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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4173, 5 August 1874, Page 4

Government NoticesrrOTlCß TO CONTKACTOKS. Provincial Secretary's Office, Wellington, July 29, 1874. SEPAKATE TENDEES will be received up to Noon of TUESDAY, the 18th day of AUGUST, for the construction of twentyseven COTTAGES for Immigrants—nine in Featherston, nine, in Greyqown, and nine in Masterton, Wairarapa district. Plans and specifications may be seen at Club Hotel, Masterton ; Wairarapa Institute, Greytown ; Shirley's Hotel, Featherston ; and Provincial Engineer's Office here. 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 Rangitikei, will be sold by public auction, at this office, on or about Ist September. 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