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Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3111, 31 January 1871, Page 4

TO SHIP OWNERS. THE Telegraph Comminßioner is prepared to receive tenders for tfie conveyance by Mft from Wellington of Telegraph Poles to the tmdermentioned pfaces and in the quantities indicated — H?o Patea, north bank of river ... 480 TdOpunake 520 To New Plymonth 400 The greater portion of the poles will be 20 foefc, the remainder 25 feet long ; the poles to be landed by the contractor one (1) chain above high water mark. Tenders to state the price per pole as per sizns given, and time tjLit will be required to deliver them in. Tenjers will be received for the conveyance of the /rhqle, or for each separate place as abovepetitioned. Eaoh tender to be accompanied by a deposit of ten (£10) as a guarantee of good faith, which sum will be forfeited by any tenderer should he refuse to take up his tender in the •rant of its being accepted. •Each tender must include the names of two eweties for approval, who are willing to become bond for tho due performance of the contract, in tho event of the tender being accepted, and must be accompanied by a notification to that effect, feigned by the two proposed sureties. Tenders, endorsed "Tenders for the conveyance of poles," and addressed " The Gendra.\ Manager, Telegraph Department, Wellington," roust be sent in not later than the 25th January, 1871. By order of the Telegraph Commissioner, C. LEMON, General Manager. New Zealand Telegraph, Wellington, 11th January, 1871. SALE OF LAND IK THB BANGITIKEI-MANAWATU DISTRICT mHB PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF WELLINGTON will sell by Publio Auo ftion, at the upset price of £1 per acre, a block df land of about 18,000 acres in the Manawatu District. The Bale will take place at the Town Hall, JCarton, Rangitikei, about the 27th FEB BUARST NEXT. Maps showing the position of the block in relation to the surrounding country, and giving a detailed plan of the sections offered for eale, will be visible at the Land Office «v or after the 25th January. Lithographed copies may 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 year 1865 from the natives, and is situated on the south bank of the Bangitikei Biver, having a frontage of about 10 miles, and •n 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 Manavratu block is separated only by the river (fordabie at all points), contains a population of 8000 soulb, and has been in the possession and occupation of freehold farmers for nearly 20 years, and is travel sed in every direction by good metalled roads. The block offered for sale 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 the Manawotu River, which is accessible to vessels drawing from eight to ten feet of water. Notice' of the exact date of sale will be duly advertised. A. FOLLETT HALCOMBE. Provincial Secretary. : Provincial Secretary's Office, Wellington, sth January, 1871. DISTRICT ORDER. NO. 1 Co. Wellington RiHe Volunteers, Veteran and Cadet Corps, will parade on the Reclaimed Land, on Tuesday next, the 3 1st instant, at 5.30 p.m., if wet at Captain Pearce's Drill Shed. The Wellington Artillery Volunteers will parade at their Drill Shed at 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. NO Eligible Tender having been received for the performance of a Monthly Mail Steam Service between Auckland, Tau -ttanga, and Opotiki (described as " No. 3 " in fche advertisement dated 17th December, 1870) it- is hereby notified that Tenders for the above service will be received at the General Post Office, Wellington, until Monday, 20th Feb., 1871The conditions will be the same as thoec ; published in the advertisement above referred to. By order of the Postmaster-General, G. ELIOTT ELIOTr, Secretary. General Post Office, Wellington, January 25th, 1871. ypENDERSaro invited for the erection of 'JL Two Cottages, for the Keepers at Pencarrow Light House. General conditions, specifications, and drawings, may be eeen at the Offices of the Colonial Architect, Wellington . Tenders.will be received by tho undersigned ' up to Noon, on Wednesday, the firat day of .February neit. , The lowest or any Tender not necessarily 'accepted. * W. H. CLAYTON, Colonial Architect;. January Uih, 1871.