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Otago Witness, Issue 2087, 22 February 1894, Page 24

Government Notifications. mHE CHEVIOT ESTATE. NOTICE IS HEREBy"gIVENT that the remaining portion of the Cheviot Estate (42,214 acres) will be disposed of as follows :—: — SEVENTEEN C 4 RAZING FARMS, comprising 27,713 acres, will be open for application FUR LEASE for 21 years on and after MONDAY, the sth day of March 1834, at tho Lands Ofhces, Christchurch, Timaru, and Cheviot, at rentals varying from Is \)A to 4? per acre per annum, and areas from 477 ncres to 3000 acres. ELEVEN GRAZING FAR MS, comprising 14,501 acres, will be offered for sale by public auction FOR CASH, at the Crown Lands Office, Christchurch, on TUESDAY, 6th March 18^4, at 2 o'clock p.m. Upset prices from £2 5s to £3 10a per acre, areas from 88 acres to 2000 acres. Plans and terms, with full particulars of the lands and a brief description of each section, can be obtained at any Land Office in the colouy. JOHN M'KENZIE, 20f Minister for Lands. SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT. AUCTION OF PASTORAL LEASES. ■"VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the jj( following Pastoral Leases will be submitted to auction in the I«and Office, Invercargill, at Noon, on WEDNESDAY, the 28th February 1894 :— Run No. 359, Nokomai, Southland County, 19,300 Acre 3. High summer country ; 7 miles Eatt of Garston Kailway Station ; 5000 ft above sea level ; siiowgrass, fern, find other sparse native vegetation. Term, 21 years from Ist MARCH 1595, at upset annual reutal of £10. Eun No. 4JB, Eyre, Southland County, 4GOO Acres. High summer country, situate to the South-west of tho Mataura River and adjoining Eyre Peak ; elevation st,ooft ; vegetation, snowgrass, fern, cotton plant, dec. Distance from Fairlight Hail way Station about 9 miles. Term 21 years from Ist MARCH 1895, at upset annual rental of £i 15s lOd. Run No. 133, Wa'rio, Wallace County, 2465 Acres, situated between Wairio Hill and Woodlaw Forest, at an elevation of about 900 f t; hilly country, with tussock, fern, flax, and a few isolated clumps of birch bush, capable of carrying 700 to 800 sheep during greater part of year. Distance from Woodlaw Railway Station about three miles. Term, from year to year, at upset annual rental of £20 10s lOd. Run No. 143 c, Wairio, Wallace County, 1350 Acres, situated North-west of Morley Village and adjoining same. Sterile clay soil growing chiefly stunted Manuka. Comparatively low country. Term, from year to year, at upset annual rental of £11 G. W. WILLIAMS, Commissioner of Crown Lands. Crown Lands Office, Invercargill, 9th January 1894. LILLB.URN BRIDGE CONTRACT. JUNCTION OF LILLBURN AND WOODLANDS ROADS. r I RENDERS are invited and will be received X up till Noon on WEDNESDAY, the 28th day of February 1894, at this Office for Constructing a TIMBER BRIDGE of Five Spans, of 20 feet each, together with wing walls, &c, across the Lillburn River at the junction of Lillburn and Woodlands Roads. Specifications may be seen at the Survey Office, Invercargill. Tenders to be addressed to Chief Surveyor, Invercargill, and marked outside, Tender for Lillburn Bridge Contract. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. G. W. WILLIAMS, Chief Surveyor. Department of Lands and Survey, Invercargill, 9th February 1894. Tsf DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR, mHE UNDERMENTIONED OPERATIVES ARE AWAITING ENGAGEMENT AT tho Office in Government Buildings, Dunedin :— ENGINEER 3 MINERS 4 FARM LABOURERS 30 LABOURERS &TONK MASONS 1 BLACKSMITH. Wm. FARNIE Bureau Agent.