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Otago Witness, Issue 1851, 17 August 1893, Page 24

Government Notifications. SMALL GRAZING RUNS OPEN FOR APPLICATION. FIVE SUBDIVISIONS' of RUN 137 (paft of Bellamy Station). FOUR 'SUBDIVISIONS of RUN 170b (part of Beaumont -Station), and ONE SUBDIVISION of RUNS 300 and 301 (part of Tapui and Tokarahi Stations) will be OPEN for APPLICATION under the Small GraziDg Run System at this Office, on> and after TUESDAY, August 29/ 1893. Possession of Subdivisions of Runs 137 and 170b will .be given on date of approval of application by Land Board, and the half-year's rent paid as. deposit will be in discharge of amount due on Ist September next. Possession of , the Subdivision, of Runs 300 and 301 will not, however, be given, till January 1, 1894, and the half-year's rent paid, will be in discharge of the amount due on March 1, 1894. Amount of valuation for improvements mustbe lodged with application, and all payments made by cheque must have exchange added. Applicants may apply for more than one Run, provided the aggregate area applied for does not exceed 5000 acres. An applicant, however, can bold only one Run, and he must take the first one for which he is successful at ballot. Posters containing full particulars will shortly be exhibited at the various Poit , Offices, RailwayStations, &c. Plans, form of application, and further information can be obtained at this, ° ffiCe * J. P. MAITLAND, 4 Commissioner of Crown Lands. Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, Ist August 1893. 3au APPLICATION FOR LICENSED HOLDING. Otago District, • August 10, 1893. To the Warden at Dunedin, Otago. J HEREBY APPLY* for a LICENSED HOLDING for Gold Mining purposes, under the provisions of " The Mining Act 1891," of the Lands hereinafter described, which have been 'duty marked in accordance with the Mining Regulations."; w . SOOULAE) Applican? . Name and address in full of applicant— William Scoular, merchant, Dunedin. • Style under which it is intended to conduct the business— Prince George. ' Locality where the land applied forts situated —Section 6, Block VII, Nenthorn District. Extent of land applied for— 3o acres. , Amount of capital proposed to be invested— £1000. Proposed mode of working the .land— Sinking and driving. . Term for which license is required— Twenty-one years. General remarks— This holding'is that formerly held by the Barewood Quartz Mining Company, Limited. Dated at Dunedin this tenth day of August 1893. The above Application and any Objections will be heard at the Warden's Office at Dunedin on . September 1, 1893. Any person desiring to object to the issue of a license for the land applied* for must, within 20 "clear days from the date of .such application, enter his objections at the Warden's Office at Dunedin. 17au WM. E. SESSIONS, pro Warden.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. mHB, UNDERMENTIONED OPERATIVES ARE AWAITING ENGAGEMENT AT the Office in Government Buildings, Dunedin :— 2 BRICKLAYERS 1 12 CARPENTERS 3 ENGINE DRIVERS 1 ENGINEER 3 MINERS 4 FARM LABOURERS 1 GROOM < 30 LABOURERS • 5 PLATELAYERS 2 PAINTERS, 4 PLOUGHMEN 1 FITTER Wm. FARNIE,27a Bureau Agent. GOVERNMENT- LIFE INSURANCE ** DEPARTMENT. Established 1870, A. fe\r of the leading features of this Department are— 1. STATE GUARANTEB.T-Every policy is guaranteod by the State, an incalculable advantage which cannot be offered by any other office doing business in Australasia. 2. LOW PBEMIUMS.— The premiums are lower than the participating rates of any other office doing business in Australasia. 3. LAUGHS BONUSES.—In spite of the low premiumi, a cash surplus of £233,000 was declared at the . last valuation (December, x8go), of which £200,000 was divided, and the balance reserved. -- - FUNDS AT PRESENT DATE ARE APPROACHING TWO MILLION POUNDS. ANNUAL INCOME EXCEEDS £830,000, 1 '