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60th mile Ashburton Coal- and timber-site No. 37, in As'ti burton Station-yard 40 ft. frontage Indefinite ; terminable on three months' notice J. Tucker, of Ashburton, coal and timber merchant S. B. Seymour, of Christchurch, dentist S. J. Adams, of Waimate. timber merchant Department of Agriculture, Wellington W. J. Jenkins, of Waddington, farmer 1/10/99 £10 per annum j Quarterly, on 1st Oct., 1st Jan., 1st April, and 1st July Yearly, on 1st July Private treaty. Whitecliffs Branch 12th mile Waimate - Gorge Branch, 1st mile Main line, 237th mile Whitecliffs .. Hut No. 205, at Whitecliffs .. 12 ft. by 12 ft. Five years; terminable on three months' notice Five years; terminable on six months' notice Indefinite; terminable on one month's notice Seven years 1/7/99 £1 per annum.. Private treaty. Waimate Piece of railway reserve at Waimate Piece of railway reserve in Dunedin Railway Goods-yard Portions of railway land in Block II., Hawking Survey District Pieces of railway land in Town of Hampden Two lots of railway reserve at Kelso Site for rabbit-packing shed at Lumsden Piece of railway land at "Port Chalmers 3a. Or. 24p. 1/7/99 ; £5 10s. per annum Half-yearly, on 1st July and 1st Jan. Public tender. Dunedin 35 ft. by 15 ft. 1/9/99 | One peppercorn per annum 1/10/99 i £1 per annum.. , Private treaty. Malvern Branch, 21st and 22nd miles Racecourse Hill 4a. 2r. 8p. Yearly, on 1st Oct. Private treaty. Main line, 181st mile Hampden 2a. 2r. Op. Five years Mary Quinn, of Hampden, settler Duncan McRae, of Kelso, labourer R. and F. Wallis, of Gore, fellmongers A. E. Moss, of Port Chalmers, fruiterer 1/10/99 ! £1 8s. 9d. per annum 1/10/99 ; £3 12s. 6d. per annum 1/10/99 SI per annum.. Yearly, on 1st Oct. Publio tender. Tapanui Branch, 16th mile Kingston Branch, 50th mile Port. Chalmers Branch, 2nd mile Addington - Hurunui Railway — 2nd mile.. Kelso la. Or. 27p. Seven years Half-yearly, on 1st Oct. and 1st April Yearly, on 1st Oct. Publio tender. Lumsden 15 ft. by 15 ft. Indefinite ; terminable on one month's notice Indefinite ; terminable on three months' notice Private treaty. Port Chalmers 476 square feet 1/10/99 815 per annum Half-yearly, on 1st Oct. and 1st April Public tender. Riccarton Piece of railway land near Fendalton Part of Sections 63, 64, and 65, Town of Kaiapoi Part of Rural Section 1696, Rangiora Survey District 2a. 2r. Op. Seven years F. Selwyn, of Fendalton, gardener Fred Thome, of Kaiapoi, farmer J. J. Y. Baber, of Rangiora, medical practitioner J. E. Hanson, of Upper Riccarton, butcher . 1/10/99 j £3 per annum.. Half-yearly, on 1st Oct. and 1st April Yearly, on 1st Oct. Private treaty. 13th mile Kaiapoi la. lr. 6p. Seven years 1/10/99 £4 10s. per annum 1/10/99 £2 per annum.. Publio tender. Rangiora - Oxford Branch, 1st mile Rangiora Oa. lr. 37p. Fourteen years ; terminable on six months' notice Half-yearly, on 1st Oct. and 1st April Private treaty. Main line, 11th mile Sockburn Piece of railway land near Sockburn 17a. Or. Op. Five years 1/10/99 j £7 10s. per annum Half-yearly, on 1st Oct. and 1st April Private treaty, after public tender.