on Friday, 9th December. Specifications to be seen at Mr. John Adamson’s, who will shew the work on Thursday, the 8th. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.—DAVID J. MARSHALL, Clerk to the Board. 28th November, 1870.

TOMAHAWK ROAD DISTRICT.—Tenders will be received at the house of the undersigned till noon of Monday, the 12th December, for certain road works in this district. Contractors to meet Messrs. Matheson and Sanderson at Anderson’s Bay Cemetery on the 8th December, at 11 o’clock, a.m., when the works will be pointed out. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.—ALEX. HENDERSON, Clerk, Local Road Board. Tomahawk, November 28, 1870.

NORTH HARBOR AND BLUESKIN ROAD DISTRICT.—Tenders will be received by the undersigned, till noon of Saturday, the twenty-fourth instant, at five o’clock, for certain road works in the above district. Intending contractors, by meeting at the Waitati Hotel on Tuesday, the 20th instant, at ten o’clock a.m., will be shown the works. Specifications to be seen on the ground. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.—DUFF ELLIS, Clerk to the Board. 6th December, 1870.

COPMANHURST.—Tenders are invited for Contract No. 1. Plans and Specifications may be seen at the Schoolhouse, Otepopo, or at my Office in Dunedin, from the 26th inst. to Dec. 10th.—JOHN HARDY, C.E.

ALLDAY.—Tenders are invited for Contracts Nos. 6 and 7. Plans and Specifications may be seen at the Schoolhouse, Otepopo, from the 26th inst. to Dec. 10th, or at my Office.—JOHN HARDY, C.E.

PRESBYTERIAN FAST DAY.—Thursday, 15th December, 1870, being the Presbyterian Fast Day, in Dunedin, the Provincial Government Offices there will not be opened.

AUCTIONEERS’ LICENSES for 1871, in accordance with Section 3 of the Licensed Auctioneers Ordinance 1862.—The Annual Meeting for taking into consideration applications for Auctioneers’ Licenses, will be held in the Provincial Government Offices, Dunedin, at noon on Thursday, 22nd December, 1870, when the following applications will be considered:—

Barnett, William, Dunedin
Capstick, Richard Westell, Tokomairiro
Chapman, Henry John, Dunedin
Chapple, John Cole, Alexandra
De Carle, Edward, Dunedin
Driver, Henry, Dunedin
Evans, Frederick Horatio, Dunedin
Hay, Matthew, Tuapeka
Hepburn, William, Dunedin
Lanseigne, Jules, Dunedin
Orbell, Frank Alfred, Caversham
Pierce, Power, Dunedin
Smith, Robert, Balclutha
Stephenson, John, Dunedin
Street, Charles Henry, Dunedin.

N. E. HARBOR ROAD DISTRICT.—

1. Tenders wanted for falling 11 chains, more or less, and for forming the same on Road No. 6.
2. Tenders wanted for forming 18 chains, more or less, 12 feet wide on No. 2 Road. Mr Christie, Airlie Bank, to show the above works, with the specifications, on Wednesday, December 7, at 12 o’clock, at the Church, Portobello Road; and tenders to be lodged with Mr. Stuart Clifton on or before Saturday, the 10th December.
3. Tenders wanted for metalling 12 chains, more or less, on Road No. 1, and for repairing three bridges on same road. Mr Roger to shew the works at his house, Bellefield, on Wednesday, December 7, 10 o’clock a.m. Tenders to be lodged with Mr. Stuart Clifton, on or before Saturday, the 10th December.
4. Tenders wanted for keeping in repair, until the end of the financial year, about the end of June, 1871, that portion of the Beach Road extending from Mr. Campbell’s to the Grassy Point; and also for clearing off slips from the same. These tenders to be given separately, and to be lodged with the Clerk at the Schoolhouse, N. E. Harbor, on or before Saturday, the 10th December.

N.B.—The Board do not, in any case, bind themselves to accept the lowest or any tender.—GEO. P. BELL, Clerk to the Board.

NOTICE—Wingatui Road Board.—Tenders wanted for metalling and likewise improving certain portions of the Main District Road. Tenders to be lodged with Mr. Donaldson, Wingatui, before 6 p.m.

IMMIGRATION TO OTAGO.—Conditions:—£6 for each adult, and the half of that sum for persons between the ages of 1 and 12, must be paid in Otago before the names are sent home to the Agent in Edinburgh.

If the parties remain three years in Otago, no further payment will require to be made. If they do not remain that time, another payment of £8 10s. must be made before leaving Otago.

All Immigrants must be approved by the Agents for