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the settlers under/the Otago Scheme should, in accordance with the pledges made to them, be maintained in ' the 'full right to carry out within their own block (should they so desire it) the work of special colonization which they have, as a body of Scotch Presbyterians^ so jsuccessfully instituted. Let the working man, the yeoman, aud the cultivators of large capitals by employment of labour, consider the opinions we now offer. Let all such parties, whether in the colony, or who may yet come to it, in virtue of a patrimonial right in the fair dispensation of public lands, let them say whether the wholesale jobbing away of these lands into the hands of a feir ought not to be firmly arrested, and whether parties who' would bring that system (for the sake of a lion's share in it) into what may be called the yet virgin Province of Otago, ought not to be resisted. We are of opinion they ought, and that conditions, easy and reasonable, but calculated to ensure the occupation and improvement of the land, ought to b9 made a condition of title to all; that these conditions, as- regards the working mair; being reasonable and fully within^hiiTreacli, the same conditions ought proportionately to apply to all other purchasers — and in such wise, that no man, large or small, should acquire more of the public lands than he can turn to account, for his own use and the public well-being. Such, under this head, are the principles of the Otago Scheme, and those principles are too sound to be upset, iv place of being modified in details, as we have proposed — and this point is equally applicable to the whole Province. W. Cargill. Dunedin, 12th Dec. 1854. CONTRACTS FOR PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT. Superintendent's Office, Dunedin, 20th December 1854. HHENDERS in Duplicate will be received at A this Office on or before the 4th day of January 1555, from Persons willing to Contract for supplying the Provincial Government with the undermentioned Articles in such quantities as may be required for the half-year ending 31st March 1854 :— Firewood. Tenders to state the price per Cord, piled up at the respective places where the same is at present piled at this Office, and at the Gaol, Dunedin, respectively. Stationery. Bound Books, 5 quires, 13 by 8 in. ) per „ 7 do. 13 by 10 in. j quire. Foolscap at per ream, Ist quality. „ „ 2nd do. Note Paper, at per ream Envelopes, foolscap, at per 100 „ letter and note, at per 100 Blotting Paper, at per quire Parchment (dimensions of skin to be stated in tender) Steel Pens, Magnum Bonum, at per dozen Pencils, best drawing, at per dozen Sealing Wax, at per lb. &c. &c. &c. Further particulars will be obtained on application at this Office. JOHN LOGAN, Clerk to the Superintendent. EX " STAR" AND OTHER ARRIVALS. TTIMALAYA Cloth— Mohair, Drab, Blue, O. and Green Coburgs — Alpaca Lustres — Hoyle's Prints, fast colours — While and Gray Calico — Twilled Calico for sheeting — Ginghams — White and Coloured Stays — Bonnet and Cap Ribbons — Edgings — Shawls — Ladies' and Gentlemen's Kid Gloves — Infants' Cashmere Hoods and Cloaks — Short Robes — Blue Striped and Regatta Shirts — Tweed, Cord, and Moleskin Trowsers — Cloth Caps — Pea Jackets — Vests — White and Scarlet Blankets — Ladies' and Children's Cloth Boots — Pins, Needles, Reel Cotton, Hooks and Eyes, Linen Thread. One Crate Crockery. A superior Assortment of Pocket and Pen Knives — Adzes — Pit-saw, Hand-saw, and Crosscut-saw Files — a few Buttons — American Axes — Nails. For Sale at Mayo's Store, High Street. EX PUDSEY DAWSON & ASHMORE, ONE Case Ladies' and Misses' Straw, Dunstable, Tuscan, and Chip Bonnets One Case Misses' and Boys' Leghorn, Tuscan, and Divnstable Hats — Ladies' Leghorn and Brazil Riding Hats One Case White and Coloured Bonnet Ribbons Also, Men's and Boys' Leather Belts Black and Blue Cloth Caps White and Blue Serge Winseys, Derries, and Blue Drugget AUoa Stocking and Fingering Worsted Aberdeen Ribbed Socks and Stockings White and Blue Cotton Stockings ! Earlston Ginghams and Hoyle's Canlbric Prints Berlin Wool and Wax Dolls Blue Serge Shirts, double-backed 1 Bale Blankets, 9-$ and 10-J wide White and Coloured. Counterpanes MRS. BAIN, Princes Street. Dunedin, 21st December 1854. WANTED TO PURCHASE, FROM 1000 to 2000 WETHERS, 4 to 6 tooth. J. JONES. FOR, SALE, A PAIR OF FANNERS, Scotch-made. Apply to Wm. Currie, Burnside, Lower Kaikorai. TO make room for fresh arrivals per " Simlah," shortly expected, the Undersigned is Selling Off his present Stock at much Reduced Prices for Cash. On Hand — Men's and Boys' very superior Cloth Caps Men's Felt Hats, best quality Men's Watertight and Blucher Boots Women's Cloth and Cashmere Boots Woollen and Cotton Hosiery Blue Serge and Striped Shirts Waterproof Coats Linen Bed Tick and Sheeting Strong Linen Shirting and Linen Trowser Check Huckaback and Diaper Towelling Table Linen Carpenters' Tools 30-Hour Clocks, best quality Ironmongery, &c. &c. w . Also - Brandy, Gin, and Whisky, best quality JOHN SIDEY.