COME UNDER THIS ACT. 3. To take a Crown Grant in fee simple, subject to the tax imposed by this Act, and the provisions hereof relating thereto, OTHERWISE TO STAND ON THEIR EIGHTS. IX. Any such former purchaser who shall not* within six months after the coming into operation of this Act, elect to do any one of the after-mentioned things, and signify the same in writing to the Waste Land Board, shall be deemed to have decided to stand upon his rights^ and to remain subjeet to his liabilities, as though this Act had not been passed. The attention of such purchasers is further directed to tho fact that the "Waste Land Act, 1863," No. 2, came into force on the 20th Sept., 1864," consequently the period within which a purchaser can elect to do any of the things set forth in sub-clauses 1, 2, and 3 of Section VIII., will expire on the 20th day of March next. "W. H. CUTTEN, Chief Commissioner. Waste Land Board Office, ' Dunedin, 20th February, I860.

Insurance Companies.

NOETH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY OF LONDON AND EDINBURGH. TjiSTABLISHED 1809. Capital,£2,000,000. Accumulated and Invested Funds, £1,37-1,000. The undersigned have been appointed the Company's Agents, and are authorised to insure against loss by fire upon the most favorable terms. Losses promptly settled. CARGILL k CO., Agents, Oamaru and Duuedin.

NEW ZEALAND INSUEANCE COMPANY, FOR Fire, Marine, and General Insurance. Capital, £250,000, With Unlimited Liability of all the Shareholders. THIS COMPANY undertakes the Assuranee of Stores, Shops, and Buildings in which Trades are carried on, Dwellings, Farmhouses, &c, Merchandise, and Goods of every description, Haystacks, Ships in harbor, in dock, and on slip, at rates of premium as advantageous to the interests of the assured as those offered by any. other Office. Tables of rates, printed forms of proposal, and all requisite information, may be obtained here from TRAILL, ROXBY & CO., Agents for Oamaru. Losses settled by the Agents here.

To Let.

nnO LET, with immediate possession, the JL business portion of those premises (with or without Bakehouse), known as COOKHAM HOUSE, Thames-street, Oamaru ; Doing a largo trade in Provisions, Grocery, Wines and Spirits, Drapery, Crockery and Glassware, Boots and Shoes, Fancy Goods, &c. This business is one of the oldest established in this flourishing Township, situate midway between the Post-office and Court-house. To a business man with capital, this is an opportunity rarely to bo met with, Oamaru being the key to the most extensive agricultural and pastoral district in New Zealand. Eent moderate. Terms liberal, and coining-in easy. For further particulars, enquire of the undersigned, on the premises. S. GIBBS. Oamaru, Feb. 14, 1865.

ry\ o let. Double Cottage, containing 7 rooms, to be let in 3 or 4i rooms, or the whole if required. Separate entrances to each part. Apply to H. FRANCE.

OTEPOPO HUNDEEDS. "VTOTICE.— All Persons running Cattle on _L 1 the above Hundreds, without having a License to depasture them, aro requested to take out Licenses immediately, otherwise they are liable to be impounded. Licenses can be had from, any of the Wardens. <- ' | For th ins, ■C. WHITEHEAD, Secretary. Otepopo, 28tl- B65.