\ Government Notices* "VTEW ZEALAND MAIL STEAM SERVICES, Tenders aft required fa)* the Government »J Neil Zealand for the performance of the under services. 1. A steamer to leave Melbourne within 24 hour; after the! due date of the arrival of the Europear Mail Contract Boat, for Port Chalmers, Otago, call •ng at the Bluft. To wait in Melbourne, for the Mai!, f detained, not more than four days after its due date! 2.— A steamer to leave Port Chalmers for Melbourne calling at] the Bluff, carrying the homeward Mail pi the colony to Melbourne, no later than 2 p.m. on the 16fchof each month, except February,. and then on the 14th.i . The steamers employed must be subject to the approval of the Government, and must be able tc maintain an average speed of not lees than 8 knots at) hour on each voyage. ■ : . All Post Office Mails must be received on board and delivered to destination free of charge., Mails to be taken from:and delivered on ;board of the European Mail Contract Steamer in .Hobson's Bay, at the expense of ihe contractor. ■• A .free [chief cabin, passage must .be at the service oi a clerk or agent of the Post Office, on the requisition of the Government, and proper accommodation piovided for! sorting jetters.. . . , . ; ; ; The tekder to state the amount of penalty recoverable for general non performance of contract: a penalty of £100 per deinv will be required for delay in departure aiter the time fixed on each voyage, and an additional penalty of'£3oo for failure, after such delay ;n del|yfikjpg tjh?'homeward maU in Melbourne prioi to the departure* p.H{ie Eurpngtyn Mai} Cgntrapt Boaj from that Po'it. ■ The tenders may state the sum fbr which the whole or any portion of the forementioned Services will be undertaken. Tbeppntraot to commence on January Ist, 1864, and to continue iv fpree until this ejpjratfpn of §ix calender months' notice to be given by either of the"partSp£ to the other of his intention to determine the same ; provided always that the contract shall not terminate before the 31st day of December, 1864. The tenders to be endorsed " Tenders for the New geglond Mail Serm.«es." to be addressed to the Post Maatei- Q-enpral of New Zealand, and to be posted at Dunedin not' "atep thaa |ho 18,t{i day of September exfc " ' READER GILSON WOOD. General Post Office", *nckknd, 22nd June, 1&63. NEW ZEALAND MAIL SERVICE. T>ERSONS intending to tender for the New Zea XT land Mail Service, in accordance with the terms if sui iad^ertisem.ent dated General Post Office, Auckland, June 22nd, 1863 ? are requested to state separately in theirtenders^--Ist. As respects the service from Otago to Melbourne : What difference in the amounfi oj subsidy, if any, would be required, if the 17tl or J§th days of the month were substituted, as the date for the mail steamers leaving Port Chalmers, instead of the 10th ? The difference to be stated for each of these dates. 2nd. As respects the service from Melbourne tc Otago : What additional sum per diem would 4je required tor each day's detention of the gteamer at Melbourne beyond the four days stipjijajted fer* HP to and inclusive of the Btt day, from the due dajt.e of sailing? READER GiLSWN WOQD,. General Post Office, New Zealand, July 16th. 1863. Missing Friends. IF fhis should meet the eye ot John Matheson, i native of SJtye, late of Prince Edward's Island, i.< earnestly requested'to communicate with his broshei Donald at Tokomairii'o Ofjiiae. II? this should meet the" eye pf" Archibald Hodgj Wallace, he will please communicate with hji brother, David Wallace. Address Adejong, New South Wales. OUIB BUCHXNANV'of 'Leith, is requested \L communirate with the undersigned, who have 'information'from home to his advantage. R. B. Murtin and Co.. High street, Dunedin. ISS ELIZABETH WlNTEKß—please call ai the Shakespeare Hotel immediately, a parce for you. A. WILLIAM MAODONALD, nephew "o Sobsrt Macjtlonald, Esq., of Clunes, is re quested to communicate with R. B. Martin and, Co. High street, Dunedin, STEWART THOJiNTONVoalToiii'JftrTPierhey.'o Tierney and Abbott's, Albert House Bazaar liattray «treet, for Melbourne letters. SHOULD this meet the eye of Mrs. Harkib: Ho^ey, of Cbacwater, Cornwall, Jshe can com municate wijh her husband, Thomas Honey, by ad dressing to the P^t Office, Kingston, Wakatipu , Otago. " !W^_____ Storage p A S P E R'S B O N I , Is capable of containing TWO THOUSAND TONS of Merchandise. EDWARD CASPER is therefore able to allow, bj very far, THE LARGEST DISCOUNT TO IMPORTERS CARTING TWO SHILLING per TON. A capacious and commodious SAMPLE ROOJM is attached to the Bond, and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m it is open for the convenience of the trade WITHOUT CHARGE. INSURANCES may be effected at the rate of one I half per cent per month. FREIGHT, &c., paid for consignees and CASE ADVANCED on Goods in Casper's Bond ; the onlj charges being BANK INTEREST, and 2spercen commission. EDWARD CASPER Effects Sales and Purchases OF MERCHANDISE, IN BULK The amount of transactions entrusted to him is c gratifying assurance that his zeal, and business knowledge are favorably recognised as satisfactory and advantageous to both buyer and seller. f^i AH fKii'S BOND.— Arrangements have beer Kj made whereby Custom House business, for Importers, will be done by F. Bassett, whose drays wil always be ready to cart from Lighters to Casper'< Bond. Carts are distinguished by letters C. B. ii red. FREE WOODS STORED. " fTRHE Undersigned have storage room fo a fey JL Hundred Tons Goods. P. J. DONNOLLY and CO Cumberland-street, corner of Stuart-street, close t< the Jetty. Portraits, &c. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY. THE NEW SENNOTYPE PROCESS. THE Proprietors of the London Portrait Room! have much pleasure in informing the publi< that-having purchased the secret, and secured th< services of the inventor (Mr Charles Wilson)—thej are now prepared to execute these beautiful pictures which have lately created such a great sensation ir Victoria. The Sennotype for softness, delicacy, truth fulness, exquisite beauty and durability, surpasses th< most elaborately executed ivory paintings. As we an the only parties holding Mr Wilsons's certificate fen New Zealand, we beg to caution the public againsi imitations. The public are invited to inspect the Sennotypes LONDON PORTRAIT ROOMS. (Next to Day and Mieville's.) mHE~ViCTORLTN~ TpfIuTOGKAPHIC POXX TRAIT BOOMS, Kattray-street, next Pinch' Wine Store. v> Pictures taken daily in any weather, and cojoi'ed;,by a London artist. N.B"-r>irst-class Portraits; moderate charges. M. atJiuUltia., x-notograpnic Artist, comer, o Princes-street and Dowling-street Portraits in every style taken daily. Views of Duneoin and suburbs always on sale
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 542, 14 September 1863, Page 2
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