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Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3309, 3 October 1871, Page 3

■ .. r-* THIS DAY, TUESDAY, 3rd OCTOBER. IMPORTANT SALE OF BOOKS. MR JAMES SMITH has received instructions from Messrs W. & G. Turnbull and Co, to sell by publio auction, at their Warehouse, adjoining the Empire Hotel, without reserve, A valuable consignment of Casaell's publications, consisting of about 2,000 volumes of superbly bound and illustrated works, among which will be found — ■ CasseH'B Illustrated Readings Do Natural History Do Biographical Dictionary Do History of England Do British and Colonial Atlaa Scott's, Moore's, Longfellow's, and other Poetical Works Library of Wonders, Scenery of Greece, and a well selected assortment of other works Catalogues will be ready on Saturday. Sale at 11 o'clock. Termß liberal. "•''•" No reserve. ' = _:._Jo_c; , AUCTION NOTICE. IN Consequence ef the Football Match taking place this day, the Sale of Wines, Spirits, Beer, and other Merchandise, was POSTPONED until TUESDAY NEXT, at Mr Dranefield's stores. R. J. DUNCAN, Auctioneer. Wellington, 29th September. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4th, 1871. HUTT MARKET. MR J. H. WALLACE will sell Horses, Cattle, and Sheep. Sale at 2 o'clock p.m. TUESDAY, 24th OCTOBER, 1871. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon. DUNEDIN GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY, LIMITED, DUNEDIN, OTAGO, NEW ZEALAND. BY PUBLIO AUCTION. DRIVER, STEWART, & CO, are instructed on behalf of the Debenture Holders of the Company, to sell by auction, at their Wool Stores, High street, Dunedin, on the above date, Without reserve, The whole of the property of the Company, consisting of — All that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Town District of Dunedin, containing by admeasurement two acres or thereabouts, being part of section number 8, Block VII., on the Record Map of the said district, bounded towards the north-east 191 feet and 7-lOths o£ another foot, by the Government Main Road, leading from Dunedin to tho Peninsula ; southeast, 452 feet and 3-10ths of another foot, by section number 7; south-west, 191 feet and 4-lOths of another foot, by other part of the said section number 8 ; and northwest, 452 feet, and 3 lOths of another foot, by the Government Road through the said section number 8 ; which said piece or parcel of land ia held by the Company under a Lease, dated the 20th day of November, 1862 (registered number 3933). granted to them for a term of 21 years, from the Ist August, 1862, with a perpetual right of renewal upon and under such terms and conditions as are expressed in the Lease, at an annual rent of £50, payable half yearly. Together with A cottage, stable, and office, purifying house, governor house, store, and smithy, store, fowl houses, hut, and water closet; retort house, including unused portion of roof; base of large chimney stack, to accommodate four retort beds, built at the unfinished end of retort house ; temporary chimney and retort bed, condenser, foundations, tar tank and well, bridge and sundry plant, gas holder, tank, and syphon well plant, consisting of refcorf?, hydraulic main, condenser, purifyer, holder, governor, &c, mains, service pipes, and meters. The property offered for sale is subject to an underlease thereof, dated 31st March, 1866, (registered No. 12,890), from the Company to Mr S. S. Hutchison, for the whole of the term of the original lease, less the last 10 days thereof, at the yearly rent of £2400, payable quarterly. The underlease is now vested in Henry Alers Hankoy, Esquire, for the residue of the term thereby granted. Evory renewal of the lease to be granted, HiUat be applied for in writing two years before the end of the current lease. The new rent, if not agreed upon, is to be fixed by arbitration, and in ascertaining the value of the land, the Gas Works are not to be taken into account. If no renewal be taken, the Company or their assigns may remove the Works. The sale is made under a Deed of Mortgage, dated 29th September, 1864, registered No. 9068), from the Company to John Reid Maokonzie, Esquire, as the Manager of the New Zealand Banking Corporation, Limited (now wound up), and under a Deed dated, 18th. September, 1865 (registered No. 11,266), from the Company to Mr Mackenzie, being a deed of further charge in favor of the Bank, and a charge in favor of the Debenture Holders of the Company, who are now offering the property for sale through Mr Mackenzie, as their Trustee, to satisfy the amount of the Debenbentures held by them, together with interest. Copies of the Leases and Mortgage Deeds can be inspected at the Deeds Registry, Dunedin, on referring to the registered numbers given above, and the originals at the Office of Mr Cook, Solioitor, Dunedin. Further particulars can be obtained on applicatiou to the Auctioneers, DRIVER, STEWART & CO, At their Wool Stores, High Btreet, Dunedin ; MR COOK, Solioitor, Dunodin. ARRAUD'S ART UNION Fob 1871, Will consist of the following Prizes to be distributed among 150 SUBSCRIBERS OF £1 Is EACH, To bo paid before the Day of Drawing. THREE OIL PAINTINGS, By H. Barraud : " The Sound of the Drum," " Mare und Foal," " Wild Flowers," Value sixty guineas. Six Water Color Drawings and four Sepia Sketches of the Lake District in the Middle Island, by C. D. Barraud. Lake Manawapouri Lake Mavora Wai-au River, Southland Lake Wakatipu, with view of Mount Ernslaw View near Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu View near Kingston, Loko Wakatipu Value sixty guineas. Sixty-two Chromolithographs, Autotypes, and Photographs of Pictures by well-known Artists, value thirty guineas. SEVENTY-FIVE PRIZES IN ALL. The List ia now open afc Barraud's Art Room, where the Pictures will be on view, and so soon as the List is completod, the Drawing will take place, of which due Notice will be given; E DONALD, Edou Vale Nursery and • Pleasure Garden, Karori. Accommodation ior Wedding Parties or Single Lodgers.