NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
9th May, 1862.

THE Provincial Government will be prepared on Tuesday, 27th May, to receive Tenders for Clearing a part of the River Halswell.

A specification of the work may be seen at the office of Public Works, in Christchurch, on and after the 17th instant.

Tenders must be sent to the Provincial Secretary’s office on or before noon on the 27th instant, when parties tendering must be in attendance.

The Government will not be bound to accept the lowest or any tender.

THOS. WM. MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, April 7, 1862.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified for public information, that, in pursuance of the powers vested in him by the Waste Land Regulations, now in force within the Province of Canterbury, he has made the following Reserves of Land, temporarily, until the next Session of the Provincial Council —

The unsold land situate between the high banks of the following Rivers and their tributaries, liable to be flooded during freshes:

Waipara
Hae Hae Te Moana,
Kowai,
Tumakaka,
Ashley,
Opihi,
Waimakariri,
Opawaha,
Rakaia,
Selwyn,
Te Ngawai,
Pareora,
Ashburton,
Otaio,
Hinds,
Hook,
Rangitata,
Waiau,
Orari,
and such portions of the Hurunui and Waitangi Rivers and their tributaries as are in the Province of Canterbury.

No. 206, in red.—Fifty acres, more or less, situate on the south bank of the River Selwyn, where it runs into Lake Ellesmere, being bounded on the north and east by the Selwyn, on the south by a road, and on the west by the extent of fifty acres for a wharf and depot for timber from the Little River.

No. 207, in red.—Fifty acres, more or less, situate at the mouth of Budding’s Creek, Lake Ellesmere, commencing at trig. station E. 20, and running down the northern side of the creek towards the lake a distance of fifty chains, with an average depth of ten chains.

No. 208, in red.—Fifty acres, more or less, situate at the mouth of Budding’s Creek, Lake Ellesmere, commencing immediately opposite trig. station E. 20, and running down the south side of the creek towards the lake about fifty chains, with an average depth of ten chains.

These reserves, 207 and 208, are for wharves and timber depôts.

Also, the following reserves for the Christchurch Municipal Council —

No. 209, in red.—Thirty acres, more or less, near the Horse Shoe Lagoon, north of the Avon, bounded on the south and south-east by a road separating this from Sections 557 and 593, on the north-west by Section 8099, and on the north-east by another road along the western side of the lagoon, subject to a road running through the reserve from east to west.

No. 210, in red.—Eighteen acres, more or less, situate south of the Avon, bounded on the north by a road separating this from the Slaughter-house Reserve No. 107; on the east by a road separating this from Sections 1145 and 1148, and on the west by a road separating this from Section 1144.

No. 211, in red.—Twenty-two acres, more or less, situate south of the Avon, bounded on the east and south-east by a road separating this from Sections 1145 and 1146; on the west by Section 1144, and on the south-west by a road separating this from the Canal reserve.

No. 212, in red.—Thirty acres, more or less, situate south of the Avon, being bounded on the west and south-west by a road separating this from Sections 273, 901, and 1148, and on the north-east and south-east by the ridge of Sand-hills.

By His Honor’s command,
THOS. WM. MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.

IMMIGRATION COMMISSION.

SHIP “VICTORIA.”

THE Commissioners report that, on visiting the ship Victoria, they found everything in satisfactory condition as far as regards the condition of the ship and passengers.

The Commissioners report that the situation of the Hospital was very objectionable, being dark and ill ventilated.

The Commissioners were informed that the water in casks was so offensive, that the Master was obliged to put in to Pernambuco for supplies. They consider that some want of proper care in the selection of the casks must have occasioned this, as the tank water was not tainted.

WM. DONALD, R.M., Chairman.
H. S. McKELLAR,
JOHN T. ROUSE,
WM. REEVES.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, 12th May, 1862.

HIS Honor the Superintendent, in pursuance of certain powers vested in him by the “Empowering Ordinance, Sess. II., No. 2,” directs it to be notified that the Footpaths in the Town of Kaiapoi hereinafter described, having been well and sufficiently made and completed for the use and accommodation of foot-passengers, according to the provisions of the “Footpath Ordinance, Sess. VII., No. 12,” are hereby declared to