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Jan. 30, 1878 East Invercargill Otago 2,000 300 acres, Seaward Forest 300 acres, Seaward Forest 1,100 acres, Seaward Forest Selected on Run No. 188, Southland District. North-west corner of selection overlaps selection of South Invercargill. Nov. 12,1877 South Invercargill Otago 2,000 Selected on Run No 188, Southland District; partly overlaps selection of East Invercargill. First application was 11th August, 1877, for 2,000 acres in Seaward Forest. Invercargill possesses town lands 121 quarter-acres, bringing in a total present rental of £217 7s. Selection made in Seaward Bush ; ground presently occupied by saw-millers. Commissioner of Crown Lands sees no objection to grant if saw-millers are allowed to finish. On 27th August, 1877, Corporation of Invercargill were informed that steps would be taken to reserve the land for Corporation, but that the grant would be delayed until riehts of sawmillers were expired. fa Selected in Dalhousie Hundred. June 12, 1877 Invercargill Otago 2,000 Nov. 7, 1877 Lawrence Otago 2,000 1,000 acres, Tuapeka West 556 acres, Waipori District 582 acres, Waipori District Aug. 2, 1877 Maori Hill Otago 2,000 Council were requested to make selection, but papers do not show that this has been done. Could be given endowment on Jttun JNo. 48. ° Parts of Runs 24-A, 90, and 72 (lease expires 1881, 1880, 1879). Council were informed, 7th September 1877 that another selection must be made, and that it should be forwarded through Commissioner of Crown Lands Could be given endowment on Run No. 48. Part of Run 219, included in reserve for endowment of Strath^Taieri Railway. Lease expires 1883 On 22nd April Municipal Council reports that it still adheres to this selection, provided possession is given before expiry of lease. Aug. 17, 1877 Mornington Otago 2,000 1877 Naseby Otago 2,000 1,925 acres 3 roods 35 perches, Kyeburn and Swinburn District Feb. 12, 1878 Naseby Otago The Corporation of Naseby also desires 20,000 acres of Run No. 222 to be declared a commonage, but open at the same time tor agricultural lease and deferred-payment settlement. The Naseby Hospital asks for an endowment of 2 000 acres on Kun 222. ' Selection made in Waihemo Hundred. Cannot be given effect to, as land has since been disposed of. Could be eiven endowment in Run No. 48. _ Sele, er i0,Lmade 1 in Table HiU Di3trict' and V^rtlj in Run No. 52b. Commissioner of Crown Lands ordered bv Hon Mr. Macandrew to reserve land from sale, January 11th, 1878. First applied for 2,000 acres on Run No. 80, but were informed selection must be made from land open for sale Second application, 16th November, 1877, for Sections 25, 43, 44, 45, and 46, Waihemo District. 1,526 acres 29 perches has been open for sale for eight years. It is purely pastoral country. Mr. Geo. McLean suggests that these town reserves may be vested in Corporation under " The Reserves Act 1877 " Selected 2,000 acres in Kurow District (Hon. R. Campbell's Run No. 28). It is part of 9,000 acres now under survey for settlement. On 28th November, 1877, by direction of Hon. Mr. Macandrew, the Council was requested to make another selection, which apparently lias not been done. Roslyn Municipality recently got land in Block X Dunedm and East Taieri District, within their extended boundaries, proclaimed as an endowment. Further endowment could be made on Run No. 48. Part of Block XI., Maerewhenua. This has been proclaimed. On Run No. 178, and in Spylaw Hundred, part of Block XVIL, Crookston. North-East Valley Otago 2,000 556 acres, Waipori District. 2,000 acres, Table Hill Oct. 20, 1877 Jan. 10, 1878 Aug. 11, 1877 Milton ... Palmerston South Otago Otago 2,000 2,000 1,526 acres 29 perches, Waihemo Sept. 21, 1877 Aug. 2, 1877 Palmerston South Roslyn Otago Otago 97-3-14 2,000 550 acres, Waipori 1877 Sept. 14, 1877 Oamaru Roxburgh Otago Otago 1,771 2,000 1,350 acres 24 perches, Spylaw Hundred 511 acres 2 roods 17 perches, Dart District 744 acres, Run 48 June 18, 1878 Queenstown Otago 2,000 1,604 acres of surveyed land in Block I., Upper Wakatipu, and III. Dart District. The balance of the 2 000 acres to be selected from land adjoining III N.B.—Queenstown has already got Pigeon Island as an endowment (500 acres). 4 ..? ' °n Dlstnct > under Pastoral lease until 1882. Could be given endowment out of Run .No. 48. Part of Block XVIL, Crookston, Spylaw Hundred. A former application was made August 9tb, 1877 for 2 000 acres on Run No. 140, but was refused as not open. Selection made in Block VIII., Waihemo. Cannot be given effect to, as land is partly disposed of. Endowment could be made on Run No. 48. Aug. 28, 1877 South Dunedin ... Otago 2,000 Jan. 8, 1878 Tapanui Otago 2,000 1,473 acres 2 perches Feb. 23, 1878 West Harbour ... Otago 1,991 500 acreB, Run 48