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Wellington Independent, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3883, 14 August 1873, Page 3

TVTEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. Publio Works Office, Wellington, 13th August, 1873. TENDERS will be received at this^office until NOON on WEDNESDAY, 24th Sept ember, 1878, for the supply' and delivery of about 885,000 RAILWAY BLEEPERB. I They must be addressed to the Hon the ! Minister for Publio Works, Wellington, and marked outside, " Tenders for sleepers." Specifications may now be seen at the Publio Works Offices, Wellington, and at Auckland, Fbxton, Nelson, Greymoutb, Hokitika, Chriatchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, on ' the arrival of the first mail at those places. Telegraphic tenderft'similarly addressed and marked, will be received if presented /at any ; Telegraph Office by NOON of the same date, provided that written tenders in due' form are lodged at the office of the District Engineer •by the same hour. ' No tender to he for less than 10,000 sleepers, and the lowest or ■■' any tender will not necessarily be accepted. By command, JOHN BLAOKETT, - Assistant Engineer-in-Chief. XT O T TO B . Provincial Secretary's Offipe, j Wellington, August 13th, 1873. , His Honor the Superintendent , has appointed by proclam«tion, in accordance with thd provisions of the Local Boards Act, 1873, that a MEETING of persons qualified to Vote for the election of- Commissioners for the district of Foxton shall be held at tho Court' JHopse, Foxton, on MONDAY,* the lafc day of September, 1873, at 12 6'olock, noon ; and further, that he has appointed THOMASUPPADIN.E COOK, Esq., to be Returning Officer at auch meeting. ' I HENRY BUNNY, ! Provincial Secretary. VTOTICE TO BUSHMEN. Provincial Secretary's Office, Wellington, sth Aug., 1873. TENDERS will be. received up to noon -of Friday, the 15th instant, at .. tho: above : offioe, for the supply and delivery,; on the western bank of the Hutt River, near the bridge, of 500 birch poles, not less than 9 inches in diameter in centra of pole, and 80. feet long. To be delivered at the • rate of 40 per week from date of acceptance of tender. HENRY BUNNY, Provincial Secretary. NOTICE TO QUARRYMEN, CARTERS,' &O. Provincial Secretary's Office, \ . ■ Wellington, sth Aug., 1873. TENDERS will be received up to noon of Friday, the 15th instant, at the ' above office, for the supply and delivery, on the western bank ox , the Hutt River, near the bridge, of 600 cubic yards of^ptone, either boulders oi* rock; no stone to be less ihan 9 inches. <To be delivered at the rate of 75 yards per week from date "of acceptance :of tender. - ' a HENRY BUNNY, •■■■:' . Provincial Seoretary. /CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH. \J ■•■■•■ : -^.-JL 1 -;' ::. ; ■-•< ■ "■ NOTICE. Whereas George Hobbs has applied for leave to erect a fellmongering establishment in the Ngahauranga, Valley, all objectors thereto must send notice of the same to tho undersigned on or before Saturday, the 16th ihsh, when a meeting of tlie' Board Will be held to consider such "bbjeotio'nß, ; 'at.ll2 o'clock, in tho office of the Superintendent. ' ' CHARLES C. GRAHAM, ' Secretary. Wellington", Bth Augaat, 1873. TTT ELLINGTON COLL EG E . EVENING COUROE OF LECTUEES ON GEOLOGY, Bt CAPTAIN HUSTON, F.G.S. ■Pule. Subject. it • July 29 "Rork Forming Minerals Aug 1 inscription ofEocks 5 Fornmtipn of liock Beds 8 Inclination of Beds— Unconformity ' — Fniiiti?, &o '•'• 12 Demulatiori , , - 15 'Jiieva'tion of the -surface of the '-. Karlii and condition of its interior , 19 Cuuses of Elevation, Contortions and Faults— Metamorphism 22 Earthquakes 26 V olcunoos HO M oda of occurrence of Granite and Trap Kocka Sept. 2 -Phypioeruphy (origin of the surface fenturt'P of the Earth) 5 PuWontologj — its principles and uses ' '■■ in Geology 9 Chronological Classification of Rocks 12 ; <4eologieul History of the Earth ]G Geolo<|icnl Surveying ' 19 Miner il Vpids .23 'I'he Art of Mining ! 26 The Geology c#New Zealand. For tickpti of ndmission, price £1 Is for the i cottrae, or 2s 0 1 each lecture. Apply to CHARLES O. GRAHAM, Seoretary. 4th August. ' ,- IN THE SUPREME COURT. Under the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Act, 1865. In tbe matter of the estate of ELIJAH HAYES OROUCHER, deoeaaed. Notice is hereby given that application will be made to the Court in Chambers, on TUESI DAY, the 26th day of August, instant, at 11 I o'clock in the forenoon, , for leave for tho tenant for life to execute a lease to Frederick i William Mead Dowsett, for a term of 14 years, of that piece of land part of section < numbered 626 on the- plan of the City of Wellington, having a frontage to Tinakori Road of 65 feet 6 inches by a depth of 93 feet 9. inches. • . ;■ -. - . I "■ ,' CHARLES B. IZARD, ! : . Solicitor. rpHE Manawatu Highways' Distriot RATE J_ BOOK will be open to Ratepayers' inspection. from the 15th INST to the 15th AUGUST next, at the office of* ' JAMES LINTON, Collector for the Board. Palmerston North; July 12, 1873. THE undersigned will be happy to receive orders for Totava planks, scantling, and boards, in any quantity, to, be delivered in Wellington, as soon as the tramway is open is Foston. „ >'•"',.' r \ , l GEORGE SNELSON. * Palmerston North, Manawatu, ,