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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4165, 27 July 1874, Page 4

Government Notices. CONTRACTORS. prepared to RECEIVE TENDERS for the SUPPLY and DELIVERY of FIVE HUNDRED (500) TELEGRAPH POLES, more or less for a line of Telegraph between the Tow of Foxton and the Town of Palmeraton North. The poles to be sawn from the heart of The poles to be of the following dimensions : —Twenty-five (25) and twenty (20) feet long in proportions hereinafter to bo determined, but the greater portion will be twenty (20) feet long, to be eight (S) inches square at the butt, ancf 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 s redded timber, and should any polo b brom'ht on to the ground not in accordance w*ith°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 lme of telegraph to be hereafter more particularly indicated by pegs, which will follow, as a rule, along the present tramway from Foxton to Palmorstou north. The delivery of the poles to commence on the Ist September, 1574, 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 tho time specified, which penalty will bo recover- '■• ' —i the contractor from any sums that iv become, due to him under his contract. Progress payments will bo 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 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 ™„tract in the event of the tender being epted, 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 Dines 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, General Manager. New Zealand Telegraph, Head Office, AVellington, 27th June, IS7-L •EW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. Public Work's Office, Wellington, 29th Juno, 1874. TENDERS will be received at this office until NOON of SATURDAY, the 25th day of July, 1874, for the supply and delivery of ■16,000 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." icifications may be seen at the Public Works Offices at Wellington, Auckland, Christ church, and Dunedin. Telegraphic tenders, similarly addressed and marked, will be received if presented at any telegraph office by NOON of the same date, provided that written tenders in due form are Iged at a District or Resident Engineer's ice by the same hour. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. By command. ' JOHN CARRUTHERS, Engineer-in-Chief. OTICE TO CONTRACTORS. n Provincial Secretary's Office, Wellington, July 14, 1874. TENDERS will be received at the above office lip to Noon of TUESDAY, the 28th instant, for the ERECTION of Twelve COTTAGES upon Reserve Acre No. 12, Adelaide Road, Wellington. Plans and specifications may be seen at Provincial Engineer's Office. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. HENRY BUNNY, Provincial Secretary. IMPORTANT SALE OP CROWN LANDS. Notice is hereby given that 47,000 acres, more or less, of Crown Lands, divided into Suburban and Rural Sections; situated in the PARAE-KARETU BLOCK, West Coast, and distant ten miles from the township of Marton, Upper Rangitilcei, will be sold by public auction, at this office, on or about Ist September. The Parao-ICaretu Block, hereafter to be called, "Tho Township of Hunter," is easily accessible both from Wanganui and Rangitikei. Part of the land is covered with open bush, while that in tho Pourewa Valley and also on tho Turakina side consists of level country. Further information will bo given in future advertisements. JOS. G. HOLDSWORTH, 10 SURVEYORS AND ROAD ENGINEERS. THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OP CANTERBURY will receive applications from SURVEYORS and ROAD ENGI.NEERS, who may desire to obtain appointments under the Provincial ■Government in the Survey Department. Applications must >bo made by letter, covering references and testimonials, addressed to the Chief Surveyor, Christchurch, CanterJUTy ' SAMUEL HEWLINGS, Chief Surveyor. 2nd July, 1874.