86

NELSON GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

TENDERS FOR REPAIRING BOATMEN'S COTTAGES AT THE PORT.

Accepted:

John M'Vicar ... ... ... 27 0 0

Declined:

Joseph Gilbertson (no deposit) ... ... 27 10 0
Edward Morris... ... ... 27 17 0
James Fieldes ... ... ... 28 0 0

TENDERS FOR BRIDGE AND ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN THE BIG BUSH.

Accepted:

D. J. M'Rae, bridge, £84; road work, £5 8s 5d per chain.

Declined:

Michael O'Keefe, bridge, £55; road work, £8 per chain.

TENDERS FOR REPAIRING THE WAIROA BRIDGE.

Accepted:

£ s. d.
T. R. H. Taylor ... ... ... 32 0 0

Declined:

Thomas Scott ... ... ... 45 0 0
Freeman Brothers ... ... ... 47 10 0

TENDERS FOR THE SUPPLY OF 400 YARDS OF BUILDING STONE.

Contract No. 8 of the Nelson Harbor Works.

Accepted:

George Wilks and William Streatfield, 6s 9d per cubic yard.

Declined:

Robert Grant ... ... 7s per cubic yard
W. Orsman ... ... 7s 6d per cubic yard
Thomas Younger ... ... 8s 10½d per cubic yard

TENDERS FOR THE MAINTENANCE, OF THE BULLER ROAD BETWEEN WESTPORT AND BURLING'S CREEK.

Section No. 1.

Accepted:

£ s. d.
Henry Richardson ... ... ... 130 0 0

Declined:

John M'Lean ... ... ... 164 0 0
Thomas Easton ... ... ... 174 0 0
Charles Mears ... ... ... 186 0 0
James Fulham ... ... ... 230 0 0
John Walker ... ... ... 235 0 0

Section No. 3.

Accepted:

Owen Griffen ... ... ... 1470 0 0

Declined:

Joseph Forsyth ... ... ... 1469 0 0

Section No. 4.

Accepted:

Owen Griffen ... ... ... 500 0 0

Declined:

Peter Nelson (no sureties submitted) ... 549 0 0
Joseph Forsyth ... ... ... 673 0 0

TENDERS FOR BOX DRAINS FOR NELSON HARBOR WORKS.

Accepted:

James Jones and others, per 100 lineal feet, £28 5s

Declined:

Thomas Scott, per 100 lineal feet ... £29 15s

TENDERS FOR PAINTING, &c., AT THE NELSON LUNATIC ASYLUM.

Accepted:

James P. Cooke, ... ... ... 23 17 0

Declined:

James Campbell ... ... ... 23 19 0
T. B. Louisson ... ... ... 37 10 0

WILLIAM ROUT,
For Provincial Secretary.

Superintendent's Office,
Nelson, June 7, 1876.

PURSUANT to the provisions of "The Education Act, 1863," the Superintendent directs it to be notified that the Annual Rate imposed by the said Act upon all Householders residing within Educational Districts, will be levied on Monday, the 3rd day of July next, and that the same will be received at the following places, between the Hours of Ten a.m. and Four o'clock p.m., viz.:—

Court-house, Nelson, by William Flett
School-house, Clifton Terrace, Suburban North, by Alexander Wragg
Public Hall, Stoke, by E. Cresswell
Agricultural Hall, Waimea East, by William Steer
School-house, Waimea West, by Thomas Russ
School-house, Spring Grove, by Charles Knapp
School-house, Motupiko, by William Gibbs
School-house, Dovedale, by Job Best
School-house, Upper Moutere, by H. Benseman
Institute, Motueka, by J. F. Wilson
School-house, Riwaka, by C. T. Pattie
Court-house, Takaka, by F. Y. Hicks
Court-house, Collingwood, by John Fisher
Court-house, Cobden, by H. M'Ardle
Court-house, Westport, by S. Goodall.

WILLIAM ROUT,
For Provincial Secretary.

[Extracts from New Zealand Gazette.]

Districts under "The Marriage Act Amendment Act, 1858."

(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Marriage Act Amendment Act, 1858," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor at any time, by Proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette, to divide the colony for the purposes of the said Act into such and so many districts as he shall think fit, and that every such district shall be called by a distinct name, and shall be a Registrar's District: Provided always that the Governor may at any time revoke the whole or any part of such Proclamation, and issue a new Proclamation dividing the colony or any portion of it anew into districts, or increasing the number or altering the boundaries of the districts, as from time to time he may think requisite:

And whereas by a Proclamation duly made and issued, bearing date the fourth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, the then Governor, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in him, did, amongst others, constitute a district for the purposes of the said Act called the "Buller" District, the boundaries whereof were therein set forth, said Proclamation came into operation and took effect on the twentieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two:

And whereas it is expedient to revoke so much of