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Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3110, 30 January 1871, Page 4

TO SHIPOWNERS. riIHE Telegraph Commissioner in prepared JL to receive ten dors for Mie conveyance by Boa from Wellington of Telegraph Poles to the undermentioned places and in the quantities indicated — \ To Patea, north bank of rivor ... 480 j To Opunake 620 To New Plymouth 400 The greater portion of the poles will be 20 foet, the remainder 25 feet long ; the poleß ® fco be landed by tho contractor one (1) chain above high wator mark. Tendera to state the jsrice*per polo us per sizes given, and time fch&t will be required to deliver them in.. TenJers will be received for the conveyance of the Arhole, or for each separate place as abovementioned. • Each tender to be accompanied by a deposit of ten (£10) 83 a gunrantee of good faith, which sum will be forfeited by any tenderer ahould he refuse to take up his tender in the •Tent of its being accepted. Each tender must include the names of two sureties for approval, who are willing to be* oomo bond for the due performance of the ©ontract, in the event of the tender being accepted, and nuii»t be accompanied by a notification to that effect, digued by the two proposed sureties. Tenders, endorsed "Tenders for the conTeyance of poleo," und addressed " The General Manager, Telegraph Department, Wellington," must bo sent in not later than the 26th January, IS7I. By order of the Telegraph Commissioner, C. LEMON, General Manager. New Zealand Telegraph, Wellington, 11th January, 1871. SALK OF LAND IN TEB BANGITIKEI - MAN AWATU DISTRICT miE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF "WELLINGTON will sell by Public Auc tion, at the up?et price of £1 per acre, a block ©f land of about 18,000 acres in the Manajr&tn District. The sale will take place at the Town Hall, Marton, Kanp:itikei, about the 27th FEBBUAR¥ NEXT. Maps showing the position o^ tho block in to the surrounding country, and giving a detailed plan of the sections offered for sale, will be visible at the Land Office on or after the 25th January. Lithographed copies msy bo procured by application at the Provincial Secretary's office, Wellington. The block now offered for sale is the first instalment of a block of 220,000 acres purchased in the ye»r 1865 from the natives, and is situated on the south bank of the Rangitikei Eiver, having a frontage of about 10 miles, and an average depth of three miles. It is intersected by numerous streams, contains considerable patches of available bush, and is of the finest description of agricultural land. The Bangitikei District, from which the Mana*rata block is separated only by the river (fordable at all points), contains a population of 3000 souls, and has been in the possession and occupation of freehold farmers for nearly SO years, and is traversed in every direction by good metalled roads. The block offered for Bale is within 30 miles of the port of Wanganui, within five miles of the mouth of the Rangitikei River, which is accessible to small coasters, and a road is in course of formation right through the block to the harbor of tho Manuwatu River, which is accessible to vessels drawing from eight to ten feet of water. Notice of the exact date of aale will be duly advertised. A. FOLLETT HALCOMBE. Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Wellington, sth January, 1871. DISTRICT ORDER. NO. 1 Co. Wellington Rifle Volunteers, .Veteran and Cadet Corps, will pararie on the Reclaimed Land, on Tueaduy next, the 31st instant, at 5.30 p.m., if wet at Captain Pearce'B Drill Shed. . The Wellington Artillery Volunteers will parade ut their Drill Shed afc 7.30 p.m for inpection of the Lieut.-Colonel commanding the District. H. E. READER, Lieut.-Col Commanding Wellington District. Militia Office, Wellington, 26th January. ADDITIONAL NOTICE. TVTO Eligible Tender having been received JLI for tho performance of a Monthly Mail Steam Service between Auckland, Tau rangn, and Opotiki (described us " No. 3 " in thendv«rii#i:nient dated 17th December, 1870) ib is hereby notified that Tenders for the above service will be received at tho General Post Offico, Wellington, until Monday, 20th Feb., 1871. The conditions will bo the same as those published in the advertisement above referred to. By order of the Postmaster-General, G. ELIOTT ELIOTT, Secretary. General Post Office, Wellington, January 25U>, 1871. /T^ENDEHS aro invited for tho erection of X Two Cottages, for the Keepers at Pencarrow Light lloupq. General conditions, specifications, and drawings, inny be teen at the Offices of the Colonial Architect, Wellington. Tenders will bo received by tho undersigned «p to Noon, on Wednesday, the first day of February next. Tho lowest or any Tender not necessarily accepted. W. H. CLAYTON, Colonial Architect. January 24th, 1871.