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West Coast Times, Issue 1003, 9 December 1868, Page 3

Auction Advertisements. FRIDAY, 11th DECEMBER, 1868, At 12 o'clock sharp. Valuable Freehold Property, TancredStreet, RICHARD REEVES, T7IAVORKD with instructions from Mr JP Malcolm:.. will sell by auction on the premises, Tancred-streef, ofl Friday,11th inst., at 12 o'clock, nooii,— That valuable and well situated property in Tancred-street, at present occupied by Mr Malcolm. On the ground is erected a wellbuilt and well- finished threeroomed Cottage; also, the buikling at present used by Mr Malcolm as a School, which, at a trifling expense, could be converted into a comfortable sixl'domed House: The. property has a frontage of 83 feet to Tancred-street, by 80 feet in depth. In consequence of Mr Malcolm having determined to proceed to Kngland, the property will be sold positively without reeervei TerniSj liberal} — At Sale, title— Crown Grant. RICHARD REEVES, 4415 Auctioneer. Notices. CAUTION. THE following Clauses of " The Weights arid Measures Act, of 1868," are published for general information i— Clause I.— The Short. Title of this Act shall be, " The Weights arid Measles Act, j 1868 ;" and it shall come into operation' on I the First day of January, One thousand eight hundred aud sixty-nine. Clause 45. — If any person use or hav c in his possession any weight or measure other than those authorised by this Act or some aliquot part thereof, or which has not been marked as aforesaid or which (not being in the possession of a seller of weights and measures for the purpose of sale 011I3') has not been stamped' as aforesaid except as herein -before fexcepted tir which is found to be light or otherwise unjust or if any person use or have in his possession any false or imperfect : scales balance steelyard beam or other wei'jhing machine he shall on conviction forfeit any sum not exceeding ten pounds and any contract bargain or* sales niade by any such unstamped weights and measures or such false or imperfect scales balances steelyard beam or weighing machine shall.be wholly null and void and every such light .. unjust or ..unstamped weight or measure or false or imperfect scales balance steelyard beam or weighing machine shall on being discovered by any Justice or Inspector of Weights and Measures be seized and on conviction of the person using or possessing the same shall be forfeited.

Clause 47. — If any person wilfully obstruct resist hinder or oppose any Inspector of Weights and Measures in the execution of his office or if any person selling conyeying or carrying by weight or measure refuse to. produce- and deliver his weights measures scales balances, steelyards beams or other weighingmachinesto suchjlnspector or to any Justice he shall on conviction forfeit and pay for every such offence any sum not exceeding ten pounds. ROWLAND DAVIS, 4412 Inspector.

Government Noticed. rfIHE following Town, Suburban, and •■*- Rural Sections will be put up to auction at the sitting of the Waste Lands Board, to be held on Friday, the 18th instant, at the Land Office, Hokitika. Sale to commence at noon :—: —

No<of Ura'tPrice Value of Section. l ' ' Improvements £ a. d: £ s. d. * 781 ' 8 5 0 45 0 0 784 16 10 0 30 0 0 824 16 10 0 25 0 0 832 16 10 0 25 0 0 K33 16 10 0 25 0 0 842 16 10 0 25 0 0 852 16 10 0 25 0 0 863 16 10 0 45 0 0 877 16 10 0 25 0 0 882 16 10 0 25 0 0 1112 .860 25 0 0 1140 8 5 0 25 0 0 1142 16 10 0 25 0 0 1161 17 5 0 33 0 0 1170 16 10 0 25 0 0 1174 16 10 0 25 0 0 1177 16 10 0 33 0 0 1184 16 10 0 25 0 0 1191 *8 5 0 25 0 0 910 16 10 0 25 0 0 937 16 10 0 -25 0 0 974 12 5 0 30 0 0 975 12 5 0 25 0 0 987 12 5 0 25 0 0 988 12 5 0 25 0 0 1000 16 10 0 25 0 0 1068 16 10 0 30 0 0 1795 16 10 0 25 0 0 1253 16 10 0 27 0 0 1257 16 10 0 25 0 0 1261 16 10 0 25 0 0 1265 19 10 0 25 0 0 1266 • 14 10 0 25 0 0 Unimproved. No. 841.— £12. „ 1225.— £12. „ 1126.— £6. Suburban. No. 1109— £30. ■ Fihst-class Rural. No. 1116— £6 „ 1117— £35. G. S. SALE, Chief Commissioner. Malcolm Fraskr ~\ Jas A. Bonar f C()mmissioncrs . A. Mowat f G. WiNTKIt J Land Office, Hokitika, Bth December, 1868. 4416 ALL Claims, Rights, and Privileges, lawfully held by Miners and others, will be protected on the 9th, 10th, and lltli of December, 1868; the election of members «>f the County Council and of the Road Boards taking place on the lOth of December, 1868. JAS. A, BONAR, Hokitikn,