purpose" of regulating the Slaughtering of Cattle in certain Districts. And whereas by an Ordinance of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province of Canterbury entitled "The Empowering Ordinance, Sess. II, No. 2," the powers conferred on the Governor of New Zealand by the above recited Ordinance were within the limits of the Province of Canterbury conferred on the Superintendent of the said province.

Now, therefore, I, William Sefton Moorhouse, the Superintendent of the said Province of Canterbury, in pursuance of the powers vested in me by the above recited Ordinances, and of all other powers and authorities in any wise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that from and after the 30th day of April, 1859, the "Ordinance for regulating the Slaughtering of Cattle in certain places" and the provisions thereof shall come into operation and be in force within the limits of the Town of Akaroa, as the same is defined in a certain proclamation of the Superintendent of the said Province of Canterbury, bearing date the 1st day of May, 1856, and marked as such town on the map of the town and suburbs of Akaroa, marked A 3, signed by the Chief Surveyor, and deposited in the Land Office, at Christchurch.

And I do further proclaim and declare that the said Ordinance for regulating the Slaughtering of Cattle in certain places and the provisions thereof shall, from and after the said 30th day of April, 1859, come into operation, and be in force within the limits of the Town of Kaiapoi, as the same is defined in the "Kaiapoi Town Ordinance, Sess. VIII., No. 7," of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the said Province of Canterbury, and numbered and marked MD 14 on the maps, setting out and describing the Mandeville District of the Province of Canterbury, in the Land Office, Christchurch.

Given under my hand at Christchurch, this twenty-fourth day of February, 1859.

W. S. MOORHOUSE,
Superintendent.

By his Honor's command,
JOHN OLLIVIER,
Provincial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

PROCLAMATION.

I, WILLIAM SEFTON MOORHOUSE, Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, do hereby, in pursuance of the powers vested in me in that behalf by the regulations for the sale, letting, and occupation of the Waste Lands of the Crown, proclaim and declare that the lands hereinafter described shall be reserved until the next session of the Provincial Council, that is to say, Eighty (80) Acres at Harewood Forest, commencing at a point 10 chains along the edge of Harewood Forest from a creek running into the Eyre river, between Trig poles O 29 and O 30, thence westerly 20 chains and back northerly 40 chains into the bush, to be reserved for the preservation and sale of the timber thereon.

W. S. MOORHOUSE,
Superintendent.

By his Honor's command,
JOHN OLLIVIER,
Provincial Secretary.

Feb. 25, 1859.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

HIS Honor the Superintendent has been pleased to appoint CHARLES FRENCH REMBERTON, Esq., to be an assistant Surveyor for the Province of Canterbury, the appointment to date from the 24th of February, instant.

By order of his Honor the Superintendent,
JOHN OLLIVIER,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Christchurch, Feb. 25, 1859.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Christchurch, 25th February, 1859.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs the publication of the following Tenders for general information:—

SCHEDULE OF CONTRACTS ADVERTISED AND TENDERS RECEIVED 22ND JANUARY, 1859.

Hagley Park Drainage.

Foster .................................. £200 0 0
Newcombe .............................. 170 0 0
Brady, accepted ...................... 150 0 0

Avon Cutting.

Purdy and Wright, declined ....... 600 0 0

Kaiapoi—Piraki-street.

Purdy ...................................... 170 0 0
Stanton, accepted .................... 155 0 0

TENDERS RECEIVED 29TH JANUARY, 1859.

Carting Timber from Christchurch Quay to Christchurch.

Sutcliffe and Son, accepted, 12s. per 1000 feet.
Hammond, 12s. 6d. per 1000 feet.
Allen, 12s. per 1000 feet.
Stace, 12s. per 1000 feet.
Aikman and Le Cren, 17s. 6d. per 1000 feet.

TENDERS RECEIVED FEBRUARY 5TH, 1859.

Avon Cutting.

Lingard .................................. 650 0 0
Wright ................................... 525 0 0
McGrath, accepted .................. 500 0 0

TENDERS RECEIVED FEBRUARY 12, 1859.

Widening Lyttelton Jetty.

Grubb, £3450, to be completed in 7 months.
Hughes, £3378, to be completed in 9 months.
Coe, £3200, no time specified.
Mutton and Fisher, £2590, to be completed in 9 months.
Smart, accepted, £2700, to be completed in 6 months.

TENDERS RECEIVED FEBRUARY 27, 1859.

Extension of Government Buildings, Christchurch.

Mason's work. F. Jenkins, £1900, accepted.
Building the Offices, F. Jenkins, £4758, do. *
Do. do. Holmes & Cliff, £4310 6s., time not specified

• Part to be completed in 8 months, the remainder in 10 and 14 months.

Market House, Christchurch.

B. Ward, 4 months, £728, accepted.
Wagstaff and Widdowson, 4 months, £882 10s.
Holmes and Cliff, time not specified, £810 10s. 6d.