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TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Works, until noon of Tuesday, 10th June, 1873, for—

Contract No. 735.—Construction of 2 miles 12 chains of the Orepuki Tramway.

Plans and specifications may be seen and forms of tender obtained at the Office of the Engineer of Roads and Works, Dunedin, on and after 15th inst., and at Court House, Invercargill.

Tenders to be endorsed “Orepuki Tramway Tender for Contract No. 735.”

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

HORACE BASTINGS,
Secretary for Works.

Dunedin, 6th May, 1873.

MOUNT IDA WATER RACE WORKS.

FRESH TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Works until noon of Tuesday, 20th May, 1873, for

Contract No. 5.—Construction of about 6 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 waterworks. Tender for Contract No. 5.”

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

HORACE BASTINGS,
Secretary for Works.

Dunedin, 6th May, 1873.

NOTICE.—Fresh Tenders wanted by the Peninsula Road Board for works in the different subdivisions. Works will be shown by the undersigned on Thursday, the 15th inst., at noon:—North-east Harbor Beach Road, by Mr Hooper; District Road, by Mr A. Stuart; Highcliffe No. 1 Road, by Mr W. Finnock; No. 4 Road, by Mr F. Robertson; Tomahawk, by Messrs Small and Matheson; Anderson’s Bay, by Messrs Scott and Somerville. Tenders to be endorsed, “Tender, Peninsula Road Board,” and lodged at the Highcliffe School-house, on or before noon of the 17th inst. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

JOHN H. PATRICK,
Clerk.

7s.

PORTOBELLO ROAD DISTRICT.

FRESH TENDERS will be received at my office until Friday, May 16th, at 4 p.m. for Contracts 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, and 14.

Plans and specifications at the office of the undersigned after Monday, May 12th.

The Board do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any tender.

W. STEWART,
Engineer to Board,
Manse street.

2t6s.

TO CONTRACTORS.

TENDERS will be received at the office of the Secretary for Public Works, until noon of Tuesday, 13th May, for excavations at Bell Hill and removal of material therefrom, for Harbor reclamation.

Specifications may be seen at Provincial Engineer’s Office.

HORACE BASTINGS,
Secretary for Works.

NORTH-EAST VALLEY ROAD DISTRICT.

TENDERS are invited for the following works:—

1st. Reform Potter’s Road, &c.

2nd. Contract No. 2 on old Port Road—Formation.

3rd. To widen lower end Signal Hill Road, at per chain.

4th. To break and spread metal on Signal Hill Road.

Plans and specifications of the above works at North-East Valley School-house, and tenders to be left and considered by the Board, on Saturday, the 17th May, at 12 noon.

H. McFADYEN,
Clerk to Board.

2t7s 6d.

TO CONTRACTORS.—Tenders will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Public Works, until noon of Friday, 9th May, for excavating at Queen street and removal therefrom to Castle street. Plans and specifications to be seen at Provincial Engineer’s Office, Dunedin.

LEASES OF TOLLS.

TENDERS will be received at the Provincial Government Offices until Tuesday, the 20th day of May, at noon, for leasing the various Tolls throughout the Province for 12 months from 1st July, 1873. Particulars of terms and conditions can be obtained on application at the Treasury. The Government will not be bound to accept any tender.

For the information of intending tenderers, the following are the gross sums received from the gatekeepers for the twelve months ended 31st March, 1873, viz.;—

Anderson’s Bay ...... £798 18 6
Balclutha ........... 552 15 3
Blueskin ............ 803 16 7
Clutha and Tuapeka... 873 16 1
East Taieri .......... 645 9 5
Hillside ............ 2415 16 4
Saddle Hill .......... 1698 11 8
Stoney Creek ......... 391 14 8
Pleasant Valley ...... 885 16 5
Wakari ............. 381 18 6
Water of Leith ....... 1560 17 8
Waihola ............ 678 6 0
West Taieri .......... 668 16 4
Waikouaiti .......... 767 0 1

£13,073 13 1

GEORGE TURNBULL,
Provincial Treasurer.

Provincial Treasury,
Dunedin, April 30, 1873.

WANTED, a teacher for the Campbelltown School. Married man preferred. Salary, including Government grant, £150 per annum, with £25 additional if wife will assist a portion of the day in the school. Free house containing five rooms. Applications and testimonials must be lodged with the undersigned on or before the 31st May, 1873.

W. HENDERSON,
Secretary, School Committee.

EDUCATIONAL MEETINGS.

A MEETING of the owners and occupiers of land and householders in the Educational Districts of West Taieri and Outram respectively will be held in the Schoolhouse of each district upon Monday, the 9th day of June, 1873, at half-past seven o’clock p.m.

JOHN SPERREY,
Secretary.

WANTED, a Teacher for Tuturau School. Salary—Government Grant and School Fees, with five-roomed dwelling-house and 15 acres glebe, fenced in. For further particulars, apply to the undersigned, with whom applications and testimonials must be lodged not later than May 14, 1873.

J. S. SHANK,
Secretary, School Committee, Mataura.

TEACHER wanted for Mmihau Side School, Mataura. Salary—Government Grant, with School Fees, Master’s Residence, ten acres of Land, and enclosed Garden, and prospect of succeeding late Teacher as Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages. Applications, with testimonials, to be lodged with the Clerk, on or before 20th May, 1873.

ALEXANDER BEANGE,
Clerk to School Committee.

WASTE LAND BOARD ADVERTISEMENTS.

NOTICE TO APPLICANTS FOR UNSURVEYED LAND, under “Otago Waste Land Act, 1872,”—It is hereby notified to the applicants whose names appear in the subjoined Schedule, that they have been declared to be the purchasers of the sections set opposite their names in the Schedule, and that the purchase money of these sections must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue in Invercargill, on or before Wednesday, the 21st day of May, 1873, otherwise the applications will be deemed withdrawn, cancelled, and void, and the deposit