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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4159, 20 July 1874, Page 4

Government Notices. JgXTENSION 03? TIME. TENDERS will be received up to the 25th JULY, 1874, for the CARTAGE of FIFTEEN TONS, more or less, of TELEGRAPH MATERIAL, between Wellington and Masterton, the material to be laid at points along the present line of telegraph, in such quantities as may hereafter be directed. Tenders endorsed L ‘ Tenders for Cartage Telegraph Material,” to be sent in not later than the 25th July, and to state time required for completion of the work. Each tender to be accompanied by a deposit of £25, as a guarantee of good faith, which sum wiU be forfeited by any tenderer should he refuse to take up his tender in the event of its being accepted. Further information may bo obtained on application at the Telegraph Office, Wellington. By order of the Telegraph Commissioner, 0. LEMON, General Manager. New Zealand Telegraph, Head Office, Wellington, July 16, 1874. Public Works Office, (Colonial Architect’s Branch), Wellington, 23rd June, 1874. TENDERS are invited for the ERECTION of a POST and TELEGRAPH OFFICE at Hokitika, in the Province of Westland. General conditions, specifications, and drawings may be seen at the offices of the Colonial Architect, Wellington, and at the office of the District Engineer, Greymouth. Tenders addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, and marked outside “ Tender for Post and Telegraph Office, Hokitika,” will be received at the office of the undershmed up to 4 o’clock of, MONDAY, the 20th day of JULY, 1874. Telegraphic tender's will be received, provided the original tender and deposit are lodged uith the nearest District Engineer, at the time above specified. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. W. H. CLAYTON, Colonial Architect. rjTlO CONTRACTORS. The TELEGRAPH COMMISSIONER is prepared to RECEIYE TENDERS for the SUPPLY and DELIVERY of FIVE HUNDRED (500) TELEGRAPH POLES, more or less, for a line of Telegraph between the Town of Foxton and the Town of Palmerston North. The poles to be sawn from the heart of totara. The poles to be of the following dimensions : —Twenty-five (25) and twenty (20) feet long in proportions hereinafter to be determined, but the greater portion will be twenty (20) feet Ion"', to be eight (8) inches square at the butt, and six (6) inches square at the top. The poles to be sound, straight, and free from shakes, knots, and sap. N.B. —No pole will he accepted which contains the least sap or spccMed timber, and should any pole be brought on to the ground not in accordance with the specification, the same' will be cut in half prior to being rejected. The poles will have to be delivered at points not less than four (4) chains apart, along a line of telegraph to be hereafter more particularly indicated by pegs, which will follow, as a rule, along the present tramway from Foxton to Palmerston north. The delivery of the poles to commence on the Ist September, 1874, and the whole to be delivered within three (3) months of the date of signing the contract, under a penalty of five (£5) pounds per diem for every day beyond the time specified, which penalty will be recoverable from the contractor from any sums that may be, or become, due to him under his contract. Progress payments will be made at the rate of eighty (80) per cent, as the works advance, the balance on completion of contract. The contractor will not be allowed to let or sub-let his contract without the consent in writing of the Telegraph Commissioner, or of the person authorised by him to act on his behalf. * Tenders are to specify the price per pole as per sizes given. Each tender to be accompanied by a deposit of fifty pounds (£SO) as a guarantee of good faith, which sum will be forfeited by any tenderer, should he refuse to take up his tender in the event of its being accepted. Each tender must include the names of two sureties for approval, who are "willing to become bond for the due performance of the contract in the event of the tender being accepted, and must be accompanied by a notification to the effect, signed by the two proposed sureties. Tenders endorsed, “ Tender for the Supply of five hundred (500) Poles, more or less, for Telegraph Lines between Foxton and Palmerston North,” and addressed “The General Manager, Telegraph Department, Wellington,” must be sent in not later than the Ist August next. By order of the Telegraph Commissioner, C. LEMON, Generaj Manager. New Zealand Telegraph,Head Office, Wellington, 27th June, 1874. ZEALAND RAILWAYS, Public Work’s Office, Wellington, 29th June, 1874. TENDERS will be received at this office until NOON of SATURDAY, the 25th day of July, 1874, for the supply and delivery of 40,000 feet of TIMBER, for the Pattern shops at the Railway Stations of Auckland and Dunedin. They must be addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Wellington, and marked outside “Tender for Timber for Pattern shops.” Specifications may be seen at the Public Works Offices at Wellington, Auckland, Christ church, and Dunedin. Telegraphic tenders, similarly addressed and marked, will bo received if presented at any telegraph office by NOON of the same date, provided that written tenders in duo form are lodged at a District or Resident Engineer’s office by the same hour. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily accepted. By ctmunand. JOHN OARRUTHERS, _ Engineer-in-Chief.