METAL CONTRACTS.

TENDERS will be received at the office of the Secretary for Works until noon of Tuesday, 28th July, 1874, for

Contracts Nos. 949, 950, 951.—Supply of Metal on road Palmerston to Oamaru.

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. 949, 950, or 951" as the case may be.

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

A MENDED NOTICE.

WHALING BONUS, £500.

Open until the first day of Nov. 1874.

THE Provincial Government will pay £250 by way of Bonus to the first vessel which leaves the Province fully equipped for a whaling cruise, provided such vessel shall leave on or before the 1st day of November 1874: also £250 on her returning to the Province with a cargo of oil; provided that such vessel is owned in, and hails from a port within the Province. Vessel not to be under 150 tons. Provided also that she carries at least five boys as apprentices. Bonus will be paid on production of certificate from the Harbor Master that these provisions have been complied with.

D. REID,
Provincial Secretary.

Dunedin 7th July 1874.

BONUS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF POTTERY WORKS IN OTAGO.

THE Provincial Government, being desirous of encouraging 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 household or domestic purposes, to be produced in works permanently established in the Province, and to be manufactured either wholly or to a large extent from material obtained in the Province.

Proposals will be received at the Provincial Government 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.—ATHENÆUMS.

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 collected, and giving a general description of the approximate 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 contribution 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 further application for subsidy will be entertained during the current financial year.

D. REID,
Provincial Secretary.

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

The Ordinary Monthly Meeting of the Educational Board

will be held at the Government Buildings, Dunedin, upon Monday, the 3rd August, 1874, at noon.

JOHN HISLOP, Secretary.

EDUCATION RESERVE.

M. SHRIMSKI

will offer for Sale, at his rooms, Oamaru, on Tuesday, 4th August,

The Lease of Section 16, Block XXI., Oamaru Town.

Copies of the leasing regulations may be had on application at the Education Office, Dunedin; or from the Auctioneer.

JOHN HISLOP, Secretary.

EDUCATION RESERVE.

GLENORE BRIDGE TOWNSHIP.

THE Lease of Sections 6, 7, and 10, in this township, being portions of an Education Reserve, will be sold by auction, at the Auction Rooms of Messrs Capstick, Duthie, and Capstick, Milton, on Monday, the 27th July, 1874, immediately after the sale of the Crown Lands.

Plans of the township and leasing regulations may be seen at the office of the Auctioneers, and at the Schoolhouse, Glenore.

JOHN HISLOP, Secretary.

WANTED,

for the North Oamaru School, a duly qualified Female Teacher. Salary, £105 per annum. Must be able to enter on her duties not later than 1st August next.

Application, with testimonials, will be received till the 25th July instant, addressed to

JOHN J. WAIT,
Chairman School Committee, Oamaru.

Oamaru, 8th July, 1874.

WANTED,

a Schoolmaster for the N. E. Valley School. Salary—Government subsidy of £100, and the school fees, less £25; a dwelling-house, and five acres of land. Applications, with testimonials, to be lodged with the undersigned, on or before the 27th day of July, 1874. Must be able to enter on his duties not later than the 7th September.

ISAAC GREEN, Chairman.

WANTED,

for Outram School, Male Pupil-teacher. Applications, with testimonials, to be lodged with the undersigned on or before 1st August, 1874.

JOHN GRANT,
Clerk to School Committee, Outram.

TEACHER Wanted

for Mount Cargill School, eight miles from Dunedin, on Main North Road. Salary—Government Allowance and School Fees, with good residence and 10 acres of land, all fenced and laid down in grass. The land contains abundance of firewood.

Applications, with testimonials, to be sent to the undersigned, on or before the 21st August, 1874.

PETER M’GREGOR,
Chairman Mount Cargill School Committee,
P. O. Blueskin.

TEACHER wanted

for Edendale School, Mataura Plains. Salary, Government subsidy of £60, and School Fees. Applications, with testimonials, to be lodged with the Secretary of Education Board, Dunedin, July 3, 1874.

NORTH TAIERI ROAD BOARD.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the above Board intend to form a road line on part sections 44, 45, and 46, irregular block, 5, 6, and 12, block XII., and 1, block V, Taieri District; said road to be 100 links wide, and under the authority and powers vested in the board, as per “Highway Boards Empowering Act,” together with the “Lands Consolidation Act.” The plan of the above road can be seen by any person interested for 40 days from this date, at the school House, Mosgiel, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.; and any persons affected by the above are required to state their objections in writing and forward to the Board within 40 days from this date.

JOHN GRANT,
Clerk to Road Board.