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Press, Volume XIV, Issue 1863, 5 April 1869, Page 1

Government Notices. LOCAL MANUFACTURES. | HE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL having I authorised a sum of £3000 to be expended in PREMIUMS for the encouragement of the Manufacture of Woollen Cloths and Beet Root Bugar, and of local industries, the Provincial Government is desirous of receiving applications from any person or persons who may be prepared to establish 'Manufactures of the kind proposed. The Government will be ready to enter into an engagement with person, who will afford a satisfactory guarantee of their ability to carry out any such undertaking to leave the bonus open to be claimed by them within a specified time. The Premiums offered are—For 5000 yards of woollen cloth ... £1000 For the manufacture of 100 tons of goOd marketable sugar from Beet Root grown in the province £1000 For the establishment of a Manufactory ifbr the Export of Proserved Fresh Meat, the sum to be paid on the Government being satisfied that not lees than 100 tons have been exported, and that there is a reasonable prospect of the manufactory being a permanent success ... ... ...£IOOO Applications will be received until noon of the Ist day of July, 1869. EDWD. JOLLIE, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Christchurch, March 25,1869. 3-27 | THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT of CANTERBURY, New Zealand, is prepared to RECEIVE PROPOSALS for the CONSTRUCTION of a RAILWAY between Christchurch and the South Bank of the River Kowai, a distance of. about 'sijc miles, in accordance with tho following resolutions of the Provincial Council :-— " 1. That capitalists be invited to undertake the construction of a cheap railway from Christohurch to the South Bank of the Kowai, and to furnish the necessary rolling stock, buildings, &c." "_}. That it he a request to the Government to take by Ordinance or otherwise such steps as may be necessary to make £30,000--of the unexpended balance of the loan, and any interest that may accrue thereon, available as a fund for guaranteeing capitalists' interest on the cost of the said railway." "3. That before any tender be accepted the sanction of the Provincial Counoil be first obtained." Further information can be obtained from the Secretary for Public Works, Government Buildings, Christchuroh..'•*-**.■•■.: \, WM. ROLLESTON, Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury. Superintendent's Office, Christchurch, Feb. 11,1869. 2-12 P U B L I O N OTIC E. IMMIGRATION. THE PROVINCIAL GOVERMENT will ; receive applications for free, passages for single women-—domestic Beryants-—between the ages of fifteen and -thirty-five j and for assisted passages for fatuities and single men. Terms can be ascertained on application at the Immigration Office. By order of his Honor the Superintendent, DAVID M. MACKAY, Immigration Officer. Immigration Office, Christchurch, June 18, 1868. £20 TENDERS wilUbe. RECEIVED at this OFFICE until noon of the 14th day of APRIL, from PERSONS DESIROUS of CONDUCTING the LOWER RAKAIA FERRY. | The new lease to commence from the 30th of April next, at which date the present lease expires. Tenders to state the amount of subsidy required for one year. Terms of lease can be seen at this office. EDWD. JOLLIE, Secretary for Public Works. Public Works Office, Christohurch, March 25,1869 3-27 [ . TO UNDERTAKERS. THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT invitee TENDERS for furnishing PAUPER FUNERALS in Lyttelton. Tenders endorsed "Tenders for Undertaking," to bo sent into the Provincial Secretary's office not later than four o'clock p.m. on WEDNESDAY, the 7th APRIL. EDWD. JOLLIE, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Christehureh, March 31. 4-1