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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2735, 27 December 1881, Page 4

GJ-ovevjroieiKt m otioes. NEW ZEALAND-RAILWAYS. FARES CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAB HOLIDAYS. ALL Ordinary Single Fare Tickets issued on 23d December, or on any day up to and including 3rd January; will ■ be AVAILABLE for return up to and including 7th January. W. M. HANNAY, Traffic Superintendent. Traffic Superintendent's Office, Dunedin, Dec. 14, 1881. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. CANTERBURY INTERIOR MAIN LINE (Oxford-Malvern Section.) WEST OXFORD CONTRACT. FORMATION PERMANENT WAY AND BRIDGES. TRITTEN TENDERS will be received f at this office until Noon of TUESDAY, the 3rd January, 1882, for the above Contract. They are to be marked on the outside," Tender for West Oxford Contract," and addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Dunedin. Telegraphic tenders similarly addrcssedand marked, will be received if presented at any Telegraphic Office by noon of the same date, provided that written tenders are lodged at any District or Resident Engineer's office by the same hour. Drawings, specifications, and general conditions may be seen at this Office, and at the Public Works Offices at Aucnland, Wellington, and Christchurcb. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. By command, W. N. BLAIR, Engineer-in-Charge, Middle Island. Public Works Office, Dunedin, 3rd Dec, 1881. SALE OF PASTORAL LEASES OF CROWN LANDS. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. General Crown Lands Office, Wellington, 7th Nov., 1881. HREE MILLION ACRES of Crown lands will shortly be open for sale and lease in the Provincial District of Otago, New Zealand. This country is at present held under lease in large runs until the Ist March, 1883. These runs, after agricultural blocks, townships, plantation and other reserves have been taken, will be sub-divided into areas of about two or three thousand acres and upwards, according to the nature of the country, and will be offered for lease or for sale on pastoral deferred-payments in terms of " The Land Act, 1877," and " The Land Act Amendment Act, 1879." The agricultural blocks will be forthwith surveyed, and will then be offered for selection on immediate and deferred payments. Areas exceeding 5,000 acres, will be let as runs for ten years, from the Ist March, 1883, with pre-emptive right over 320 acres for homestead. Areas under 5,000 acres will be generally for sale on pastoral deferred payments. In order to give new pastoral lessees time to make thej licenses will, in terms of the Land Acts, be sold by public auction, at the Land Office, Dunedin, in the latter end of February, 1882, twelve months before possession is to be given. One year's rent will be payable in advance on the license at the time of sale. The pastoral deferred payment sections will be offered for sale by public auction probably in November or December, 1882 ; possession on March 1, 1883, Terms: A deposit of one-thirtieth of the price of the land on purchase, the balance in halfyearly payments extending over fifteen years. Residence within twelve months is compulsory, and must continue for five years. Balance of instalments may be paid at end of ten years, in which case Crown grant issues. The country has been occupied for upwards of twenty years. It is well grassed, well watered, sound and healthy. Distance from port by good roads, and railways part of the way, from 30 to 150 miles. Maps and further particulars will be obtainable at the Land Offices of New Zealand early in December next, and at places in the Australian Colonies to be named in future advertisements. Suitable blocks of land will also be surveyed immediately in the Provincial District of Canterbury, for sale on pastoral deferred payment, and will be offered for sale about March, 1882. WM. ROLLESTON, Minister of Lands. IHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR ' GIFTS. T. G. ROWLEY. « SOUTH CANTERBURY TIMES." riHK following AG3NTS have been L appointed for this journal : Timaru .. Washdyke Temuka .. Waimate .. Geraldine.. Pleasant Point Ghristohuroh J George Pearson •* |T. Collinß .. F. Watson .. J. Clilit:i .. J. Graumau ~ J. Freeman L. Morris .. E. F. Cogan RANTED AGENTS for the Sale anu 'V delivery of this Journal in various parts of the South Canterbury district. To efficient agents a liberal allowance will be made. Apply, Manager, S.C. Times Office, Timaru.