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Grey River Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 5095, 26 January 1885, Page 3

Public Notices. ri REYMOUTH - NELSON CREEK Vjt railway. BERTH FOR STEAM TUG CONTRACT. WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at this office until noon of SATURDAY, the 31st of JANUARY, 1885, for the above contract. They arsto be marked on the outside "Tender for Berth for Steam Tug Contract," and addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Greymouth. Drawings, specifications, and general conditions may be seen at this Oflice. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. By command, F. W. MARTIN, Resident Engineer. Public Works Office, Greymouth, 16th January, 1885. V>(REY COUNTY COUNCIL. TENDERS addressed to the Chairman are invited, and will be received up till ' 6 o'clock p.m. on TUESDAY, JANUARY 27th inst., for the following works : — (1.) Construction of Sections 1, 2, and 3 of track Barrytown to Brighton, each section to be tendered for separately. (2.) Repairs and maintenance for two years of Section 4, Main Grey Valley Road. (3.) Repairs and maintenance for 12 months of Arnuri Saddle Track. (4.) Construction of Section 4, Cob-den-Brunner Road. (5.) Construction of Footbridgein Re<? Jacks. (6.) Construction of extension of Cockabulla Horse Track. Drawings and specifications maybe seen atßyall's store, Barrytown; Jones's office, Ahaura ; Frankpitt's store, Red Jacks ; M'Kechnie's store, Dunganville; and at the Council Chambers, Greymouth. JOHN HIGGINS, Acting Road Overseer. Tykey education commisxx sioners. The Names of intending Competitors for two SCHOLARSHIPS, each of value of £40 per annum, and tenable for two years, to be forwarded to the undersigned, on or before THURSDAY, the 30th INST. The Examination will be held at the Public Schoo?, Greymouth, commencing at 10 a.m. on Thursday and Friday, February the sth and 6th. The Regulations of the late Board of Education as to age are applicable. There will be no examination in science. E. T. ROBINSON, Secretary. A PPLICATION FOR LEASE. jOL District — Nelson Creek. Date— 23rd January, 1885. To the Warden at Ahaura, — We hereby apply for a Gold-Mining Lease of the lands hereinafter described in accordance with the Gold-Mining Leases Regulations of New Zealand, and we agree, upon the approval of this application to execute a Lease upon the basis therein stated, if the Governor shall think fit to grant the same. James Law, Robert Potts, Michael Noonan, John M'Gowan, Archibald Hunter, i By J. W. JONES, Ahaura, Agent for Applicants, Ahaura. Name and address in full of applicants — James Law, Archibald Hunter, Robert Potts, John M'Gowan, Michael Noonan, all of Hatters Terrace, Nelson Creek. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business — Law and Party's Leasehold. Extent of ground applied for — 10 acres.

Minimum number of men proposed to be employed dy the lessee— For the first six months 2 men. Subsequently, when in full work, 6 men. Amount of capital proposed to be invested— £looo. Proposed mode of working the land.— Hydraulic. Precise Locality. — Adjoining the Band of Hope special and extended claim's, Deep Lead, Hatters. Term for which lease is required — 15 years. Time of commencing operations — Upon execution of Lease. General remarks— The ground as in most parts been worked out and abandoned. The above application and any objection thereto will be heard at the Warden's Office at Ahaura, on FRID.IY, Ist MARCH, 1885. Any person desiring to object to the issue of a Mining Lease upon the above application must, within 21 clear days from the date of such application, enter his objection at the Warden's Office, at Ahaura. F. H. IBBETSON, Warden. Warden's Office, Ahaura, 23rd January, 1885. f^i REYMOUTH AND KUMAIIA XX TRAMWAY CO., LIMITED. Notice is hereby given that the EIGHTH ANNUAL ORDINARY MEETING of the Shareholders will be held at Kilgour's Union Hotel, on MONDAY, the 2nd day of FEBRUARY, 1885, at 8 p.m. Business : To receive -Report and BalanceSheet To elect Two Directors To Appoint Auditors. HENRY S. CASTLE, ' Secretary. Greymouth, -January 22nd* 1885,