HOLIDAY.

NEW ZEALAND EXHIBITION, 1865.

Alteration of Date to 17th February.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that Wednesday, the 17th of February, 1864, being fixed upon by the Royal Commissioners for the laying of the Foundation Stone of the Exhibition buildings, the Provincial Government offices will not be opened on that day.

Thomas Dick,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Treasury,
Dunedin, 2nd February, 1864.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has appointed the following gentlemen, viz.:

William Jaffray,
Donald Bruce,
Frederick Lowe Jeffcoat,
to be Inspectors (without salary) under the "Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," for the Infected District second mentioned and described in the Proclamation by His Honor the Superintendent of the Regulations under the said Act, published in the Provincial Government Gazettes, Nos. 285 and 286.

John L. Gillies,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Dunedin, 28th January, 1864.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified, that in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him, he has appointed

Thom Meredith Smith,
a member of the Otago Police Force, to be an Inspector of slaughter-houses, and of cattle intended for slaughter within the Oamaru slaughter-house district.

Thomas Dick,
Provincial Secretary.

PUBLIC WORKS.

TENDERS will be received at the office of the Secretary of Public Works, until noon of Monday, February, 22nd instant, for the erection of a bridge over the river Clutha, between Hill’s Bridge and the junction of the Kawarau River at Cromwell Township.

Plans and Specifications may be seen, and forms of tender obtained, at the office of the Chief Road Engineer, on and after Friday, the 5th inst.

The Government are not bound to accept the lowest or any of the tenders.

George Duncan,
Secretary of Public Works.

2nd February, 1864.

TO CARPENTERS.

TENDERS will be received at the office of the Secretary of Public Works, until noon of Monday, the 22nd of February, for alterations and additions to the bulk, "Thomas and Henry," lying at Port Chalmers.

Plans and Specifications may be seen, and forms of tender obtained, at the office of the Provincial Engineer, Dunedin, until Saturday, the 13th of February, and after that date at the Police Office, Port Chalmers.

George Duncan,
Secretary of Public Works.

2nd February, 1864.

List of Tenders accepted, and Contracts signed, to 1st February, 1864

Under Provincial Engineer.

Cranes for Jetty street Jetty, Alex. Cairns, & Co. ... £553 0

Furniture for Gov. Offices, North & Secular ... 22 16

Dobbins (6) for Bell Hill ... James Buchan ... 142 10

Works ...

Schoolmaster’s Residences, North, Middle, and South Dunedin ... Charles Nees ... 1898

Accepted Tender,

Under Road Engineer.

Telegraph — Supply, delivery, erection, and Maintenance of Telegraphic Posts, between Tokomairiro and the Wakatipu Lake ... Henry Hill ... £9114.

George Duncan,
Secretary of Public Works.

FORAGE.

TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Provincial Storekeeper till noon of the 9th of February, curt., for supplying the undermentioned Police Stations with the articles set opposite each for the period ending 30th June next:—

• Dunstan Station — Oats, oaten-hay, bran.
• Ida Burn (M Paerson’s) — Oats, oaten-hay, bran.
• Deep Stream — Oats, oaten-hay, bran.
• West Taieri — Oats, bran.
• Waikouaiti — Oats, oaten-hay, shoeing, and firewood.
• Hampden — Oats, oaten-hay, shoeing, and firewood.
• Oamaru — Oats, oaten-hay, and firewood.

Printed Forms of Tender can be obtained at any of the above stations.

Thomas Dick,
Provincial Secretary.

January 29th, 1864.

PORT CHALMERS STOCK YARD.

NOTICE is hereby given that on and after the date hereof, a charge of sixpence per head will be made on all cattle placed in the Government Stock Yard at Port Chalmers.

By order,

John L. Gillies,
Provincial Treasurer.

Provincial Treasury,
Dunedin, 29th January, 1864.

NOTICE TO CATTLE DRIVERS.

NOTICE is hereby given, that after this date, 1st February, 1864, the following Regulations are to be observed in taking Cattle out of the Government Stock Yard at Port Chalmers, and in driving Cattle on the Road from Port Chalmers to Dunedin:

1. No person will be allowed to take out any Cattle from the Government Stock yard, at Port Chalmers, except between the hours of 4 o’clock in the afternoon and 9 o’clock in the morning of any working day.

2. No person shall drive any Cattle on the road from Port Chalmers to Dunedin, except between the hours of 4 o’clock in the afternoon and 9 o’clock in the morning on any working day.

3. No Cattle shall be driven on the road from Port Chalmers to Dunedin, unless there shall be with every mob or lot so driven, one horseman who shall ride in front of such mob or lot, and shall warn travellers of the approach thereof.

4. No Cattle shall be allowed to be or remain on the said road, unless in the charge of a competent driver.

By order,

John L. Gillies,
Provincial Treasurer.

Dunedin, 1st February, 1864.