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Tenders.

at 9 a.m. on the day fixed for the departure of the outward Mail from Auckland. Service No, 12. Leave Wellington not more than'f our hours j after arrival of inward English Mail. Arrive Whanganui in fourteen hours, and vice versa, arriving in Wellington on the morning of the day fixed for the departure of the outward 1 English Mail from that port.

THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT) OF OTAGO invite TENDERS from any company willing to undertake the CONSTRUCTION of the OTAGO SOUTHERN TRUNK RAILWAY. The proposed line of Railway extends from Dunedin to Balclutha, a distance of about 51^ miles, and forms an outlet to the prosperous mining districts of Woolshed, Weatherston's, Tuapeka, Teviot, and Switzer's, and intersects the fertile agricultural districts of Green Island, Taieri, Tokomairiro, and Clutha. By the Southern Trunk Railway Guaranteed Interest Ordinance (No. 2), 1867, the Government is empowered to guarantee interest at a rate not exceeding 8 per cent, per annum on the paid-up capital of any Company which may be formed for the construction of the proposed lme of Railway, to the extent of £400,000 of such capital, and for a period of 15 years from the commencement of the works ; and by the Southern Trunk Railway Guaranteed Interest Amendment Ordinance, 1867, any Company formed for the construction of the Railway may make money payable to the Company under the guarantee payable to the holders of any Debentures which may be issued by the Company in order to raise capital for the construction of the Railway. Plans and sections of the Railway, and conditions of agreement, embracing specifications for the construction and working of the Railway, together with copies of th Acts and Ordinances authorising the construction of same and the guaranteeing of interest upon the capital to be expended may be sem on and after the 15th December next at the Office of Public Works, Melbourne ; and at the Office of Public Works, Sydney ; and also at the Provincial Government Offices at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch. and Dunedin ; at all of which places statistical information of the popul a tion and trade of the Province may be ob tamed. The Government will also be prepared to receive and consider alternative tenders for the construction of the Railway on any other conditions (within the piovisions and restrictions of the Ordinances) which tenderers may propose. Government will vequh c satisfactory evidence that the tendciers Mill be able to command sufficient capital to enable them to constiuct the woiks in. the event of their tender being accepted. | Each of the tenderers will require to deposit a sum of Ten Thousand Pounds (£10,000) as a guarantee ot good faith. The deposits of such of the tenderers whose proposals shall be declined will be returned foi thwith ; and the deposit of the successful tenderer will be returned, with interest at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum, as soon as labour and materials to the value of £10,000 shall have been expended upon the works. Tendeis will be received at the Government Offices, Dunedin, till noon of the First day of March, 1870

LONDON AND LIVERPOOL GOLD MINING AND INVESTMENT COM. PANY, WAIKAWHAU BLOCK. TO OWNERS OF BATTERIES, SHIPPERS, AND CONTRACTORS. HMENDERS for CRUSHING 100 TQN.S of JL QUAPv/TZ, Tenderer to dc,a.ii necessary work in getting out tl\a Quartz, Shipping and Carting thg from the Vessel to the M_ilU should the lesulfcs from the 100 Tons be satisfactory, the Contract will be EXTENDED to 5,000 TONS. Tenders to state the time to bo qcqupjeil in crushing the first 100, tPM, aftd to be endorsed "Tmlc^sf^ ornsliing for the London a,vd Liverpool Goldmining and Investment Company." Every information on application at the Office of the undersigned, or the Mining Superintendent, Mr. Drake, who will attend at the office of the Company oil WEDNESDAY Morning, fe\ffnavy dth, to accompany mtencluuj Oontractors to the ground, This Tender, as far aa the goldbaving property of the machinery is concerned, will be accepted on the approval of the Mining Superintendent. Berdan or Wheeler's Pana indispensable for treating Blanket Tailings. Q Separate Tenders will be received ;— First : For Breaking Down the Quartz." Second • For Shipping, Citing, and Crushing, I'h.e lqweat' or any Tender not necessarily a,CGeptea, an_d no, Tendev will bo recp^- *, softer 12 o'clqqU yMiu SATUi^ ' V nu ruaryigth, -- aY - Feb " W. FINNIMORE, Manager, Company's Office, Pollen-street, Grahamstown, February 5, 1870.

Notices. i — , , i rpHE PARTNERSHIP hitherto existing 1 between BARNOTT and COULLING, Builders, <fee, Newmarket, is tlm day DISSOLVED by mutual consent. The business will in future be conducted by THOMAS BARNOTT, who will receive and receipt all dues and demands. As witness our hand<3 — THOMAS BARNOTT. T. W, COULLING. Witness — John Pearce. Newmarket, February 7, 1870. npHOMAS BARNOTT takes this opporl_ tunity of thanking the inhabitants of Newmarket and Onehunga, for their liberal support during the time they have been in i business, and hopes, by strict attention to all £ orders entrusted to his care, to ensure a continuance of future favours,

NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF PART NERSHIP. NOTICE ia hereby given that the PART. ■ NERSHIP which has for some time been carried on by HENRY NATHANIEL , ABBOTT and THOMAS CASTLES, under the style or firm of "Abbott and Castles," in i the Hotel and premises known by the name j of the "Waitemata Hotel," in the City of j Aiickland aforesaid, in the trade or business < of Licensed Victuallers and Hotel-keepers, ! was this day DISSOLVED by mutual consent. Date.d this third day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy. (Signed) HENRY N. ABBOTT. Witness— George Rodgers, Solicitor, Auckland.

TO DIRECTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS ' OF GOLDMINING COMPANIES. AS it is most important that the Accounts and Books of all Public Companies , should be CLOSELY INVESTIGATED and " AUDITED every half-year, the undersigned . offers his services, guaranteeing a faithful report, J. TONSON GARLICK, Public Accountant, , Queen-street, Auckland. \ ROBERT LUSK, SI, LOWER QUEEN-STREET, ATJCKLAND, /^FFERS to STATIONERS and others a \) LARGE VARIETY of SUITABLE GOODS, in original packages. His present stock comprises nearly 500 Bales and Cases. Branch Agencies at Dunedin and C HRISTCU u KCH . ASTB PAPER FOR SALE *t tßfo [