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Government NoticesPublic Works Office, (Colonial Architect’s Branch), Wellington, 3rd August, 137-1. TENDERS are invited for the ERECTION of a POST and TELEGRAPH OEEICE at Palmerston North, in the Province of Wellington. General conditions, specifications, and drawings may bo seen at the offices of the Colonial Architect, Wellington, and at the office of the District Engineer, Eoxton. Tenders addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, and marked outside “ Tender for Post and Telegraph Office, Palmerston North,” will bo received at the office of the undersigned up to 4 o’clock of MONDAY, the 31st day of AUGUST, 1871. 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 W. H. CLAYTON, Colonial Architect. 0 ■■■Ay NOTICE is hereby given that all Books belonging to the Library of the General Assembly are requested to be returned on or before MONDAY, 31st instant, in accordance with Clause xiii. of the Library Regulations. EWEN MoCOLL, Sub-Librarian. I MPOETANT SALE LANDS. OF CROWN Notice is hereby given that 17,000 acres, more or less, of Crown Lauds, divided into Suburban and Rural Sections; situated in the PARAE-KARETU BLOCK, West Coast, and distant ten miles from the township of Marton, Upper Raugitikei, will be sold by public auction, at tills office, on or about Ist September. The Parae-Karetu Block, hereafter to be called, “The Township of Hunter,” is easily accessible both from Wanganui and Rangi-. tikei. Part of the land is covered with open bush, while that in the Pourewa Yalley and also on the Turakina side consists of level country. Further information will bo given in future advertisements. JOS. G. HOLDSWORTH, Commissioner of Crown Lands. Crown Lands Office, Wellington, June 30, 1874. In Bankruptcy. a4\|l In the estate of SAM DIXON (bankrupt, January, 1872). CMREDITORS in this estate are requested to J prove their claims on or before SATURDAY, the sth SEPTEMBER, 1874, as the trustee lias funds in hand. S. CARROLL, Trustee. Wines and Spirits- • rpHE IRISH WHISKY TRADE. In consequence of representations frequently addressed to us we have determined to SUPPLY THE EXPORT TRADE WITH OUR OLD WHISKY, BOTTLED IN BOND BY OURSELVES, In cases of one dozen each, containing two gallons ; thus enabling the consuming public in all parts of the world to obtain, through the usual channels, a Whisky which is not a blend, and has been properly matured before bottling. GEO. ROE & CO., Thomas Street Distillery, Dublin. Books, Stationery, So c. JSpw BOOKS, JUST RECEIVED and ON SALE BY THE UNDERSIGNED The Universe and Coming Transits, by R. A. Proctor Human Longevity, its Facts and its Fictions ; by N. J. Thoms Life of John Coleridge-Patteson, Missionary Bishop of the Molanesian Islands; by Charlotte M. Youge Coomassic and Magdala, the Story of Two British Campaigns in Africa ; by H. M. Stanley Perils of the Polar Seas, by Mrs. Chisholm The New Chemistry, by J. P. Cook; being the new volume of the International Scientific Series Africa, Geographical Exploration and Christian Enterprise ; by A. G. Forbes Twenty Thousand Leagnes Under the Sea, by Jules Verne; beautifully illustrated London Characters, Illustrations of the Humor, Pathos, and Peculiarities of London Life; by Henry Mayhew Piccadilly, a Fragment of Contemporary Biography; by Laurence Oliphant; cheap edition Two Little Wooden Shoes, a new’ novel, by Ouida The Atlantic to the Pacific, What to See, and How to Sec It; by J. E. Lester, A.M. The Huguenots in France, by Samuel Smiles The Empires and Cities of Asia, by A. G. Forbes, with a map. Egypt of the Pharaohs, and of the Khedivd; by F. B. Zincke. On Work and Wages, by Thos. Brasscy, M.P. The Fall of Babylon Foreshadowed by the Rev. John Gumming, D.D. Mivart’s Elementary Lessons in Anatomy. Perry’s Elementary Treatise on Steam. Against the Stream, the story of an Heroic Age m England ; by the author of The Schonbcrg Cotta lanuly. Plashes of Thought, extracts from the works of C. H. Spurgeon. Tho Englishman’s House, by C. J. Richardson, architect. Professor Blackie on Self Culture, Intellectual, Physical, and Moral. Commercial Code of Signals, now edition ; with 1874 supplement. Mrs. Brown on Dizzy, by Arthur Skctchloy. Tho Earl's Promise, a new novel by Mrs. Riddell ; cheap edition. Fantinc, a romance, by Victor Hugo ; cheap edition. Vanity Fair, vol, 10. Tylor’s Primitive Culture, 2 vols., new edition The Naturalist on the River Amazon, by 11. W. Bates, 3rd edition, with maps and illustrations Six Weeks in tho Saddle, a Painter’s Journal in Iceland, by E. S. Walton In Strange Company, being the experiences of a Roving Correspondent; by James Greenwood, "the Amateur Casual ” A History of Booksellers, the old and tho new; by Henry Curwcn, with portraits and illustrations The Friendship of Books, and other Lectures, by the Rev. F. D. Maurice . „ , „ .. Tho Statesman’s Year Book for 1874, by Fred. Martin Business, by a .Merchant A Critical examination of the Gospel History My Kalulu, Prince, King, anil Slave, a Story from Central Africa; by H. K. Stanley Brewer's Dictionary Phrase and Pablo, now and revised edition . , , , Farjcon'a Christmas Stories, iu 1 vol., viz.— Blade o Grass,” “Golden Grain,” and "Bread and Cheese and Kisses" , ' . Wright’s History of Caricature and Grotesque m Literature and Art , , A History of Clubs and Club Life, by John Timbs Wonders of the Yellowstone Regions in tho Rocky Mountains, by James Richardson Sahara aud Lapland. Travels in tho African Desert and tho Polar World ; translated from tho French by Mrs. Cashel llocy New Japan, tho Xiftnd of the Rising Sun, its annals during the past twenty years, recording the remarkable progress of tho Japanese In Western Civilization: by SamuelMossman, with maps Beeton's Law Book, a practical compendium of tho general principles of English Jurisprudence Boileau’s Traverse Tables, now edition ..... Threading My Way, twenty-seven years of Autobiography; by Robert Dale Owen Tiie Story of Goethe’s Life, by O. H. Lewes Tho Artist of Collingwood, by Baron na Carriag From Pntmos to Paradise, or Light on tho Past, tho Present, and the Future; by Dr. Gumming Life of tho Key. William Anderson, L.L.D., Glasgow LYON Jt BLAIE, (Successors to William Lyon.)