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Otago Witness, Issue 359, 16 October 1858, Page 3

ENGLISH MAGAZINES and REVIEWS at Home Prices. For particulars apply to George Robertson, Bookseller, 85 and 87, Collins-street East, Melbourne WANTED TO PURCHASE, 1 Ofi HEAD 0F BREEDING CATTLE. lul/ Calves under six months to be given in. Apply to JonN jQXES. CATTLE. A GENTLEMAN having a RUN in the Molyneux District, is willing to take from 100 to 200 Head of Cattle on Terms. For particulars apply to John Jones, Dunedin. FOR SALE, 4 QUIET BROKEN-IN BULLOCKS. For particulars apply to John Goodall, Caversham. LOCAL MUNICIPAL ESTATE. RULES AND REGULATIONS For the Management by the Dunedin Town Board of the Lands reserved for purposes of public utility, vrithin the Town of Dunedin, by the Local Municipal Estate Ordinance, No. 23, 1857. 1. nPHAT the Lands shall be let for the folX lowing periods, viz. : — Town Lands, not exceeding 14 years. Suburban and Rural Lands, not exceeding 21 years. 2. Town sections may, at the discretion of the Board, be sub-divided and let in minor al- ! lotments. 3. All applications for Leases of the said Lands shall be made in writing, and directed to the Clerk to the Board. 4. A list of all such applications shall from time to time be advertised in the public newspapers of the Province, and a day appointed by said advertisement for considering and deciding upon such applications, the day so fixed being not lesq than one calendar month after the publication of such notice. 5. Upon receipt of such applications the Board shall, at a meeting specially called for the purpose, fix and determine the upset rent, term, and conditions of Lease of the Lands so applied for. 6. In the event of the applicant being then an occupant of the property applied for, or of only a part thereof, by having squatted and erected buildings thereon, the Lease, for the portion so occupied by such buildings, and no more, may either be awarded to such applicant without compeiition, or, at the option of the Board, the said buildings may be valued by the Board, and the Lease be competed for by the public generally; and in the event of any other than the owner of such buildings obtaining the Lease, the successful competitor for the Lease shall become bound and obliged, previous to obtaining possession of the premises, to pay to the owner of such buildings, at a period to be fixed by the Board, the amount at which the same shall be so valued. 7. In the event of the applicant not being an occupant as aforesaid, then and in that ease the Lease, at the upset rent and on the terms and conditions so fixed and determined, shall be open to public competition ; and if the applicant offers the upset rent, and there be no further offers, he shall be the tenant ; but if there be further offers, the highest offerer shall be entitled to the Lease. 8. If any person so occupying shall neglect or fail to make application for a Lease of the Land so occupied by him, within one calendar month after the date of publication of the Notice that such Lands are open for application, all preferable right in favour of that person will be, from that period, forfeited, and the Lands shall be advertised in the newspapers of the Province as open to any one for Lease. 9. All applications for Leases shall be decided upon by the Board at Meetings open to the public, and in cases of competition the same shall take place at such Meeting, and shall be conducted by a person to be appointed by the Board. 10. All Leases shall commence at and from the date of such last mentioned Meeting, and the various obligations of the Lessors and Lessees shall immediately thereafter become binding on both parties by a memorandum of the same, signed by the Chairman of the Meeting and by the Lessee, and the Lease, to be prepared with ail convenient speed thereafter, •hall be al their joint expense. 11. Before granting a Lease to any present occupant, the amount to be fixed by the Board as arrears of rent for the period of such occupancy 6hall be first paid to the Board, and in default of such payment within one calendar month from the date of awarding such Lease, the said Lands shall be open to applicants generally, and be dealt with as if they were not so occupied. 12. Certain Conditions of Lease for the Tarious descriptions of property shall be agreed upon and adopted by the Board, and all Leases shall contain these Conditions, and be prepared by a practising barrister or solicitor, to be named by the Board. 13. All moneys arising from the letting of the said Lands or otherwise shall be exclusively devoted by the Board to ihe purposes of watching, lighting, protection from fire, supplying with water, and improvement of the sanitary condition of the town of Dunedin, and for j a public clock. By order, MALCOLM GRAHAM, Clerk to the Board.