cc Auction Advertisements. of ie Tl J- ARK SPROT & CO. Stock Agents and Auctioneers, ■h HOKITIKA SALE YARDS, iy it Revell-street, Hokitika. )- Shipments and consignments of every s » description of Stock and produce adit vanced upon, and sales undertaken 11 at ordinary rates. Storage of the 0 best description, and Yards, Pens, J and every requirement for the sale ■ q of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs, &c, &c. Under cover if reauired.j . 949 1 THIS DAY, TUESDAY, MAY 9. MARK SPROT & CO. will sell by auction at Arahura — XX HEAD Fat Cattle, and ; ty SPRINGERS, ' t / For Mi John Ferguson. I £ A HEAD Fat Cattle, OU Wm. En^ors. i Kflfl P]BIMFj Fat Wethers, D\) v Messrs Gordon and Holmes. ! Sale at 12 o'clock. 614 b [ Tenders. rriENDERS are invited up to noon on X Monday, 15th inst., for the erection of a Store in Sewell-street. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Plans and Specifications may be seen on application to JAMES CnESNEY & CO., 608 b Wharf-street. Notices ELECTION NOTICE. HOKITIKA ELECTORAL DISTRICT. TN pursuance of the provisions of an Act -*• of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled "The County of Westland Act," 1868, I, GERARD GEORGE FITZGERALD, Esq., Returning Officer for the Hokitika Electoral District, do hereby give notice that an ELECTION will be beld for the return of one qualified person to serve as a member of the County Council of Westland for the said Electoral District, in the room of Walter Scott Reid, Esq., resigned ; and that the Nomination of Candidates will take place at the Warden's Court, Hokitika, at noon on Friday, the twelfth day of May, 1871, and that the polling (if necessary) will be taken on Friday, the nineteenth day of May, 1871 ; and I further give notice that at such Nomination every Candidate must be proposed by an elector duly qualified to vote at the election, and seconded by another elector so qualified. Dated this 6th day of May, 1871. G. G. FITZGERALD, Returning Officer. The following is the polling place for Ilokitika Electoral District : — The Warden's Court, Hokitika. Dated this 6.h day of May, 1871. 616 b County Chairman's Office, Hokitika, 2nd May, 1871. "VTUMBER 5 being the only Section of -*-^l the Kanieri and Kokatahi Road, for which the Tender was accepted, fresh Tenders will be received at the County Chairman's Office for the remaining 13 Sections, until noon on FRIDAY, the 26th instant. Further particulars can be obtained at the County Engineer's Office, Ilokitika. A. E. TENNANT, 623 b Chief Clerk. BAND OF HOPE. GOLD MINING COMPANY (REGISTERED). fpENDERS are invited for the purchase X of the above Company's Machinery, Plant, and Lease. The property consists of one horizontal engine, 20 horse power nominal, with multitubular boiler ; 1 small portable engine, winding gear, trucks, cages, 136 ft Sin pumps, with rods, mountings, &c, complete ; engine and boiler shed, store room, office, poppet heads, self feeder, flat sheets, ropes, blocks, miniug tools, &c. Further particulars to be obtained from the manager, on the claim. Sealed Tenders for the whole, or portions of the property, to be sent to the Company's office, before 8 p.m., on Wednesday, May 17th, 1871. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. By order of the Directors, THOMAS LEE, Legal Manager. Ross, May 3, 1871. 624 b ALL SAINTS' CHURCH. THE ANNUAL PARISH MEETING will be held TO-NIGHT, at 7.30 p.m. 625 b LAND. LAND. LAND. J. J. KEON, General Commission Agent, Wharf-street, Hokitika, XTNDERTAKES the Purchase of Land \J at the Waste Lands Board, and taking up Crown grants, and all other business connected with the General Land Agency. All meetings of the Waste Lands Board attended. 560 b