NOTICE to Local Road Boards

The following Resolution passed by the Provincial Council on the 15th May, 1872, is published for the information and guidance of Local Road Boards:

"That copies of all alterations of roads made by Road Boards, be forwarded to the respective Survey Offices."

Alex. Willis,
Clerk General Road Board.

17th June, 1872.

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THE Statutory Half-yearly Meeting of the Education Board

will be held at the Government Buildings, Dunedin, on Wednesday, the 10th day of July, 1872, at noon.

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TO TEACHERS

An Examination of Candidates for the Education Board’s Certificates of Competency will be held at the Education Office, Dunedin, on Wednesday the 10th and Thursday the 11th of July, 1872. Printed copies of the Board’s Regulations may be obtained on application to...

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TO LIBRARY COMMITTEES

Library Committees are informed that a large order for Public Library Books has been sent to Britain. Priority of choice in the selection of the books on their arrival here will be strictly determined by the dates on which the several Committees forwarded their subscriptions to this Office; or until the sum of moneys expended by them directly on the purchase of library books.

J. Spence,
Secretary to Education Board.

11th June, 1872.

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SUPREME COURT

Notice is hereby given that a Sitting of the Supreme Court for the despatch of Criminal and Civil Business will be holden at the Supreme Court House, Dunedin, on Monday, the first day of July next, at the hour of ten o’clock in the forenoon, at which time and place all persons bound by recognizances to appear as Prosecutors, Defendants, or Witnesses, are required to give their attendance.

Notice is hereby further given that the Civil Cases will not be called on for trial until Thursday, the ninth day of July, at ten o’clock in the forenoon.

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EXTRACT FROM PREVIOUS GAZETTES

Of Impounding Notices:

5th July, Friday noon, a grey mare will be sold at Oamaru Pound.

5th July, Friday noon, a bull will be sold at West Taieri Pound.

5th July, Friday noon, a stag and a pony will be sold at Palmerston Pound.

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TENDERS

TENDERS will be received at the office of the Secretary for Works, until 12 o’clock of Friday, 28th June, for Contract No. 649 — Construction of a timber bridge over the Waihopai stream, on road Invercargill to Winton.

Plans and specifications may be seen and forms of tender obtained at the office of the Engineer of Roads and Works, Dunedin, and at the office of the Railway manager, Invercargill.

Tenders to be endorsed "Roads and Works tender for Contract No. 649."

The Government does not undertake to accept the lowest or any tender.

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SCHEDULE

All that portion of the Otago Gold Field included within the following boundaries (that is to say): Commencing at the summit of Lammerlaw; thence by the western watershed of the Upper Taieri river to south Rough-ridge Hill; thence by a right line to the Dunstan road; thence by the Dunstan road to the Upper Taieri river; and thence by the Upper Taieri river and a right line to the starting point.

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BONUS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A GLASS BOTTLE MANUFACTORY

The Provincial Government being desirous of encouraging the manufacture of Glass Bottles in Otago, is prepared to receive offers from parties willing to embark in the enterprise, and is further prepared to pay a bonus of £300, as under:

On the erection of building and plant, of a value of not less than £500 — £100.

On production of 100 gross of bottles — £100.

On production of a further quantity of 200 gross of bottles — £100.

Offers will be received at the Provincial Government Offices, Dunedin, and should state the estimated cost of the works proposed to be erected; the date on which the same will be in operation, and that the parties are prepared to be bound in the sum of £250 to produce 500 gross of bottles within two years from the date on which the tender is accepted.

The Government does not bind itself to accept any offer.

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BONUS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PAPER MANUFACTORY

The Provincial Government being desirous of promoting the introduction and establishment of a Paper Manufactory in Otago, is prepared to receive offers from parties willing to embark in the enterprise; and is further prepared to pay a bonus of £500 as under, such bonus to be in addition to a bonus of £2,500 offered by the General Government for the first 100 tons of printing paper produced by machinery permanently established and working in the Colony:

On the erection of machinery of a value of not less than £3,000 — £750.

On production of 20 tons of paper, of a value not less than £500 — £375.

On production of a further quantity of 80 tons, of a value of not less than £750 — £375.

The paper is to be produced by machinery permanently established and working in the Province.

Offers will be received at the Provincial Government Offices, Dunedin, until the 10th of July, 1872, and should state the estimated cost and productive power of the machinery proposed to be erected, the date on which the same will be in operation, and that the parties are prepared to be bound in the sum of £1000 to produce 150 tons of paper within three years from the date on which their offer is accepted.

The Government does not bind itself to accept any offer.

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APPOINTMENT TO BE MADE

Applications will be received until noon of Friday, the 28th instant, from authorized...

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Surveyors

for the appointment of Surveyor and Land Officer for the Clyde District. Salary, £100 per annum, with fees. Further information on application to the Chief Surveyor, Dunedin.