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Evening Post, Volume XVI, Issue 111, 6 May 1878, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. 878 TONS OF 52 le. IRON RAILS AND FASTENINGS FOE THE NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. Public Works Office, Wellington, 6th February, 1878. rS7 KITTEN TENDERS will be received VV at this office until NOON on MONDAY, the 22nd July, 1878, for the above contract. They must be addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Workß, Wellington, and marked outside "Tender for Rails and Fastenings." Plans and specifications may be seen at the Public Works Offices, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, and Wellington, and at the Chief Surveyor's Office, Nelson, and the Railway Manager's Office, Napier. Telegraphic tenders, similarly addressed 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 any of the above-named offices by the same hour, and accompanied by a cheque on tome bank in town whore the tender i 3 lodged ; such cheque to be specially marked by a banker as good for twenty-one days, and to be in favor of the Receiver-General'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.

NEW ZEALAND EOADS. RAKAIA GORGE BPJDGE CONTRACT. —COUNTIES OF SELWYN AND ASHBURTON. Public Works Office, Wellington, 4th May, 1878. WRITTEN TENDEES will be received at this office until NOON on WEDNESDAY, the 19th June, 1878, for the above contract. They must be addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Wellington, and marked outside ' ' Tender for Rakaia Gorge Bridge. " Plans and specifications may be seen at the Public Works Offices, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, and Wellington, and at the Railway Manager's Office, Timaru. Telegraphic tenders, similarly addressed and marked, will be received if presented at any Telegraphic Office by Noon of the same date, provided that written tenders in due form are lodged at any of the above-named offices by the 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 twenty, one days, and to be in favor of the Receiver-General'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 this Contract can be purchased at the above offices. FREIGHT FOR WANGANUI. Public Works Office, Wellington, Ist May, 1878. fTIENDERS will be received at this office X until noon on Thursday, 9th May, 1878, for the cnveyance of one locomotive, and about three hundred and one tons rails and fasteninps, to arrive p°r ships Can more, Craigmullen, and Craigie Lea. Tenders to be addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, marked outside " Tender for Freight," and to contain a marked cheque for £25. Specifications of packages aud conditions of freight can be seen at this office. The lowost or any tender not necessarily accepted. JOHN KNOWLES, Under Secretary for Public Works. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. MUNGAROA TO WAIKANAE LINE. CONTRACT NO. 1. mENDERS will be received by the underJL signed up to noon cf Tuesday, the 14th day of May, for widening about 308 chains of road on the above line. Plans and specifications may be seen at Hutt Co'mty Office, Wellington, and Ames' Hotel, at Upper Hutt. W. ALFRED FITZHERBERT, Hutt County Engineer. WELLINGTON PATENT SLIP COMPANY (LIMITED). SALE OF STEAMER, Suiteblo for Yachting, Fishing, or Towage Purposes. fTIENDERS will bo received until noon on X Monday, 3rd Juce, for the purchase of the s.s. Perfect Cure, as she now lies at the Company's works, Evans' Bay ; strongly bui!t of 3-8 inch iron plate; length, 36fc. ; beam, Bft. Gin. ; depth, sft. 6in. ; with highpressure double-cvliudor engines of 8 h.p. nominal. Winch fitted to work with engines, three-bladed screw, 3ft. Sin. diameter ; water tank at fore end, small winch on deck, anchor and chain ; all in first-class order, and will steam six or seven knots. Steamer cm be inspected and further particulars obtained on application at the Compauy's work-s. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. J. R. GEORGE, Engineer and Manager. Wellington, Ist May, 1878.

QUARTERLY LICENSING MEETING. "VTOTICE is hereby given that the QuarJ_S teriy Licensing Meeting, for the purpose of taking i_to considera'ion nil applications for certificates for publican's licenses as by the Licensing Act, 1873, as amended by the Licensing Act 1873 Amondment Act 1874, and the Licensing Amendment Act, 1875, are authorised to te granted by the Licensing Courts, and the transfer on renewals, or removal of such licenses, of wbich due notice shall have leen given to tho Clerk of the Licensing Court for tho district in which the premises in respect of which such application is mado are situated, will be held for the licensing districts of Lambton, Te Aro, Thorn<soh. Porirua, and Karori-Makara, at the places and on tho days hereunder mentioned :— CiTY OF W ELLINGTON - lambton District Te Aro District Thorndon District Porirua District Karori-Makara District At the Resident Magistrate's Court House, Wellington, on Tuesday, the 4th day of June, 1878, at noon. HUTT DISTRICT. At the Resident Magistrate's Court House, Hutt, on Tuesday, the 4th day of Jnnc, 1878 Eb. BAKER, Clerk of the above Licensing Coiifta, Wellingt n, 3rd May, 1878. SALE OF RURAL CROWN LAND. Crown Lands Office, Wellington, 2nd May, 1878. NOTICE is hereby given that tho undermentioned CRuWN LANDS will be open to purchase on application at the Crown Lands Office, Wellington, on and after ths 11th day of June next, at £l per acre : — Sections. Acres. Pabautanui 2 132 Hutt 3 421 Mungaroa 14 1520 Featherston 3 232 Kahutara 7 436 Akitio 19 17,647 Awhoa 4 2913 Whareama 4 968 Waitotara 8 2113 64 26,382 Payment in cash or scrip to be made at time of application. . JOS. G. HOLDSWORTH, Chairman, Land Board, Wellington -District.