Tenders.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 631

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 8th June, 1877.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful
Tenderers is published for general information.

J. D. ORMOND,
Minister for Public Works.

BALCLUTHA CONTRACT OF THE WAITAKI-INVER-
CARGILL RAILWAY.
Accepted.
Proudfoot and McKay, Dunedin 10,000 0 0

Declined.
P. Dey, Dunedin ... ... 10,132 0 0
J. M. Wathon ... ... 10,398 0 0
Mathieson Bros.... ... ... 10,503 18 0
A. J. Smyth ... ... 10,770 10 0
Millar, Murray, Invercargill ... ... 11,030 7 10
T. H. Parsons, Timaru ... ... 11,351 6 0
Henderson and Ferguson, Dunedin... ... ... 11,846 11 0
J. McKneill, Balclutha ... ... 14,575 10 0

Notification of Regulations prescribing Terms and Con-
ditions for the use of the Mount Ida Water-race and
Sludge Channel.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and autho-
rities vested in me by "The Public Works Act,
1876," I, the Honorable John Davies Ormond,
Minister for Public Works, do hereby make the
regulations hereinafter set forth, prescribing the
terms and conditions upon which the water-race
therein. mentioned may be used, and the rates and
charges to be paid for water supplied, that is to say, -

1. The Mount Ida Water-race and Sludge Channel,
   and all the dams, races, and works of any kind in
   connection therewith (hereinafter included in the
   expression, "the race"), shall be under the control
   of an officer, to be from time to time appointed by
   the Governor, to be called the "Manager." Any
   such Manager may be removed or dismissed from his
   office by the Governor.

2. The Manager shall have entire charge of the
   race, and shall be responsible for keeping the same in
   proper repair, and for maintaining the supply of
   water; and may, subject to these Regulations, sell
   and supply water to miners for mining purposes, and
   grant permission to miners to connect tail-races with
   the sludge channel, and to run water and tailings
   into the same. The Manager, so long as he shall
   hold office, shall be the person to recover all rates and
   charges payable under these regulations, as provided
   in "The Public Works Act, 1876," and the Manager
   for the time being shall be deemed to duly
   authorized by the Minister for that purpose..

3. No person shall take water from the race, or any
   reservoir or branch race in connection therewith, or
   run water or tailings into the sludge channel, or in
   any way interfere with any of them, without the
   consent of the Manager.

4. Water from the race shall be sold by measure,
   the unit of measurement for the purposes of these
   Regulations being taken to be what is known as
   the "Hogburn-head," that is to say, a stream of
   water flowing for eight hours through an aperture
   16 inches wide by 1 inch high in one end of a
   gauge box 6 feet long and 5 inches deep, interior
   measurement, with a pressure or "head" board of
   4 inches in width above the discharge aperture; the
   box to be open at the top, and fixed level. For the
   purpose of measuring more than one "Hogburn-
   head" the box may be enlarged horizontally, or
   the side may be raised and the aperture enlarged
   perpendicularly.

5. The rate at which water shall be sold for mining
   purposes shall be twenty-five shillings (25s.) the
   "Hogburn-head" per week of six working days of
   eight hours each, and such price shall be payable in
   advance.

6. The charge for running water and tailings into
   the sludge channel shall be one shilling and sixpence
   (1s. 6d.) per "Hogburn-head" per week seven
   days, payable in advance.

7. A day and hour and place shall be appointed by
   the Manager for receiving the first applications for
   supplies of water from the race for mining purposes,
   and for the privilege of connecting tail-races with
   running water and tailings into the sludge channel;
   and the same shall be notified not less than seven
   days previously by advertisement in some newspaper
   circulating in the district where the race is situate.

8. Any person desiring to obtain a supply of water
   from the water-race for mining purposes shall apply
   in writing to the Manager, stating the quantity of
   water required, and where to be used, and where and
   when required to be supplied. All such applications
   shall be kept by the Manager, and numbered con-
   secutively as received.

9. If the quantity of water that any person applies
   for is available at the time for sale and delivery where
   specified, the Manager shall issue to the applicant a
   "water ticket" in the Form A in the Schedule hereto,
   setting forth the quantity of water the applicant is
   entitled to be allowed to purchase.

10. The applicant shall present the "water ticket"
    to the Receiver of Gold Revenue (hereinafter called
    "the Receiver"), who shall thereupon receive from
    him, in advance, the price of the water therein men-
    tioned, and give him a "receipt" in the Form B in
    the said Schedule; and it shall be lawful for the
    Receiver from time to time to receive from the person
    named in such "water ticket" the price of the water
    therein mentioned, in advance, without requiring the
    production of a fresh "water ticket," unless or until
    he shall receive notice from the Manager that such
    person is no longer entitled to be the purchaser of
    such quantity of water.

11. In allotting water to applicants, the Manager
    shall give a preference to the earlier applicants; but
    in case the amount of water applied for shall at any
    time exceed the quantity available for sale and de-
    livery, it shall be lawful for the Manager to allot to
    applicants less quantities of water than they shall
    have applied for, provided that in no case shall the
    Manager reduce the quantity for any one person or
    party to less than four "Hogburn-heads" without his
    or their consent.

12. The holder of a "receipt" shall be entitled to
    the quantity of water therein specified, to be delivered
    at such times and places (being regular points of
    delivery from the race) as he may indicate to the
    Manager, provided the same can be conveniently
    arranged; but shall have no absolute claim to such
    supply at such times or places.

13. Whenever the supply of water in the race
    shall be less than sufficient to supply to all the
    holders of "water tickets" the full quantities of water
    to which they are entitled, it shall be lawful for the
    Manager to reduce the supply to each holder of a
    "water ticket" in a proportionate rate, as nearly as
    may be; but the supply for any holder of a "water
    ticket" shall not be so reduced below four "Hogburn-
    heads" without his consent; and if, after such re-
    duction has been made, the supply shall still be in-
    sufficient, the water available shall be appropriated
    to the several holders of "water tickets," at the
    reduced rate, in the order of their priority, so far as
    it will go.

14. The Manager shall keep an account in which
    he shall credit each holder of a "water ticket" with
    the amount of money shown in such "receipts" as