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Lyttelton Times, Volume V, Issue 243, 28 February 1855, Page 5

NOTICE. To Merchants and Contractors. fpHE Pbovincial Govebnment are ,-*■ prepared to receive tenders for a contract •^supply about Sixty Thousand, feet of Sawn Timber for the building of the Provincial Council Chamber and Government Offices. Particulars of- the Contract' and invoices of the boards and scantling required-will be ready for inspection at the office of Public Works in Christchurch, and at the Resident Magistrate's Office, Lyttelton, on and after Wednesday, the j 4th inst. The Timber must be delivered on the ground. The Tenders must be sent into this office on or before Wednesday, the 28th inst. (this day). The Government will not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. For the Provincial-Secretary, T. B. Keele, Chief Clerk. Prorincial Secretary* Office, Chris-church, Feb. 5,1855. Provincial Secretary's Office, Christchurch, 27th November, 1854. HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be notified that all persons who shall henceforth encroach on the land reserved for public roads within the Province, either by digging ditches, or raising banks thereon, will be prosecuted, and that those persons who have already so encroached will be liable at any time to be called on,to replace the soil so removed or to remove the banks so made. By order of His Honor the Superintendent, H. G. Goui,__nd, Provincial Secretory. To Holders of Pasturage Licenses within the Canterbury Block. ."VTOTICE is HETtEBY given that all "-•-^ Runs granted for the depasturing of Stock within the Canterbury Block will be considered as open for re-selection unless the license for the same be renewed by payment of the rent within one month after it has become due. Wi_-_-iam Guise Bhutan, Commissioner of Crown Lands, Province of Canterbury. Land Office, Christchurch, April 4tli, 1854. LIVERPOOL AND LONDON jffixt an& %ik Insurance (ZDompang. Established in 1836. Empowered by Act of Parliament. THE AMOUNT OF CAPITAL Subscribed exceeds -£1,500,000. The Liability of the Proprietors is declared by the Company's Act of Parliament to be unlimited. BUSINESS; Insurance against Loss by Fire of Property o every description. Life Insurance in all its branches. Insurance of Leases for Years, by which the value of Property so held is made equal to freehold. LIFE DEPARTMENT. Parties Insuring in'the above Department are allowed to reside in any part of New Zealand or Australia (excepting the''Diggings.") FmE DEPARTMENT. Since its establishment in 1836, the Company has paid, for Losses by Fire, the sum of _£241,000; This fact is the best evidence of the service it has rendered the public, and the strongest ground on which to rest its claims to public favour. The premiums are moderate; the settlement of claims liberal and prompt. PREMIUMS. On detached Dwelling Houses) £1 percent per and Property therein. . .) annum. On Warehouses and Stores. . ... 2 do. do. On Hotels and Lodging-houses . 3 do. do. No charge for Policy, however small the amount of Insurance. Agents jar New Zealand : COOKSON, BOWLER, AND Co., Lyttelton. WILLIAM BOWLER, SON, AND CO., Wellington Who are fully empowered to issue- Policies, and settle Claims, on satisfactory proof of Loss and to appoint Agents in theother Settlements.