There was an attendance of about 300 present at the Government land sale here to-day. A good number of speculators from Dunedin were present, and some from Invercargill. The sale was held in Green's Assembly Rooms by Mr. R. B. Martin, Government auctioneer. The land was put up in the advertised order. Town and suburban land in East Gore sold well, and some sections in Waipahi brought good prices. Only one section sold in Kuriwao. Town sections in Wyndham excited considerable competition. The only three deferred payment sections brought high prices, after good competition. The following is the result of the sale :—

Chatton District.

Deferred payment.—Upset price, £3 per acre.

Section .16, block XL, 200 a. 2 r. 24 p. Five applicants were present, but the bidding was confined to two. The land fell to John Watt, at £6 an acre.

Section 18, block X., 299a. 22r. 38p. Four applicants present. A. Mellick bought at £5. 8s. 9d. per acre.

Section 1, block XII., eight applicants appeared, and there was strong competition. This fell to Mary Ann Styles, amidst applause, at £11. 12s. 6d. per acre. This was all the deferred payment land.

Town of East Gore

(Adjoining the Company's Estate).

Town sections, quarter acre.—Upset, £7. 10s.

In Block V., sections 6 and 7 fell to George Wilson, at the upset.

Block VI.—Sections 2 and 3 passed; section 8, George Wilson, £17. 15s., quarter acre; section 9, Thomas Henderson, £9. 5s., quarter acre.

Block VII.—Section 1, George Wilson, £26. 10s.

Suburban

(Adjoining the Company's Estate).

Block II.—Upset price £20 per acre; section 1 passed; section 2, 1r. 35p., John Lewis, at the upset.

Block VII.—Upset £10 per acre; section 14, 3a. 2r. 22p., J. Marshall, £17 per acre.

Block XX.—Upset £10 per acre; section 1, 6a. 3r. 22p., William McLeod. upset; section 2, 5 acres, William McLeod, upset; section 3, 5 acres, William McLeod, £16. 15s. per acre.

Block XX.—Upset, £15 per acre; section 4, 3a. 3r. 36p., Peter Traill, £16. 5s. per acre; section 5, 5 acres, Alexander M'Nab, upset; section 6, 5 acres, Alexander M'Nab, upset.

Block XII.—Upset price, £15 per acre; section 6, 3a. 3r. 19p., John Strauclian, £56. 15s. per acre; section 7, 3a. 3r. 18p., Alex. Brown, £16. 10s. per acre.

Block XXII.—Upset price, £20 per acre; section 3, 2a, 2r. 7p., Michael Dillon, at the upset; section 4, 3a. 0r. 4p., Robert Robson, £24. 10s. per acre; section 5, 3a. 0r. 4p., Robert Robson, upset; section 6, 3a. 0r. 4p., Thomas Moodie, upset; section 11, 1a. 1r. 17p., J. Marshall, upset.

Block XXIII.—Upset price, £15 per acre; section 13, 5 acres, J. Strauchan, upset; section 14, 5 acres, Lawrence page 38 Cody, £26 per acre; sections 15 and 16, 5 acres each, John Strauchan, upset.

Block XXIV.—Upset price, £10 per acre; section 3, 8a. 3r. 6p., John Lamond, upset; section 12, 5a. 0r. 15p., A. Brown, upset; section 15, 3a. 3r. 7p., Daniel Ryan, £18 per acre.

Black XXV.—Upset price, £15 per acre; section 1, 5a. 2r. 11p., Alex. Mair, upset; section 2, 5a. 2r. 11p., Alex. Brown, upset; section 27, 4a. 1r. 20p., Alex. Mair, £21 per acre.

Block XXVI.—Upset £10 per acre; section 1, 4a. 2r. 32p., John Cameron, upset; section 3, 4a. 2r., Thomas Moodie, £11. 10s. per acre.

Town of Kuriwao.

Town sections.—Upset, £7. 10s. quarter acre.

Block I.—Section 1, R. Bree, upset.

Town of Waipahi, Quarter Acres,

(Adjacent to Company's Property).

Town sections, quarter acres.—Upset, £7. 10s. Block I., sections 1 and 2, Christina Cameron, upset.

Block II.—Section 11, James Kirker, upset; section 14, Mary Ann Holmes, £8.

Block III.—Section 12, M. R. Bree, upset.

Block VIII.—Sections 10 and 12, Frederick Lichner, upset.

