TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secre-
tary for Works, until noon of Tuesday, 22nd Sep-
tember, 1874, for—
Contract No. 961—Construction of stone and timber
Bridge over the Otaria Stream, on road Clinton to
Mataura Bridge.
Contract No. 962, Toitois Jetty—Construction of tim-
ber Jetty at Toitois, Township of Fortrose.
Plans and specifications may be seen, and forms of
tender obtained, at the office of the Provincial Engineer,
Dunedin, and at Police Camp, Mataura Bridge.
Tenders to be indorsed "Tender for Contract No. 961"
or 292, as the case may be. The Government does not
undertake to accept the lowest or any tender.

D. MACKELLAR,
Acting Secretary for Works.
29th August, 1874.

AMENDED ADVERTISEMENT.
TENDERS will be received at the Office of the
Secretary for Works until noon of Tuesday, 8th
September, 1874, for—
Contract No. 956, Widening, constructing, and metal-
ling of one mile 62 chains of Road through Popo-
tunoa Gorge; together with the erection of two
Stone and Timber Bridges on the Kuriwao Stream.
Plans and specifications may be seen and forms of
tender obtained at the office of the Provincial Engineer,
Dunedin, and at Police Camp, Balclutha.
Tenders to be indorsed "Tender for Contract No. 156."
The Government does not undertake to accept the
lowest or any tender.

D. MACKELLAR,
Acting Secretary for Works.
Dunedin, 18th August, 1874.

TO ARCHITECTS.
COMPETITIVE DESIGNS are invited for a Building
to be used for the Otago Provincial Museum.
The conditions under which Designs will be received
can be seen on application at the Office of the Secretary
for Works.
Designs will be received at the Office of Lands and
Works till noon of Tuesday, 8th September, 1874.

D. MACKELLAR,
Acting Secretary for Works.
Dunedin, 29th July, 1874.

RUNS 456 and 457, previously advertised for sale on
the 1st of October next, are withdrawn.

Monday, 7th September, 1874.
NOTICE is hereby Given, that section
117, block II, Leaning Rock District, containing
4a. Or. 36p., will be offered for sale by public auction, at
the Survey Office, Clyde, on Monday, the 7th day of September
next, at noon, at the upset rent of £5, subject
to repayment of half valuations for cost of road line to
the adjoining lessee.

Tuesday, 1st September, 1874.
THE undermentioned Town Sections will be sold by
auction, at the Land Office, Invercargill, at noon, on
Tuesday, the 1st day of September, proximo.

Monday, 7th September, 1874.
NOTICE is hereby Given, that section 1, block 3,
Tuapeka West District, containing 57a. 2r. 20p.,
will be offered for sale by auction, at the Survey Office,
Lawrence, on Monday, the 7th day of September next,
at noon, at the upset price of £1, and subject to the re-
payment of valuations for improvements to the occupant.
Immediately after, section 25, block 39, Lawrence
Township, hitherto temporarily reserved for educational
purposes, will be offered for sale at the upset price of £3.

Wednesday, 9th September, at noon.
NOTICE is hereby given that section 2, block 5,
Waiarepa 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.

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

THURSDAY, 1ST OCTOBER, 1874.
NOTICE is hereby Given, that the Lease for 10 years
of the undermentioned Runs will be offered for
sale by public auction, at the Survey Office, Queenstown,
on the 1st day of October next, at noon, in terms of the
Otago Waste Land Act, 1872, at the upset price of half-
penny per acre. Rental to be an assessment of 3s. 6d.
for every head of great cattle, or 7d. for every head of
small cattle to be depastured on the runs; but the mini-
mum stock on which assessment will be charged shall not
be less than the number set opposite each. Lease to
commence on the 1st day of October, 1874. The annual
rent and a deposit of one-tenth of the purchase money
shall be payable at the fall of the hammer, the balance of
purchase money within a month.

No. of
Run. | Boundaries. | Extent. | Estimated Stock
-----|-------------|---------|-----------------
455 | Bounded towards the north by Run 440 and
| Crown Lands; towards the south by Run 419
| and Crown Lands; and towards the east and
| west by Crown Lands. | 40,000 | 2500 sheep.
458 | Bounded towards the north by west branch
of the
| Matukituki River; towards the south by
| Crown Lands; towards the east by Run 333;
| and towards the west by Crown Lands. | 30,000 | 1200 sheep.

THURSDAY, 1ST OCTOBER, 1874.
NOTICE is hereby Given, that the Lease for 10
years of Run No. 459, containing 6200 acres, will
be offered for sale by public auction, at the Survey Office,
Clyde, on the 1st day of October next, at noon, in terms
of the Otago Waste Land Act, 1872, at the upset price
of half-penny per acre. Rental to be an assessment of
3s. 6d. for every head of great cattle or to be depastured on
the run; but the minimum stock on which assessment
shall not be less than 500 sheep. Lease to
commence on the 1st of October, 1874. The annual
rent and a deposit of one-tenth of the purchase money
shall be payable at the fall of the hammer.