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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4182, 15 August 1874, Page 4

Government NoticesVTBW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.] CLUTHA AND MAT AURA—MATAURA CONTRACT. (Formation only.) Public Woi-ks Office, Wellington, 12th August, 1874. WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at this office up to NOON on Wednesday, 23rd September, 1874, for the above CONTRACT, the length being about 25 miles 32'30 chains. They must be addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Wellington, and marked outside, "Tender, Mataura Contract." Plans and specifications may be seen at this Office, and at the Public Works Offices, Dunedin and Invercargil. 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 lodged at a' District or Resident Engineer's Office by the same hour. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. N.B.—Every tenderer must enclose a priced schedule of work made out on a proper printed form, which will be supplied to persons tendering by the Engineer in charge. By Command, JOHN CARRUTHERS, Engineer-in-Chief. Public Works Office, (Colonial Architect's Branch), Wellington, 3rd August, 1874. TENDERS are invited for the ERECTION i of a POST and TELEGRAPH OFFICE at Palmerston North, in the Province of Wellington. General conditions, specifications, and drawings may be seen at the offices of the Colonial Architect, Wellington, and at the office of the District Engineer, Foxton. Tenders addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, and marked outside " Tender for P6st and Telegraph Office, Palmerston North," will be received at the office of the undersigned up to i o'clock of MONDAY, the Telegraphic tenders will be received, provided the original tender and deposit are lodged with the nearest District or Resident Engineer, at the time above specified. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. W. H. CLAYTON, Colonial Architect. (Colonial Architect's Wellington, 3rd August, 1874. "LENDERS are invited for the ERECTION . of a POST and TELEGRAPH OFFICE at Southbridge, in the Province of Canterbury. General conditions, upeuuiuuuuus, uuu un™insrs may be seen at the offices of the Colonial chitect, Wellington Tenders addressed to the Hon the Minister for Public Works, and marked outside ," Ten'ost and Telegraph Office, South - „ 11u .. 4 ,vill be received at the office of the undersigned up to 4 o'clock of MONDAY, the 31st day of AUGUST, 1874. Telegraphic tenders will be received, provided the original" tender and deposit are lodged with the nearest District or Resident Engineer at the time above specified. The lowest or any tender not.necessa accepted. W. H. CLAYTON, Colonial Architect. Public Works Office, Colonial Architect's Branch), Wellington, 3rd August, 1874. rpENDERS are invited for the ERECTION i of a POST and TELEGRAPH OFFICE at Geraldine, in the Province of Canterbury. General conditions, specifications, and drawings may be seen at the Offices of the Colonial Architect, Wellington, and at the office of the District Engineer, Christchurch. Tenders addressed to the Hon. the Minister' for Public Works, and marked outside, " Tender for Post and Telegraph Office, Geraldine,"- will bo received at the Office of the undersigned up to 4 o'clock of MONDAY, the 31st day of AUGUST, 1874. Telegraphic Tenders will be received, provided the original Tender and deposit are lodged with the nearest District or Resident Engineer at the time above specified. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. W. H. CLAYTON, Colonial Architect. TO CONTRACTORS. Provincial Secretary's Office, Wellington, July 29, 1874. SEPARATE TENDERS will be received xip 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 OF 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. The Parae-Karetu Block, hereafter to be called, "The Township of Hunter," ia easily accessible both from Wanganui and Rangitikei. Part of the land is covered with open bush, while that in the Pourewa Valley and also on the Turakina side consists of. level country. Further information will be given in future advertisements.JOS. G. HOLDSWORTH, Commissioner of Crown Lands. Crown Lands Office, Wellington, June 30, 1874.