Block IX.—Section 6, William Matthew's, £9. 5s.; section 8, William Goldie, £5 10s.; section 21, William Goldie, £46; section 14, William Mathews, £13. 10s.; section 15, George Wilson, £13. 10s.; section 16, George Wilson, £17.

Block XII.—Section 18, Thomas Green, £9. 10s.; section 21, Donald Kelly, £8; section 22, M. R. Bree, £9.

Block XIII.—Section 10, James Green, £10; section 11, Thomson and Beattie, upset; section 12, Donald Kelly, upset.

Town of Wyndham, Quarter Acres,

(Within 15Miles of the Company's Estate on the banks of the same River,)

Town sections, quarter acres.—Block II., section 20, upset, £8, Donald Kelly, £9. 10s.

Block III.—Upset, £8; section 19, Donald Kelly, £10. 10s.; section 20, Donald Kelly, £8.

Block VII.—Upset, £8; section 1, M. R. Bree, £10.10s.; section 2, Rev. J. Henry, £8; section 35, Rev. James Henry, £8; section 36, Rev. J. Henry, £11.

Block VIII.—Upset, £8; section 1, Donald Kelly, £29; section 2, Robert M'Kay, £19; section 3, Robert M'Kay, £16. 16s.; section 4, Mathew Monaghan, £14. 10s.; section 5, O. Elliott, £14; section 6, Thomas Hoodie, £14. 10s.; section 7, Thomas Moodie, £16. 10s.; section 8, Thomas Hoodie, £16. 10s.; section 9, Thomas Green, £15. 10s.; section 10, Thomas Golder, £15; section 11, Duncan Davidson, £13. 10s.; section 12, John Russell, £11; section 13, John Gall, £13; section 14, John Gall, £12. 10s.; section 15, R. A. Elliott, £12. 10s.; section 16, R. A. Elliott, £12. 10s.; section 17, John Russell, £9.

Block VIII.—Upset, £7. 10s. Section 18, Thomas Golder, upset; section 19, Thomas Golder, upset; section 20, passed; section 21, John Gall, upset; section 22, John Gall, £8. 10s.; section 23, Donald Cameron, upset; section 24 passed; section 25, Thomas Golder, upset; section 26, Thomas Green, upset; section 30, R. A. Elliot, upset; section 31, Matthew Monaghan, upset; section 32, Robert M'Kay, upset; section 33, Robert M'Kay, upset; section 34, Thomas Green, £12.

Block XI—Upset, £7. 10s.; section 12, Thomas Green, £13. 10s.; section 13, Donald Kelley, £14. 10s.; section 14, Mr. Winter, £10. 10s.; section 15, John Templeton, £11; sections 16 and 17, passed; section 18, Winter, £11; page 40 section 19, John Templeton, £20; section 20, James Milne, £13. 10s.; section 24, Alfred Parker, £9; section 22, M. Monaghan, £8. 10s.

Block XIII.—Upset, £10. Section 10, R. A. Elliott, £10. 10s.; section 18, Hugh Carswell, upset.

Block XIV.—Upset, £10. Section 11, Thompson and Beattie, £11. 12s.; section 12, R. A. Elliott, £10; section 24, R,. A. Elliott, upset; section 25, Thompson and Beattie, upset; section 26, John Templeton, upset.

Suburban.—Block VI.—Upset, £5 per acre. Section 4, 4a. 2r. 38p., John Gall, £15. 10s. per acre; section 5, 4a. 2r. 38p., John Gall, £14. 10s. per acre; section 6, 4a. 2r. 38p., John Gall, £12 per acre; section 8, 4a. 2r. 38p., Thomas Golden, upset; section 9, 5a. 3r. 20p., Thomas Golden, upset; section 10,3a. 2r. 29p., Thomas Golden, upset; section 11, 2a. 1r. 15p., Thomas Golden, £7 per acre; section 13, 5a., W. S. Trotter, £12 per acre; section 14, 5a., W. S. Trotter, £13 per acre; section 15, 5a. 3r. 8p., W. S. Trotter, £18. 10s. per acre; section 36, 4a. 1r. 21p., R. A. Elliott, £6. 10s. per acre; section 37, 3a., James Walker, £6. 10s. per acre; section 38, 3a. 2r. 17p., James Walker, £10 per acre; section 39, 3a. 2r. 26p., James Walker, £6 per acre; section 40, 4a. 0r. 20p., James Walker, £10. 10s. per acre; section 45, 5a. Or. 39p., James Milne, £8. 10s. per acre; section 46, 4a. 0r. 2p., James Milne, £12 per acre; section 47, 3a. 1r., James Milne, £8.10s. per acre; section 48,4a. Or. 3p., James Milne, £7. 10s. per acre; section 49, 4a. 2r. 20p., James Milne, £7 per acre; section 50, 3a. 3r. 10p., James Milne, £8. 10s. per acre; section 57, 3a. 2r. 12p., William Goldie, £29 per acre; section 58, 4a. 0r. 2p., W. S. Trotter, £18 per acre; section 59, 5a., W. S. Trotter, £18 per acre.

