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G. F. RICHARDSON, Chairman.
C. BUTTON,
H. CASWELL,} Wardens.

Approved,
J. T. THOMSON,
Chief Commissioner.

Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin, 26th March, 1874.

NOTICE is hereby given that Section 1 Block 1, Coast District, containing 51a 0r 18p will be offered for sale by public auction as land of special value at Barr’s Hall, Balclutha, at the upset price of £2 per acre. Sections 13 and remaining part of Section 7 and Block 37, Toko-mariro, containing respectively 1a 2r 17p and 23a 2r 11p, at the upset price of £1 1s per acre, on Tuesday, the 2nd day of June next at noon.

NOTICE is also given that Section 2 of 15 Block 1, Claren-don District, containing 30 acres, will be offered for sale by public auction at the auction rooms of Messrs Capstick, Duthie and Capstick, on Tuesday, the 2nd day of June next at noon, at the upset price of £1 1s per acre.

NOTICE is hereby given that Section 16 Block 19, Tuapeka East District, containing 18a 1r 0.5p, will be offered for sale by auction as land of special value, at the Survey Office, Lawrence, on Tuesday, the 2nd day of June next, at noon, at the upset price of £1 1s per acre.

Section 1 Block 8, Glenkenich District, containing 28a 3r 13p will also be offered for sale by auction at Tapanui, on the above date at the upset price of £1 1s per acre, subject to valuation for improvements and cost of survey.

J. T. THOMSON,
Chief Commissioner.

Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin, 30th March, 1874.

OTAGO DOCK TRUST.—Tenders will be received at the Office of the Trust, Temple Chambers, Princes-street, Dunedin, until noon of Tuesday, 7th April, 1874, for the erection of Workshops at Port Chalmers.

Drawings and specifications may be inspected at the Office of the Provincial Engineer, Dunedin.

R. B. MARTIN,
Chairman.

Dunedin, March 17, 1874.

TIME EXTENDED.

OTAGO LIGHT RAILWAYS.

TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Works, until noon of Friday, 3rd April, for Contracts Nos. 877, 878, and 879, Construction of Light Railways in the Western District of Southland, embracing “Riverton to Orepuki,” “Riverton to Otautau,” and “Riverton to Invercargill and Winton Line at Makarewa Bridge.”

Drawings, Specifications, and General Conditions may be seen, and forms of tender obtained, at the office of the Provincial Engineer, Dunedin.

Tenders to be endorsed “Tender for Contracts, Nos. 877, 878, and 879,” as the case may be. The Government does not undertake to accept the lowest or any tender.

HORACE BASTINGS,
Secretary for Works.

TIME EXTENDED.

OTAGO LIGHT RAILWAYS.

TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Works, until noon of Friday, 3rd April, for Contract No. 880, Construction of Light Rail way up the Valley of the Waiareka.

Drawings, Specifications, and General Conditions may be seen, and forms of tender obtained, at the office of the Provincial Engineer, Dunedin.

Tenders to be endorsed, “Tender for Contract No. 880.”

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

HORACE BASTINGS,
Secretary for Works.

TENDERS will be received at the office of the Secretary for Works, until noon of Saturday, the 4th April, 1874, for the purchase and removal of the buildings in Princes-street south, lately used as Immigration Barracks.

HORACE BASTINGS,
Secretary for Works.

TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Works, until noon of Tuesday, 7th April, 1874, for Contract No. 936—Erection of Timber Bridge over the Taieri River, at Greytown.

Plans and specifications may be seen, and forms of tender obtained, at the office of the Provincial Engineer, Dunedin.

Tenders to be indorsed “Tender for Contract No. 936.” The Government does not undertake to accept the lowest or any tender.

(Signed) HORACE BASTINGS,
Secretary for Works.

Dunedin, 24th March, 1874.

TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Works, until noon of Tuesday, 14th April, 1874, for Contracts Nos. 882 and 885, Maintenance of the following portions of Road, viz.:—

Hillside Tollgate to 3rd mile-post, and between 7th and 9th mile-posts, on road Dunedin to East Taieri.

Plans and specifications may be seen, and forms of tender obtained, at the Office of the Provincial Engineer, Dunedin.

Tenders to be indorsed “Tender for Contract No. 882” or 885, as the case may be. The Government does not undertake to accept the lowest or any tender.

HORACE BASTINGS,
Secretary for Works.

Dunedin, 30th March, 1874.

BRIDGE OVER KAWARAU RIVER.

CONDITIONAL TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Works until noon of Tuesday, 14th April, from persons desirous of erecting a Bridge over the Kawarau river near Morven Ferry.

Conditions may be inspected at the office of the Provincial Engineer and at the Police Camp, Arrow.

HORACE BASTINGS,
Secretary for Works.

Dunedin, March 16th, 1874.

THE following Tender has been accepted:—Contract No. 758, A. F. Dawson, £885.

HORACE BASTINGS,
Secretary for Works.

Dunedin, 30th March, 1874.

UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO.

RICHARDSON SCHOLARSHIP.

THE Competition for the Richardson Scholarship will take place on Friday, 1st May, 1874.

The subjects for examination, with the marks showing the relative value of each, are the following:—English, 150; Arithmetic, 150; Geometry, Euclid, Books I. and II., 100; Algebra, 100; Latin, Virgil’s Georgics and De Amicitia, 200; Greek, Anabasis, 100; General Geography, and History of England, from the Revolution to the Accession of Queen Victoria, 100; Natural Science, 100.

Competitors must have attended for two years some Provincial School, and for one year the High School of Dunedin; age must not exceed 18.

The Scholarship is tenable for three years, and of the value of £30 per annum.

The names of competitors, with certificates of good conduct, must be sent to me on or before 30th April.

W. H. MANSFORD,
Registrar.