any city town borough district or place the Local Board thereof shall immediately report the same to the Central Board of Health of the Province within which such Local Board is established and such report shall be accompanied by such remarks evidence or information as such Local Board may possess in regard to the disease locality or other facts that may have come to their knowledge and may appear to tend towards the better or more full comprehension of the disease indications occurrences or circumstances so reported and upon the receipt of any such report from any Local Board such Central Board shall immediately transmit a certified copy thereof to the Colonial Secretary accompanied by such information remarks and suggestions as such Central Board deem fit under the circumstances to make.

17. It shall be the duty of every medical practitioner who shall attend upon or give medical or surgical advice to or about any person suffering from small-pox cholera or other highly infectious or contagious disease dangerous to the people to give notice forthwith after he shall have commenced so to attend or give such advice to the Local Board of the district within which such person so suffering then is and every medical practitioner neglecting to give such notice shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

18. When a householder knows that a person within the house occupied by him is taken sick of small-pox cholera or any other highly infectious or contagious disease dangerous to the people he shall immediately give notice thereof to the Local Board of the district in which he dwells If he refuses or neglects to give such notice he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding ten pounds.

WALTER KENNAWAY,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, March 28, 1873.

RETURN of BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, and DEATHS in the Christchurch District, for the Month ending 31st March, 1873 :—

TENDERS.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 17th March, 1873.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful Tenders are published for general information.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

RAKAIA AND ASHBURTON RAILWAY.

Accepted :

| Edward G. Wright, Christchurch | £ 15,269 0 0 |

Declined :

| Allan & Stumbles, Timaru | £ 15,217 2 9 |
| Bird & Co., Christchurch | £ 16,662 0 0 |
| Joseph Taylor, Christchurch | £ 17,242 3 10 |
| Joseph Hadfield, Christchurch | £ 18,039 14 0 |
| William Stocks, Christchurch | £ 18,215 16 0 |
| Henry Wrigg, Auckland | £ 18,960 0 0 |
| Hayter, Hall, & Jackson, Christchurch | £ 19,148 0 0 |

NOTE.—The Government having determined to provide sleepers, the amounts agreed to be allowed on that account by Mr. E. G. Wright and Messrs. Allan and Stumbles respectively, reduced Mr. Wright’s tender below that of Messrs. Allan and Stumbles, viz.,—Mr. Wright, £7,581 16s. 4d.; Messrs. Allan and Stumbles, £8,154 8s. 3d.

RAKAIA AND ASHBURTON RAILWAY.

(ALTERNATIVE TENDERS.)

Declined :

| Allan & Stumbles, Timaru | £ 2,544 10 5 |
| Joseph Taylor, Christchurch | £ 8,234 7 10 |
| Edward G. Wright, Christchurch | £ 8,596 0 0 |
| William Stocks, Christchurch | £ 4,480 5 0 |
| Hayter, Hall, & Jackson, Christchurch | £ 5,230 11 0 |
| Joseph Hadfield, Christchurch | £ 6,150 2 0 |
| Henry Wrigg, Auckland | £ 8,600 0 0 |

NOTE.—All these alternative tenders for a portion of the work were declined, in consequence of the acceptance of a tender for the whole work. (Mr. E. G. Wright’s tender as above.)