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Press, Volume XXX, Issue 4077, 21 August 1878, Page 6 (Supplement)

Government Notices. Published Gratuitously. THE Directors of the" Press " Newspaper Cohpant have the honor to lay before their subscribers aud the public generally the following ft-cts : —The Government had been in the habit of inserting public notifications in both the morning newspapers published in Christchurch until 17th April last. Since that date no orders for advertising have been given to the Pbess newspaper from the Colonial Secretary's office or the Public Works Department in Well.ngton, whilst such notices have regularly and to a Large extent been advertised in the "Lyttelton Times." In consequence of this change, the Directors of the Press Company deemed it advisable to make inq-iiries at headquarters, and one of them visited Wellington for that purpose, and had interviews with the Government on the subject generally. It was ascertained that it was the intention of the Government that in future such advertisements would be given only to the " Lyttelton Times " and the "Timaru Herald" in Canterbury. It was represented to the Government that so partial a distribution of Government advertising would not only place the excluded journals at a disadvantage, but would also be injurious to the public interest, as tending to lessen the publicity given to "the advertisements in question. The Government stated that economy in advertising was necessary, and that, otter things being equal, it would not be surprising if they gave their advertisements to their own supporters. The Directors of the Press Company, perceiving that the absence of the Government notices in the Pbess will place the subscribers to tbat journal at a disadvantage, have determined to publish without charge all Government notices appearing in the " Lyttelton Times," but withheld from the Press. Their subscribers and the Government will, therefore, obtain a gratuitous advantage so long as the present system continues. In making this pecuniary sacrifice, the Directors of the Press Company feel that they will havo public sympathy, and that pubbc ■ pinion will justify their present action in resisting any attempt on the part of the Government to use Government advertising as a means of securing political support. NOTICE OS" PETITION FOR CERTAIN LAND TO BE ADDED TO THE BOKUUGH OF AKAROA. Colonial Peeretary's Office, Wellington, July 15th, 1878. HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to he notified that unless within two months after the publication of this noti-e a petition is presented to His Excellency the Governor, signed by not less than one third of the burgesses of the Borough of Akaroa, or a petition signed hy not less than one-third of the reside t householders in the district proposed to be added to aforesaid Borough, praying that such district may not be mooruorated into the said Borough, his Excellency will, by Proclamation, incorpora'e into the said Borough the said district. The boundaries of the district proposed to be incorporated are as follows '• — SCHEDULE. All that district or block of land commencing at a peg marked TB, sitnate near the easternmost corner of section numbered 776, street; thence north-easterly by a straight line to the southernmost comer of section numbered 7516 ; tlwiire along the south-e > stern boundary of the latter se tion to its easternmost corner; thence north-easterly by a straight line to the southernmost corner of section numbered 200 ; thence along the south-e 'stern boundary lineiof sections numbered 200 and 754 to the easternmost corner of the Utter section ; thence by a straight line to south-east corner of section 1255 ; thence north-easterly along the south-ea9t boundary of section 1255 to the corner of section thence northwesterly by a straight line to the northeast corner of section numbered 3778; thence by a straight line to the north-east corner of section 889, and a line in continuation thereof to the centre of the German Bay road; thence continuing southerly along the centre o f the latter road to a point in line with the southern boundary of section numbered 7493; thence south-easterly by a straight line to the town boundary p p g rituate where the northern branch of the Mi I stream fulls into the sea ; and from thence returning easterly, southerly, and south-westerly along the boundary of the Borough of Akaroa to the commencing poi-'t G. S. WHITMORE. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. ROLLING STOCK. Contracts for Manufacture and Delivery of RAILWAY TRUCKS on the Auckland, Napier. Wellington, Wanganui, and Waitaki to Bluff Railways. Public Works Office, Wellington, April 30th, 1878. SEPARATE WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at this office, up to NOOM of WEDNESDAY, the 18th September, 1878, for the above contracts. They must be addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Wellington, and marked outside " Tender for Rolling Stock." The work will be let in five separate contracts, and must be separate!-* tendered for accordingly. Plan l - and specifications may be seen at the Public Works Offices, Auckland, Wanganui. Christchnrch, Dunedin, Invercargill. and Wellington, and at tbe Railway Managers* Offices, Napier, Timaru, and Oamarn. Telegraphic tenders, similarly add**essed and marked, will be received if presented at any telegraph office by NOON of the same date, provided that written tenders in due form are lodged at a District or Resident Engineer's Office by tbe same hour, and accompanied by a cheque on some bank in the town where the tender is lodged; such cheque to be specially marked by a banker as good for twentyone days, and to be in favor of the ReceiverGeneral's Deposit Account only, and not to bearer or order. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. By command, JOHN CARRUTHERS, Engineer-in-Chief. N.B.—Plans for these contracts can be pur-«b-w* at the above offices.