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Wellington Independent, Volume V, Issue 415, 3 October 1849, Page 4

WANGANUI RACEJS. ATA MEETING held nt the Commercial XX Hotel on Monday, the 10th September, it was determined that the above Rnces should take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 6th and 7th of November, 1849. Wftuganui, September 11,1849. Meeting of Land Owners. At a Meeting of Land Purchasers and holders of Compensation Scrip, held at Barrett's Hotel, on the sth September, 1849, it was moved by Dr. Featherston, seconded by Captain Sharp, and carried unanimously: 1. That land owners desirous of exchanging sections, be requested to send in writing to the Principal Agent of the New Zealand Company on or before the Ist day of October next, .a statement of the sections they propose to abandon ; and that the re-selection shall take place, in accordance with the terms arranged at previous meetings, on the ICth day of October next, at the Company's office, at 12 o'clock. Parties not to be considered as having finally thrown up their sectinos, until they have expressed their decision on the day appointed for , re-selecting; and it being further understood and agreed that parties'desirous of re-selecting in tho ! Rangitiki district are at liberty to postpone making their re-selections until the Compensation block ia surveyed. Tt was moved by Mr. Moore, seconded by Mr. Parker, and carried unanimously: 2. That in exchanging country sections for town sections, the lands so to be exchanged shall be valued respectively by R. Park, Esq., on behalf of the New Zealand Company, and by Captain Sharp on behalf of the land owners. Any difference of opinion to be settled by a third party to be named by the valuers; it being understood "that the value of the town sections shall be fixed before the Ist day of October nest —any difference in value to bo adjusted in land. It was moved by Dr. Featheiston, seconded by Mr. Harrison, and carried unanimously: 3. That Mr. Park be deputed to select two or more blocks of 5 or 0,000 acres each comprising the best land in the Rangitiki and Turakina districts, and that as soon as the Survey of these blocks shall be completed, the holders of one or more compensation scrip, who intend choosing in the recently purchased districts, shall be called upon to select within these blocks, holders of several scrips being entitled to select their lands in blocks outside of the surveyed districts. W. Hickson, Chairman. N. B.—The reselections are to be made previous to any selection being made in respect of the compensation scrip, according to the following terms arranged at previous meetings : 1. Holders of the first series are entitled to resclect according to their original order of choice, ia the Wellington settlement, and in the recently purchased districts, previous to the holders of the second series. 2. Holders of the second series are entitled to reseleet in the Wanganui settlement according to their original order of choice, previous to the holders of the first series, and in the Wellington settlement and in the Rangitiki district after the holders of tho first series; the latter class having tlie privilege of reselecting in the Wanganui settlement nfter the holders of the second series have made their reselections. Wellington, Sep. 7, 1849. POEIRUA. OR SALE, the produce of Manawatu andelwrwhere:— 50 tons potatoes. The above will be delivered to a purchaser at any port in New Zealand. Also.-— Always on hand, Kartell's Brandy, Rum, Gin, Port and Sherry Wine, Bottled Ales and Porter. Van Diemen's Land and New Zealand-Flour (finest quality.) Sugars, Teas, Coffee, &c. A few kegs good Tobacco. Blankets, Calicos, and slope of all description*. ALSO, 12 Head "f Heifers and Cows, some ■wltaciilvae by their side and others in calf, now depasturing at Porirua. J. RHODES. Paramatta, Feb. 14, 1849.