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Evening Star, Issue 12068, 14 December 1903, Page 5

Educational. HIGH STREET~SCHOOH " ANNUAL BREAK-UP Will take -place i TO-MORROW, TUESDAY, 15tli DECEMBER, 1903. Infant Class from 1 to 2 pjm. Standards from 2 p.m. Parents and Friends cordially invited to bo present, C. J. WATTSON, Hon. Sec. N.E. VALLEY PUDIYC SCHOOL. rSYEE BREAK-UP of the above School ml] take place in the Gymnasium Hall TOMORROW (Tuesday), at 2 p.m. Parents and Friends specially invited. P. GRAY, Hon. Secretary. TensSes-a. NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT £4 PER CENT. 9/20 DEBENTURE LOAN. ISSUE OF £5.00,000. Bart of £1,000,000 authorised to be niised under an Act ot the General Assembly of New Zealand. jimd intituled "The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1903." MINIMUM PRICE OF ISSUE £IOO PER CENT THE COLONIAL TREASURER invites Tenders for £500,000 New Zealand Government 4 per cent. Debentures, payable to Bearer, and of the face-value of £I,OOO, £SOO £2OO, and £IOO respectively, ns may be desired. These Debentures are secured on the Public Revenues of New Zealand. The Principal will be repaid at par not earlier than five years nor later than twenty years from Ih? Ist February, 1904, the Government reserving to itself the right of redemption (by conversion or otherwise) on the Ist February or Ist August, 1909, or in any year after the year 1909. upon giving six months’ notice in the Government ‘ Gazette,’ and in at least four newspapers published in the Colony, of its intention to do so. Both Principal and interest will be made payable at the Treasury, Wellington, Now Zealand. Dividends, represented by coupons attached to the debentures, wiil be payable on the Ist February and the Ist- August in each year dining the currency of the Loan at tbs Cashier’s Office, Treasury, Wellington, or at any Branch of the Bank of New Zealand in New Zealand or Amrlralia. At the option of the holder of any debenture, and on application made in that behalf at the Treasury'. Wellington, New Zealand. he may at any time during its currency- have it endorsed payable, both as to principal and interest, at any specified Branch of the Bank of New Zealand' in Australia, provided that the endorsement shall be mads not less than one month before the due date of the next ensuing payment of. interest. Scrip Certificates (with Coupon attached for the payment of Interest for the broken period from the 4th January to the Ist February, 1904) will be issued, to be exchanged for the Debenture Bonds wi‘h Interest Coupons attached. The first six months’ interest, calculated upon the nominal amount of the Debenture, will be payable on the Ist August, 1904. The issue price will he at the rate of £IOO in money for every £IOO expressed in debenture:', (below which no tender will he accepted), payable as follows: Deposit of 5 per cent, on application. First- instalment of J5 pc-r cent, on Monday, 4th January, 1901. Second instalment of 50 per cent, on Mondav, Ist February, 1904.

Payments may be made in full at any time on or after the 4th January, 1904, and prior to the Ist February, ISO 4, at a discount at the rate of one pound ten shillings per centum per annum. Sealed tenders, addressed to the Secretary to the Treasury, Government Buildings. Wellington, accompanied with the 5 per cent, deposit, will be received up to noon of WEDNESDAY, 23rd December, 1903, when they will. be opened in the presence of the Colonial Treasurer and the Controller and AuditorGeneral, and allotment will forthwith be made. If cheques are lodged with a tender they must bo drawn upon a Bank in Wellington, and be marked by such Bank as “good” for fourteen days. Cheques issued by a Bank need not bo so marked. Tenders may be for the whole or any part of the Loan, and must slate what amount, of money will be given for every £IOO of the Debentures tendered for. Tenders must be for even hundreds of pounds sterling, and at prices which are multiples of sixpence. Tenders at different prices must be on separate forms. The nominal amount of Debentures tendered for must be written on the outside of the tender. In case of default in fhe payment of any instalment at its proper date, the deposit and instalment (if any) previously paid will be liable to forfeiture. If no allotment is made the deposit will be returned. The first and second instalments may be paid at any Branch of the Bank of New Zealand either in the Colony or Australia to the credit of the Public Account, or at the Treasury, Wellington, not later than the several dates previously mentioned. Tenders must be on printed forms, which may be obtained at the Cashier's Office, Treasury, Wellington, or at the Offices of the Bank of New Zealand at Sydney. Melbourne, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin. Office of the Colonial Treasurer, Wellington, 25th November, 1903. OTAGO HARBOR BOARD. SUPPLIES FOE YEAR ISO 4. QEPARATB WRITTEN TENDERS will be EJ received until noon of TUESDAY, the 15lh inst. for the foliowring CONTRACTS;— Supply of TIMBER, "Supply of COAL, Supply of IRONMONGERY and SHIP CHANDLERY, Supply of IRONWORK, etc., for Wharves and Cranes, Repairs to Dredge Vuican. Specifications may be seen and Schedules obtained at the Board’s Office. T. H. 11AWSON, Secret aw. Harbor Board Office, December 4 th, 1903. BOROUGH OF PAH3ATUA. WATER AND DRAINAGE WORKS CONTRACT, rSAENDERS will be received by the Towi -H- Clerk, Pahiatua, until 4 p.m. oi JANUARY 11th, 1904, for the Supply o Material and Construction of the abow Works. Plans, etc., can be seen at our Office, Church street, Timaru, where schedule and tender forma can be obtained. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. MEASON AND MARCHANT, Civil Engineers. f 0 'LENDERS will be received until noon on -8- SATURDAY, December 19th, for ADDITIONS and ALTERATIONS to a Residence on the Peninsula (near toll). LAWSON AND SALMOND, Architects, Stock Exchange Buildings, Water street. t K TENDERS -for Building Two Houses in JL wood, Ann street, - Roalyn; also Tenders for Earthwork. A. C. . Stewart Roslyn. ' rpo Contractors, Builders.—Kauri, HardJS- wood. Red, White Pine, etc., direct from mills; special quotations. Hogg and Co., Limited, Rattray street, T SENDEES Invited for House in Dundas street, to close on the 18th. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Plans JLaidlaw and Gnas’a.