TENDERS will be received at the office of the Secre-
tary for Works until noon of Tuesday, 21st July,
1874, for

Contract No. 947—Erection of a Stone and Timber
Bridge over the Waiareka Stream, on Main North
Road.

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

Tenders to be indorsed "Tender for Contract No. 947."

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

D. REID,
Secretary for Works.
Dunedin, 6th July, 1874.

BONUS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
POTTERY WORKS IN OTAGO.

THE Provincial Government, being desirous of en-
couraging the establishment of Pottery Works in
Otago, is prepared to pay a Bonus of £250, as under:—

On the erection of buildings and plant to the value of
at least £300—£75.

On the production of pottery to a value of not less
than £150—£75.

On the production of a further quantity of pottery to
a value of not less than £200—£100.

The potteryware in each case to be suitable for house-
hold or domestic purposes, to be produced in works per-
manently established in the Province, and to be manu-
factured either wholly or to a large extent from material
obtained in the Province.

Proposals will be received at the Provincial Govern-
ment Offices, Dunedin, until the 1st of October, 1874,
and should state the estimated cost and productive power
of the works proposed to be erected, the date at which
the same will be in operation, and that the parties will be
bound in the sum of £100 to produce pottery to the
value of £300 within two years from the date on which
their offer is accepted.

D. REID, Provincial Secretary.
24th June, 1874.

NOTICE.

A SUM of £1500 having been voted by the Provincial
Council to assist in providing buildings to be used
as Athenæums in localities where no such buildings have
as yet been erected.

It is hereby notified to those desirous of participating
in the vote, that in order to do so it will be necessary to
forward a written application, stating the amount col-
lected, and giving a general description of the approxi-
mate cost of the building proposed to be erected. The sum
voted will be distributed pro rata to the contributors
of the district, provided that in no case shall the contri-
bution of the Government exceed the sum of £250 to any
building.

Applications to be received at this office on or before
the 1st day of October proximo, after which date no fur-
ther application for subsidy will be entertained during
the current financial year.

D. REID,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Dunedin, 30th June, 1874.

TENDERS will be received at the office of the Secre-
tary for Works until noon of Tuesday, 21st July,
1874, for

Contract No. 945—Construction of stone and timber
Bridge over the Kakanui River, on Main North road.

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

Tenders to be indorsed "Tender for Contract No. 945."

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

TENDERS will be received at the office of the Secre-
tary for Works until noon of Tuesday, 21st July,
1874, for

Contract No. 946—Construction of stone and timber
Bridge, over Shag River, on Main North Road.

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

Tenders to be indorsed "Tender for Contract No.
786."

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

TENDERS will be received at the office of the Secre-
tary for Works until noon of Tuesday, 21st July,
1874, for

Contract No. 786—Repairs to Port Molyneux Jetty.

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

Tenders to be indorsed "Tender for Contract No.
786."

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

FRESH Tenders will be received at the office of the
Secretary for Works until noon of Friday, 10th July,
for

Contract No. 909—Construction of Bridge and Portion of
Road, Tapanui to Swift Creek.

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

Tenders to be endorsed "Tender for Contract No.
909."

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

TREES.—Botanical Gardens, Dunedin—No more
applications for Trees from the said Gardens can be
received, as the number of Trees already applied for far
exceed the number at the disposal of the Government.

JOHN LOGAN.
4th July, 1874.

NOTICE is hereby given that section 2, block 5,
Warepa District, containing 322 acres, will be
offered for sale by public auction, at the Royal Mail
Hotel, Clinton, on Wednesday, the 9th day of September
next, at noon, at the upset price of £1 per acre.

J. T. THOMSON,
Chief Commissioner.

Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin, 7th July, 1874.

NOTICE is hereby given that section 50, block II,
Wyndham District, containing 50 acres, will be
offered for sale by public auction, at the Courthouse,
Mataura, on Wednesday, the 9th day of September next,
at noon, at the upset price of £1 per acre.

J. T. THOMSON,
Chief Commissioner.

Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin, 2nd July, 1874.

NOTICE to applicants for unsurveyed land, under
the "Otago Waste Land Act 1872."—It is hereby
notified to the applicants whose names appear in the sub-
joined 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 Inver-
cargill, on or before Wednesday the 22nd day of July
1874, otherwise the applications will be deemed with-
drawn, cancelled, and void, and the deposit made at the
time of lodging the application will be forfeited.

SCHEDULE.

Alexander Beange, section 49, block 2, Wyndham District.
Alexander McIntosh, sections 25 and 26, block 7, Wynd-
ham District.
James Maben, sections 51 and 52, block 2, Wyndham
District.
J. Woods, Strangman, and Donoghue, section 46, block
1, Wyndham District.

J. T. THOMSON,
Chief Commissioner.

Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin, 8th July, 1874.