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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIV, Issue 4900, 31 July 1877, Page 6

,'.s we intimated a few days ago, Mr. Nieool. shipbuilder, of the Xorth Shore, has boon dec Hied the successful tenderer for the puttim: together of the new steamer for t'tie North' Shore Ferry Co. The following an: the various tenders .-.cut in :—Messrs. Sims and Krown. H4SO ; Mr. lla.vkesvvood, .C 137.1. Mr. J. Me'-wen, ,a>S5 ; Mr. Xiccol, i:>X#. The material for th>* hull ot the ste.imo:- is on ljj:u'd the kirquo Vosemite, which left London on April !4, and is, therefore, due i'.i port at any moment. It, is expeeted that two months will be occupied in littiug the hull together, and l.y that tinv; tho eugiues will have arrived ; so that iu thive mouHis fc.iii! Hit , I'c.Minenceineiit of wurl; the .steamer will be ready for handing over to the Ferry

The eighty-six cottages ereeted some few years buck in various pans of the iir.ivineial district of Auckland Tor the accommodation of Government immigrants, at an expense o! something between .OflOltO and L'lo,ooo, have now been nearly all disposed o!\ Tinough the kindness t if'Major (Jrot'ii, i\v liesulant iii-.iiiii'i-ati >:i -Vgent. we !e:u n that lifty-one <-.il.-.ges w.-:v '.-old to ■!<:■ i'entr.il n. ard of Kihiei: i;-.n. ten f> County Couiu-;!-:, and t«.:uty-fw.) were disposed of ; there ant at present eleven e..tt;v_;.j.s in several jiarU of the Auckland district awaiting parj cluiiuib.