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Otago Daily Times, Issue 6190, 10 December 1881, Page 1

Tonders. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. g i CANTERBURY INTERIOR MAIN LINE. OXFORD-MALVERN SECTION. D* — Q WEST OXFORD CONTRACT. j. FORMATION PERMANENT WAY AND BRIDGES. WRITTEN TENDERS will bo received at this Offlco until Noon of TUES- ' D-AY. the 3rd January, 1882, for tho above contract. They are to be marked on the oivtnidc, "Tender for West oxford Contract," and addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Worka, Dunedin. Telegraphic tendera, similarly addrosaed and marked, will" be received if presented at any telegraph-office by Noon of . thesame date, provided that written tenders are lodged at any District or Resident Engineer's Olfice by the same hour. Drawing, specifications, and general conditions may be seen at this office, and at tho Public Works Offices at Wellington and Christchurch. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. By command; W. N. BLAIR, Engineer-in-chargo, Middle Island. Public Works Office, Dunedin, 3rd December, 18S1. 9d > DUNEDIN HOSPITAL. TENDERS will be received np to 2 o'clock p.m. on MONDAY, tho 19th day of ' Decembar inst., addressed to the Chairman of Come mittee, Dunodin Hospital, for tho undermentioned SUPPLIES and SERVICES for the year ending 31st December, ISS2 :— Meat . Rations and Medical Comforts ! Milk Fish and Fowl Fuel-Goal Ditto—Firewood Cleaning Cesspits Ditto Chimneys Funerals. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract can bs i obtained on application to the House Steward at the Hospital. . Tenders to bo endoraed " Hospital Supplies" o [ "Services. The lowest or any tender not necessarily ao copted. By order. A. BURNS, ______^__ House- Steward. LENDERS aro invited till Noon of THURSDAY, 15th December, to Erect a VILLA RESIDENCE (wood), York place, lo] MASON Se WALES, Architects. — a* Prospectus. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS 1 OF TUB TXTESTPORT COAL COMPANY VV (LIMITED), NEW ZEALAND. . (To be Registered nnder the " Joint Stock Companies Act, I860.") CAPITAL .. .. .. £400,000, In 80,000 Shares of £5 each : Of which 30,000 Shares will be taken by tho present i owners as part payment for the properties. 15,000 Sharea are now offered in New Zealand, and 35,000 in Auatralia, which will bo payablo aa follows, viz. : 5a on application; 0s on allotment; balance ! at intervals of not less than three montha, and in , amounts not exceeding 10a per Share. It ia not , anticipated that more than £2 10s per Share wii.l , require to bo called up. The preaent ownera take their Shares paid up to £-2 10a each, and will be liable with other Shareholders for tho remaining J £2 10s per Share. . Thiß Company has been formed for the purpose of ' acquiring and working on an extended basis tho wellknown coal-mi. ing property at Westport, New Zealand, now owned by the Westport Colliery Company (Limited); and also tho property of the GreymouthWallscnd Cellicry Company (Limited). i Tho two properties, comprising together ovor 5000 acres, upon which tho owners have expended over £80,000, together with railways, rolling-stock, ma- ; chinery, plant, and appliances, and all current con- ' tracts, will thus bo transferred to the Company for a total sum of £101,000, of which £75,000 * will be payablo in 30,000 uharea paid-up to £2 10s * per share. The wholo echemo is therefore one of tho most ■ promising ever yet offered to the public, and, as such, tho Provisional Directors have every confidence in i recommending it to investors as presenting every inducement for tho permanent and safe investment of capital. For detailed prospectus an further information apply to the Brokers, GILLIES, STREET, & HISLOP* Rattray street, Dunedin. PROSPECTUS OF mHE TUAPEKA PROSPECTING AND MINING COMPANY (LIMITED). Tobe Registered under "Tho Mining Compan Act, i 572." CAPITAL £5,00 In 5000 Shares of £1 each. Ono Shilling por Share on Application, and, Allotment, C.ills not to exceed One Shilling per month. Provisional Dirkctors : Mr Edward Herbert, Lawrence MrJaa. Chalmers, Lawrence Mr Jonas Harrop, Lawrence Mr George Walker, Lawrence Mr James Robertson, Lawrence Mr J. C. Arlmckle, Lawrence 