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Lyttelton Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1091, 25 April 1863, Page 2

STEAM SERVICE, PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY, NEW ZEALAND. TENDERS are required by the Provincial Government of Canterbury for the performance of the undermentioned services. 1. A Steamer to ply between Melbourne and Lyttelton in Canterbury, arriving at Lyttelton from the 25th to the 30th of every month. To remain in Lyttelton not less than 48 hours. To carry all mails free. 2. A Steamer to ply between Lyttelton and Port Chalmers calling at Akaroa and Timaru (weather permitting) making a trip every fortnight. To carry local and Australian mails free. The steamers to be employed to be subject to the approval of the Provincial Government. Tenders for the above services to state the sum at which the whole or any portion will be undertaken. The penalties recoverable for non-performance of contract will be not exceeding double the amount of bonus for each trip not carried out according to contract. No penalties will be enforced where delay is caused by circumstances which can be proved to the satisfaction of the Provincial Government to be beyond the control of the contractor. Tenders for No. 2 service to state the maximum rate of freight at which passengers and goods will be carried. Contracts to commence on the Ist July next, or such later date within one month as may be agreed upon, and to be terminable one year after commencement; after that time by three months' notice on either side. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. Tenders marked " Tenders for Canterbury Steam Service," to be addressed to the Provincial Secretary, Canterbury, New Zealand, and to be forwarded so as to be delivered at the Secretary's Office, Christchurch, not later than Monday, the 29th day of June next. THOMAS WM. MAUDE, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Christchurch, March 31, 1863. 1561 NOTICE. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH OFFICE. THE Offices in Christchurch and Lyttelton will be open daily for business from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. On Sundays from 10 a.m. to 10.30 a.m., and from 5 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. On the arrival of mails messages can be sent from Lyttelton at other hours than the above, by calling the officer residing on the premises, when double rates will be charged. THOMAS WM. MAUDE, Provincial Secretary. March 31, 1863. 1560 PUBLIC NOTICE. FENDALL TOWN ROAD. ALL occupiers of land where hedges are overreaching on the above road, are required to trim them and remove the trimmings from the road within one month from this date; in default of which the penalties imposed by law will be strictly enforced. THOMAS WM. MAUDE, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Christchurch, April 1, 1863. 1597 TENDERS are imited by the Provincial Govern ment for the Conveyance of Immigrants and their Baggage from Lyttelton to Christchurch. The Luggage to be delivered at the Immigration Barracks in Christchurch, without delay, after arrival of each ship. Tenders to distinguish between the portion of carriage by water and that by land, and must be sent in to the Provincial Secretary's Office not later than noon on Saturday, the 25th instant. THOMAS.W. MAUDE, ' Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Christchurch, April 2, 1863 t 1605 PROVINCE OF CA N#E RBU RY, NEW ZEALAND. THE Provincial Government of Canterbury, in pursuance of the Canterbury Loan Ordinance, 1862, which empowers the Superintendent of the Province to raise by way of loan a sum not exceeding £500,000, and to issue Debentures to that amount, is prepared to receive TENDERS for a portion of the above sum, to an amount not exceeding £100,000. The Debentures are repayable fifty years from the day of the issue thereof, and will bear interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, payable half-yearly at the election of the purchasers in London, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, or Christchurch. A Sinking Fund will be set apart yearly, at the rate of one per cent per annum, to be increased by accumulated interest, for the purpose of redeeming the principal. Copies of the Canterbury Loan Ordinance, 1862, may be seen at the Offices of the following Agents acting for the Provincial Government of Canterbury:— Messrs. Miles & Co., Melbourne. Gilchrist, Watt & Co., Sydney. Also at the Office of the Provincial Secretary, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. Tenders must be sent in under seal, marked " Tenders for Canterbury Loan," and addressed to the Provincial Secretary, Canterbury, New Zealand. Tenders will be received up to the hour of one o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, the Ist Day of July, 1863, when they will be opened by the Provincial Government. Tenders must be for nett cash, to be paid into the Provincial Treasury within two months after the acceptance of any tender. Persons tendering to appear personally at the Office of the Provincial Secretary, Canterbury, or where debarred from personal attendance, to give satisfactory reference through the Agents acting for the Provincial Government. The Provincial Government will not necessarily accept any tender. THOMAS WM. MAUDE, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Christchurch, April 15, 1863. 1788 NOTICE. HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that in future all applications for Assisted Passages from England shall, with the exception of those made at Timaru, be received and decided at Christchurch. THOMAS WM. MAUDE, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Christchurch, April 15, 1863. 1794 BANK OF NEW ZEALAND. AN AGENCY of this Bank was opened at AKAROA, on Monday, the 6th instant, under the management of Mr. George Kirton. F. E. STEWART, Manager. Christchurch, April 9, 1863. 1703 EW SOUTH WALES WINES—On Sale, of the finest quality, which will bear comparison with any wines of their character. Guaranteed to keep in draught or in bottle—in any part of the world. Muscatel Tokay Madeira Kaludah Burgundy. The justly celebrated Tokay is unrivalled, and requires only a trial to prove that New South Wales can produce wines worthy of patronage. G. S. LEATHES & CO., 709 1, Wynyard-street, Sydney.