Tenders to be indorsed “Roads and Works Tender for Contract No. 730.”

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

TENDERS will be received at the office of the Secretary for Works until noon of Tuesday, 22nd April, 1873, for

Contract No. 731.—Construction of portion of road Tokomairiro to Coast, commencing at the Devil’s Bridge and extending towards Two Stone Hill.

Plans and Specifications may be seen, and forms of tender obtained, at the Office of the Engineer of Roads and Works, Dunedin, and at Schoolhouse, Wāngaloa.

Tenders to be indorsed “Roads and Works Tender for Contract No. 731.”

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

MOUNT IDA WATER SUPPLY.

TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Works until noon of Tuesday, 15th April, 1873, for

Contract No 5.—Construction of about six miles of Head Race.

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, Naseby.

Tenders to be indorsed “Mount Ida Water Supply, Tender for Contract No. 5.”

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

CONDITIONAL OFFERS will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Works until 1st May, 1873, from persons desirous of constructing a Bridge over the Kawarau Falls, Frankton.

Terms of conditions to be seen at the Provincial Engineer’s Office, Dunedin; also at the Police Camp, Queenstown.

CONDITIONAL offers will be received at the office of the Secretary for Works until 1st May, 1873, from persons desirous of constructing a bridge over the river Clutha at Clyde.

Terms of conditions to be seen at the Provincial Engineer’s Office, Dunedin; also at the Police Camp, Clyde.

TENDERS Wanted by the Peninsula Road Board, Highcliffe Sub-Division, for the supply of 154 yards metal; also, for the extension of No. 1 road 12 chains, more or less, at per chain. To be shown by Messrs. Timock and Waugh, on the 19th inst., at noon; meeting at the junction of the Portobello and Highcliffe Roads.

The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Tenders to be lodged with Mr Timock, not later than the 2nd May, 1873.

JOHN H. PATRICK,
Clerk.

7th April, 1873.

WAIPORI DISTRICT ROAD BOARD.

TENDERS Wanted, for Cutting a ditch on Swamp Road, Waihela District. Plans and specifications may be seen on application to Mr Duff, by whom tenders will be received until the 25th April, 1873. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

The Voters Lists, for the Subdivisions of the above District are now ready, and may be seen at the house of the undersigned during the month of April, 1873.

JAMES SIM,
Clerk to Board.

Maungatua, 1st April, 1873.

NORTH TAIERI ROAD BOARD.

TENDERS Wanted for metalling and graveling. Specifications to be seen at the house of Mr Chas. Waters, North Taieri, and at Mr Wm. Couper’s, Mosgiel, with whom tenders are to be lodged not later than the 19th day of April next. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted by the Board.

WM. McLEOD,
Clerk to Board.

2s—6s

BLUE-KIN ROAD DISTRICT.

TENDERS for Engineer to the Board will be received up till 4 p.m. on the 19th April.

JOSEPH MAWSON,
Purakauui, Port Chalmers.

WANTED, a Teacher for the new School at Lime Stone Plains, distant 13 miles from Riverton; over 25 children supposed to attend. Salary: Government Grant and School Fees, with 10 acres of Glebe. For further particulars apply to the undersigned, with whom applications with testimonials will be received until 24th April, 1873.

W. A. LYON,
Secretary School Committee.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations taken at Dunedin, for the month of March, 1873:—

Lat. 45° 52′ 11″ S. Long. 170° 81′ 7″
Altitude above sea, 550 feet.

Barometer (reduced to 32° Fah. and sea level)—
Mean atmospheric pressure for month ... 29.884 ins.
Highest pressure (on 18th) ... 30.244 ″
Lowest pressure (on 28th) ... 29.357 ″
Range for month ... 0.887 ″

Temperature in Shade—
Approximate mean temperature for month ... 54.5 Fah.
Mean maximum temperature ... 61.1 ″
Mean minimum temperature ... 48.1 ″
Mean daily range of temperature ... 13.0 ″
Highest maximum temperature (on 2nd) ... 72.0 ″
Lowest minimum temperature (on 16th) ... 40.0 ″
Extreme range for the month ... 32.0 ″
Mean temperature of evaporation ... 52.4 ″

Solar Radiation—
Maximum (on 2nd) ... 158 ″
Mean for month ... 113 ″

Terrestrial Radiation—
Minimum (on 24th) ... 22 ″
Mean for month ... 34 ″

Mean degree of humidity (Saturation = 100) ... 85.8 ″
Mean elastic force of vapor ... .366 ins.
Mean tem. of the dew point ... 60.4 Fah.
Total rain-fall on 16 days ... 3.394 ins.
Greatest rain-fall in one day (on 13th) ... 1.00 ″
Mean amt. of sky covered (overcast = 10) ... 5.7 ″

Wind—
Mean velocity per day for month ... 145 miles
Greatest velocity, observed for 24 hours (on 16th) ... 365 ″

No. of days on which the wind blew from each point—
N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. CALM.
2 5 4 2 5 3 1 0 9

REMARKS.—Weather during the month dry and fine; thunder on 9th.

REMARKS.—Aurora Australis on the 9th.

HENRY SKEY,
Observer.

JUST PUBLISHED.—Map of Otago, 16 inches by 18 inches, printed in colors, by William Collins, Sons, and Co., London and Glasgow. Price, 2s.

May be obtained at the District Land Offices, Queenstown, Lawrence, Clyde, and Naseby; and from Messrs. Livingston, Oamaru; John Smith, Waikouaiti; Souter, Hislop, and Gray, Milton; J. R. Bremner, Hampden; Henry Wise and Thomas George, Dunedin.

EDUCATION BOARD.

A SPECIAL MEETING of the Education Board will be held in the Provincial Government Offices, Dunedin, on Friday, the Eighteenth day of April, 1873, at noon.

GOOD FRIDAY.—The Provincial Government Offices will not be Opened on Friday, 11 April, 1873.

NOTICE TO MARINER.

HARBOR LIGHT AT WAIKOUAITI.

NOTICE is hereby given that on and after the 1st May, 1873, a Bright fixed White Light will be exhibited from an ordinary Lantern, erected on the South Head of Waikouaiti Bay, in latitude 45° 39′ S., and longitude 170° 41′ 45″ E., and will be seen in clear weather at a distance of 7 nautical miles, between the magnetic bearings of S.E. ¼ E. and W. by S. ¼ S.

Wm. THOMSON,
Harbor Master.