Quarter acre, section 20—block VIII.—town of Wyndham, was sold to Mr. R. Bree, at £10; sections 16 and 17, block XI., to Hugh Carswell, at the upset.

Town of Waikawa, Quarter Acres,

(Within 10 Miles of the Company's Estate).

Block I.—Quarter acre, upset £7. 10s. Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8, fell to the Rev. J. Henry, at the upset; section 9, Rev. James Henry, £10. 10s.; section 13, Rev. J. Henry, upset; section 14, Rev. J. Henry, £8. 10s.; sections 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, all to the Rev. J. Henry, at the upset; section 21, Hugh Carswell, £11. 10s.; section 22, Hugh Carswell, £10; section 23, Hugh Carswell, upset; sections 24, 25 and 26, John Russell, at upset; section 27 and 28, John Russell, £8. 10s. each; section 32, John Templeton, upset; section 34, John Templeton, £8. 10s.; section 35, John Russell, upset; section 36, John Templeton, £10. 10s.; section 37, R. A. Elliott, £10. 10s.; section 38, John Cameron, £9; section 39, Hugh Carswell, £10. 10s.; section 40, Hugh Carswell, upset; section 41, Hugh Carswell, £12. 10s.

Town of Kelso

(Adjacent to Company's Property).

Block I.—Upset, £30 per acre. Section 3, 1r. 33p., John Howett, £49 per acre; section 3, 1r. 20p., George Wilson, £46 per acre; section 4, 2r. 29p., Thompson and Beattie, upset; section 5,1 rood, James Logan, £50; section 6, l rood, James Logan, £38; section 7, 1 rood, James Logan, £38; sections 8, 9,10 and 11, ¼-acre each, fell to John Macfarlane, at the upset; section 12, 1 rood, Thomas Mudie, £11. 10s.; section 13, 1 rood, Thomas Mudie, £8. 10s.; sections 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25, fell to Thomas Moodie, at the upset; section 26, Thomas Moodie, £10,10s.; section 27, Thomas Moodie, upset; section 28, Thomas Moodie, £16.

Section 6, block XII., James Logan, upset.

Town of Waikaia, Quarter Acres,

(Adjacent to Company's Property).

Quarter-acre sections—upset £7. 10s.

Block XXI.—Section 16, James McLean, upset; section

17, James McLean, £14.

Block XXIV.—Sections 18, 19 and 20, Edwin Dence, upset.

Block XII.—Sections 7 and 20, D. Matkeson, upset; section 21, D. Matkeson, £8. 10s.

Block VIII.—Section 17, George Wilson, £12; section 18, George Wilson, £13; section 19, Donald Matheson, £14. 10s.; section 20, Donald Matheson, £13.

Block XIII.—Section 18, George Wilson, £25. 10s.; section 19, George Wilson, £20. 10s.

Block XVII.—Sections 8, 9, 10 and 11, went to Donald Matkeson, at £8. 10s. each; section 13, Donald Matheson, upset.

Block XIX.—Section 15, John Russell, upset.

Waikaia District.

Rural land.

Block IV.—Section 17, 1a. 0r. 32p.; application for mill site—upset, £10 per acre. John Russell, upset.

Wyndham.—Upset, £2. Section 53, block IX., 128a. 3r. 34p., Gillies, Street, and Hislop, £6. 5s. per acre.

Glenkenich.—Section 19, block XIV., 6a. 2r. 33p., upset £6; Thomas Moodie, £7. 10s. per acre.

This concluded the sale, which had proceeded vigorously from noon until half-past 7 without an interval. It was excellently conducted by the Government auctioneer, without a dispute of any description.