On the erection of machinery

of a value of not less than £8,000—£750.

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

On production of a further quantity of 30 tons, of a value of not less than £750—£375.

The paper 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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ABSTRACT FROM PREVIOUS GAZETTES

Of Impounding Notices:—

2nd August, Friday noon, a horse will be sold at Palmerston Pound.

2nd August, Friday noon, a mare will be sold at East Taieri Pound.

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CONTRACT No. 650.—REPLANKING OF WAI-KOUAITI BRIDGE.

THE Tender of William Mill has been accepted for the above Contract, for the sum of £249 10s.

JAMES SHAND,
Acting Secretary for Works.

Dunedin, 18th July, 1871.

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TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Lands and Works, until noon of Tuesday, 30th July, 1872, for

Contract No. 652.—Supply of sixteen hundred cubic yards of Gravel, on road “Saddle Hill to West Taieri Bridge.”

Plans and specifications may be seen, and forms of tender obtained, at the Office of the Engineer of Roads and Works, Dunedin, and at Police Camp, Outram.

Tenders to be endorsed “Roads and Works Tender for Contract No. 652.”

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

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TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Lands and Works until noon of Tuesday, 30th July, 1872, for

Contract No. 653.—Supply of one thousand cubic yards of Gravel on road “West Taieri Bridge to Rock and Pillar.”

Plans and specifications may be seen, and forms of tender obtained, at the Office of the Engineer of Roads and Works, Dunedin, and at Police Camp, Outram.

Tenders to be endorsed “Roads and Works Tender for Contract No. 653.”

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

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TENDERS will be received at the office of the Secretary for Lands and Works, until noon of Friday, 9th August, 1872, for

Contract No. 654.—Supply of 3000 Sleepers for the Bluff Harbour and Invercargill Railway.

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 Railway Office, Invercargill.

Tenders to be endorsed “Roads and Works Tender for Contract No. 654.”

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

JAMES SHAND,
Acting Secretary for Works.

Dunedin, 22nd July, 1872.

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TENDERS will be received at the office of the Secretary for Lands and Works, until noon of Friday, 9th August, 1872, for

Contract No. 655.—Construction of a Stone and Iron Bridge over Boundary Creek on road Oamaru to Waitaki.

Plans and Specifications may be seen, and forms of tender obtained, at the office of the Engineer of Roads and Works, Dunedin; and at Police Station, Oamaru.

Tenders to be endorsed “Roads and Works Tender for Contract No. 655.”

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

JAMES SHAND,
Acting Secretary for Works.

Dunedin, 22nd July, 1872.

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CLUTHA COAL FIELD.

TENDERS will be received at the Provincial Government Offices, Dunedin, until noon of Tuesday, the 14th August, 1872, from parties willing to lease the Clutha Coal Fields, and plant connected therewith, for the term of seven years.

Tenders to state the amount of rent per annum, payable half-yearly in advance.

A list of the plant can be seen at the Office of the Secretary for Land and Works, Dunedin, and at the Police Station, Balclutha.

For further information apply at the Office of the Secretary for Land and Works.

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

ALEX. WILLIS,
Under Secretary.

Provincial Government Offices,
Dunedin, 23rd July, 1872.

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NOTICE to Tenders for Public Works under the Provincial Government.

Tenders for Contracts will not be considered unless they are according to forms attached to specifications, and the schedules of prices properly filled up.

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APPLICATIONS

APPLICATIONS are invited for the offices of Head Master, Second Master, and School Mistress for the Invercargill Grammar School about to be established.

The salary of the Head Master will be not less than £300 per annum, with residence.

The salary of the Second Master not less than £175 per annum, and that of the School Mistress, not less than £100 per annum.

The successful applicants will be expected to be in Invercargill to commence their duties after the Christmas vacation.

Applications must be received not later than the first week in September, 1872, and be accompanied by testimonials and references, to be addressed to the

“Chairman, Invercargill School Committee, Invercargill, New Zealand.”

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VACCINATION.—By Appointment of His Excellency the Governor,

ROBT. BURNS, Esquire, Surgeon, will attend at his Office, Princes street, Dunedin, every Tuesday and Friday, at 1 p.m., and at the Court House, Port Chalmers, on the second Wednesday of every month, at 1 p.m. to Vaccinate, gratuitously, all persons who may then appear and desire to be Vaccinated, or whom he may be required to Vaccinate.

He will likewise distribute, gratuitously, pure lymph to the Medical Profession.

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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 forward