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Wellington Independent, Volume XVII, Issue 1746, 29 July 1862, Page 4

CO RUNHOLDERS & SHEEP FARMERS. Preliminary Notice. IMPORTANT SALE OF RAMS C AND EWES, EARLY IN AUGUST, Ex " Blanche," from London. I 8 MERINO RAMS, of the purest Saxon blood > and 2 Merino Ewes " " " Selected part out of a Saxon Electoral Negretti Flock, which has been many times awarded prizes at Agricultural Exhibitions in Berlin, Dresden, Leipsig, Munich, and other places ; partly out of a Saxon Escurial Negretti Flock, belonging to His Excellency the President of Crosigk. The latter flock ascends from the royal flock of Lohmen, both of Saxony. Ihe average weight of clean-washed Wool of full-grown animals is four pounds for a Ewe, and fully seven pounds for a Ram. The selection was made with due regard to head and legs beiug woolled, as well as to the loseness and fineness of staple, as much as this could be combined. also, 60 Rams, the produce of German Rams, imported for the Otaki School Establishment in 1860, out of Ewes the produce of Rams imported by Mr. Beauchamp. JOHNSTON & CO. N July 14, 1862. WANTED a Married Couple without incum brance, the man to act as gardener, groom, aad able to milk a cow, &c. ; the woman to work and make herself generally useful. None need apply who are not fully competent and well recommended. Apply at the Office of MESSRS. W. B. RHODES & Co., Between the hours of 9 a.m. to noon. July 8, 1862. v TO BUILDERS, Provincial Secretary's Offioe, Wellington, July 24, 1862. TENDERS will be received at tbe office of the Provincial Secretary, until Wednesday, this 27th day of August next, at noon, for the erection of a building for the Supreme Court, Resident Magistrate's Office, and Police Stations, ou Lambton Quay, near the Scotch Church. Plans and Specifications may be seen at this office on and after Monday next, the 28th iustant. All teaders to be distinctly marked on the outBide " Tenders for the erection of Court Houses, Police Office, <fac," J. WOODWARD, Acting Provincial Secretary. TO BUILDERS. Provincial Secretary's Office, Wellington, July 24, 1862. rriENDERS will be received at the Office of the X Provincial Secretary, Wellington, until Wednesday, the 18th day of August next, at noon, for the erection of a Queen's Warehouse, on Custom House Quay, near the end of the Public Wharf. Plans and Specifications Jof the above may be seen on application at this office. All tenders to be distinctly marked on the outside " Tenders for erection of Queen's Warehouse." J. WOODWARD, Acting Provincial Secretary. NOTICE TO ROAD CONTRACTORS. Provincial Secretary's Office, Wellington, July 24th, 1862. npENDERS, will be received at this office until J_ noon of Friday, Aiigust, Bth for he construction of One and a half miles of the Ohariu Valley District Road. Parties desirous of tendering may examine Plans and Specifications, at the Engineers Office, Welling* ton, and at the residence of Mr. MoTouhy, Ohariu Valley. As the work is divided into three separate portions and as the funds at the desposal of the Board of Wardens, mt»y not be sufficient to undertake the whole, it is requested that the Tenders be For Contract No. 1 41§ Chains, „ „ 245 do „ „ 344 do. J. WOODWARD Acting Provincial Secretary. ON SALE BY THE UNDERSIGNED, EX " TEITON " AND OTHER LATE ARRIVALS. qnn CASES GENEVA, anchor brand 4.3, 0.P. DO " old Port Wine 35 " sup. Sherry do 250 " Old Tom I 200 " Scotch Whisky 10 qr.-casks dark Brandy 10 do pale do 20 hhds. West India Rum I 30 qr.-casks do do 100 casks Bottled Ale 70 " " Porter 200 boxes No. 1 Sperm Candles 30 " Mould do. 80 " Sydney Soap 40 " London do 200 bags Adelaide Flour, 200 lb each 300 " New Zealand do 100 " 600 bushels Wheat 20 chests very Superior Tea 50 half do " do 160 boxes " do 4 tons No. 1 Co.'s Pieces 4 " No. 2 do 7 tons Mauritius Sugar 3 tons Crystals .io 50 barrels Crushed Sugar 10 cases Wax Vestas 300 kegs Patent Nails, assorted sizes And a Great Variety of other Goods. GEORGE CRAWFORD. July 14, 1862. TO ARRIVE PER "JOACHIM CHRIS. TIAN" AND "PRINCJtiSS." "I £) CASES Gent's Saddles ■*-^ 2 " Ladies' do. 12 doz. Bridles 24 setts Cart Harness 16 trunks Boots and Shoes 4 cases Prints 4 bales Blankets 10 qr.-casks Martell's Brandy 20 cases Sardines 30 barrels Crushed Sugar 200 cases Geneva 50 cases Oilman's Stores 50 half-chesta Tea 120 boxes do. GEORGE CRAWFORD. July 14, 1862. "" NOTICE^ A MEETING of the proprietors of Land in the f\ Hutt Road District, No. 6, will be held at my residence, Hutt, on Satuhday, the 9th August, next, 1862, at 7 o'clock in the evening, for the purpose of Electing a Board of Wardens and fixing a Road Rate, JOHN WHITE, Chairman of the Board of Wardens. Hutt, July 11, 1862. ON SALE. IHO "VEKY SUPERIOR PORT COOPER X\J\J CHEESES.