PAYMENT OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be notified that, in future all Accounts will be paid Two Days after presentation at the Treasury.

By order,\nALEXANDER WILLIS,\nActing Provincial Secretary.\nProvincial Secretary’s Office,\nDunedin, 19th May, 1863.

FERRY.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be notified, that a Public Ferry will be forthwith established at the place undermentioned, at which charges will be levied according to the annexed Schedule.

Tenders will be received at the office of the Provincial Secretary, Dunedin, and at the offices of the Wardens, Dunstan, Manuherikia, Teviot, and Frankton, up to the 26th day of May next, from persons desirous of Leasing the said Ferry.

The tenderers to provide their own boats or punts as may be required, such boats and punts to be subject to the approval of the Government.

SITE OF FERRY.

At the Junction of the Law Burn and Molyneux.

Schedule of Charges from sunrise till one hour after sunset:

• For each Person ... 1s.
• „ horse, mule, or ass, not drawing any carriage ... 2s.
• „ head of great cattle ... 1s.
• „ sheep, goat, and hog, when under 20 ... 4d.
• „ sheep, goat, and hog, when 20 and upwards ... 2d.
• „ cart, dray, wagon, and carriage, of what kind soever, exclusive of goods and passengers ... 2s.
• „ horse, mule, ass, and bullock, drawing any cart, dray, waggon, or other carriage ... 1s.
• „ bale of wool ... 1s.

Other goods at the rate of 4d. per 100 lbs.

From one hour after sunset till sunrise the above fares and freight and one-half more shall be charged.

The Mail, and persons exhibiting a certificate under the hand of the Superintendent, that they are on duty under the employ of the Government, are exempt from the payment of the said fares and freights.

Alex. James Willis,\nActing Provincial Secretary.\nProvincial Secretary’s Office,\nDunedin, 18th May, 1863.

PROCLAMATION

Of a Gaol at Queenstown, Wakatipu.

By the Honorable John Hyde Harris, Esq., Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

WHEREAS power is vested in the Superintendent of the Province of Otago to declare any House, Building, Enclosure, or Place to be a Public Gaol;

Now, therefore, I, John Hyde Harris, Esq., the Superintendent, as aforesaid, do hereby declare and proclaim that the place following, that is to say:

The Cell, Enclosure, or Compartment No. 2, in the Lock-up or Watch-house at Queenstown, Wakatipu, in the said Province, shall be and be used as a Public Gaol.

Given under my hand at Dunedin, and issued under the Public Seal (L.S.) of the Province of Otago this thirteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

John Hyde Harris,\nSuperintendent.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT directs the publication of the following Rules and Regulations for general information.

By order,\nALEXANDER WILLIS,\nActing Provincial Secretary.\nProvincial Secretary’s Office,\nDunedin, May 19, 1863.

RULES AND REGULATIONS

To be observed in connection with the reception, opening, and determining of Tenders for Works required by the Provincial Government of Otago.

1st. The amount or nature of the Tenders of the different Contractors will not be published in the Provincial Government Gazette, or any public paper, until a Tender has been bona fide accepted, and the Contract Bond completed.

2nd. Tenders will be opened on the day and time mentioned in the advertisement calling for the same, at the office of the Provincial Secretary, in the presence of the Contractors or their Agents, who will be previously required to deposit, in cash or by marked cheque, the sum of (5) five per cent on the total amount of the Tender, when that is under (£1000) one thousand pounds, and (2½) two and a-half per cent when it exceeds that sum. No deposit to be less than (£25) twenty-five pounds.