111- G. F. C. Browne, Lawrence Mr A. M'Kinlay Mr Vf. Tolchcr, Lawrence Mr John Morrison, Lawrence Mr John Thompson, Lawrence -, Mr J. C. Brown, Lawrence Mr H. C. Clayton, Wetheratoncs Mr R. G. Fulton, Wctherstenes Mr M. Coxon, Wctherstenes Mr Vf. Goldsmith, Wetherstoncs Mr Jas. Campbell, Blue Spur Mr S. Johnston, Blue Spur Mr Robert Grieve, Blue Spur Mr A. M'lntoah, Blue Spur Mr Robert Coghill, Waitahuna Mr Horace Bastings, Dunedin Mr Chaa. M'Queen, Dunedin. Bankers ; Bank of Now South Walea, Broker: Mr J. B. Bradshaw (Dunedin). Solicitor : Mr Donald Ross Hunter. INTKRIM SKCRKTAIIY : Mr Andrew Ferguson. The object oi tho proposed Company shall bo to prospect tho reefa in the Tuapeka County by aid o ' the diamond-drill, and the alluvial ground by means lof tho moat suitable boring-machine availablo. ' [ It is a well-known fact that numerous reefs bearing gold, copper, antimony, &c. exist iv the Tuapeka ! County that only require to be prospected by such au admirable machine aa the diamond-drill to provo their mineral extent and determine whether they can be profitably worked. Tho intention of the Company is not at present to purchase a diamond-drill, but to apply a portion of its capital towards paying the working expenses of one to be aupplied by the Government to the Tuapeka County Council. Should the Company, ho\yever, determine to purchase one of theae drilla, the Govern-, ment havo liberally offered to subaidise them to the I extent bf £750 for that purpoae. Tho Proviaional Directora, having obtained a large quantity of valu- ■ able inforniition from a variety of aourcea, including letters from Professor Ulrich and Dr Hector, on the capabilities of tho diamond-drill, find that while it is admirably adapted for penetrating reefs or any hard substance, ib ia not ao *yell suited for alluvial ground " They have thereforo made themselves acquainted , with the beat modern appliancea lor boring in alluvial ground, and ono of the first efforts of the propoaed Company will be to Obtain a boring-machine well fitted for testing the cemented drift deposits of Tuapeka, Waitahhna, and Waipori Flats. Machi *ea well adapted for this purpose are now to be had at a cost of about £200, with flttinga complete, and Government have offered to subßidisc the Company to the extent of £150 for the purchase of ono of these boring-machinca. There cab be no doubt as to the auriferous nature, of these cements, and it is well known that they ox- ' tend over a vast area *f country ; but the ordinary process of sinking prospecting shafts is so expensive as to be beyond the reach of private enterprise. With the latest improved machines, boring can bo effected at the rate of 21 feet per hour by manual power, and a thick core of"the strata penetrated brought to the surface, and exposed for examination. Calls in the proposed Company have been fixed at tho rate of 3d per week per share, to be called up monthly. This small sum haa been decided upon to - brinj-c the claims of tho Company within the reach ) of all. The advantages to Shareholders will be as follow :— In the event of any payable reefs or deposits being discovered, each Shareholder will bo entitled to an interest iv the discovery in proportion to the number of shares ho holds, and it will bo^at the option of the Company to sell their discovery to tho best advantago or work it themselves, as may bo deemed most advisable. Tho Proviaional Directors havo every reason to believo that the Company will be a financial sucooss, besides in a large degree developing the mineral resources of tho County. Copies of tine Prospectus, and Forms of Application for Sharoa, may bo obtainod from any of tho Provisional Directora, or from tho Brokers of the Company. The Share-liat will close on 21th December, 1831. Government Notifications. t- PROVINCIAL GAZETTE. I . " rpHE OTAGO t)AILY TIMES . JL HAU MEM APPOINTED BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR Tho Newspaper In which ali Publlo Notifications which have hlthorto appeared ln the i, OTAGO PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT GAZETTE 1 shall henceforth be published. - Soiiuß.—The Provincial Government Gaw)t4e wfll , ir. i.jnir'fbe tootled, ■" rrr^iL-"."'^***""""'"*""*' lU. onuewetrt principles.