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TENDERS will be received at the office of the Secretary for Works until noon of Tuesday, 10th August for contract 1040,—

Alterations to Waikouaiti Jetty.

Plans and specifications may be seen and forms of tender obtained at the office of the Provincial Engineer, Dunedin, and at the Police Station, Waikouaiti, after the 2nd August.

Tenders to be indorsed "Tender for Contract No. 1040."

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

TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Works until noon of Tuesday, 10th August, for Contract No. 1039,

Engineering Survey of Tuakitoto and Kaitangata Lakes.

Plans and specifications may be seen and forms of tender obtained at the office of the Provincial Engineer, Dunedin, after the 2nd proximo.

Tenders to be indorsed, tender for Contract No. 1039.

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

TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Works until Noon of Tuesday, 17th August, for—

Contract No. 1,041—Formation and Metalling of 248 lineal chains of the Road Clutha to Mataura, between Four-mile Creek and Carthope.

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

Tenders to be indorsed, "Tender for Contract, No. 1,041."

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

J. GREEN,
Secretary for Works.

Dunedin, 31st July, 1875.

HIS Honor the Deputy-Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has appointed

MR. WILLIAM MCKENZIE,
Cave Valley, Oamaru, to be an Honorary Inspector of Sheep.

J. DAVIE,
Acting Provincial Secretary.
Provincial Secretary's Office, Dunedin,
31st July, 1875.

RESIGNATION.

HIS Honor the Deputy-Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has received and accepted the

Resignation of
MR. JAMES GREEN,
as Pound-keeper of the Pound, at Blueskin.

J. DAVIE,
Acting Provincial Secretary.
3rd August, 1875.

WINTON RACE COURSE RESERVE.

HIS Honor the Deputy-Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has appointed

MR. RALPH SWALE,
of Winton, to be a Trustee of the said Reserve vice Mr. Frederick Richard White, resigned.

J. DAVIE,
Acting Provincial Secretary.
2nd August, 1875.

NOTICE.

BY virtue of the provisions of the "Cattle and Sheep Ordinance, 1875," I, George Turnbull, Deputy Superintendent of the Province of Otago, do hereby appoint—

BENJAMIN PEDDIE BAYLY, to be Chief Registrar of Brands, and

HECTOR MCNEIL CAMPBELL, Waikouaiti, Sheep Inspector.

CHARLES ANDERSON, Invercargill, Sheep Inspector.

PEARCE POWER, Tapanui, Sheep Inspector.

JAMES MURISON, Oamaru, Sheep Inspector, and

ANDREW ROBERT BRUCE THOMSON, Clyde, Sheep Inspector,

To be Registrars of brands for the respective districts.

Dated at Dunedin this 3rd day of August, 1875.

GEO. TURNBULL.
Deputy Superintendent.

DRAINAGE MACHINES.

NOTICE.—Parties intending to enter machines for trial at the competition of draining machines—see advertisements in Provincial Gazettes, Nos. 949 to 956—are requested to notify to the Provincial Secretary on or before the 30th instant,—1st. The number of implements they intend to enter for competition; 2nd, if the implements are to be imported, when they are expected to arrive.

The competition will be held about the end of September; the particular day and place will be duly announced. Intending competitors are requested to furnish the above information at the earliest date, in order that the necessary arrangements may be made.

J. DAVIE,
Provincial Secretary.

Dunedin, 3rd August, 1875.

NOTICE.

CROWN GRANTS for the Land and in favor of the Persons after-mentioned are now ready for delivery, and attention is directed to the following Clause of the "Crown Grants Act, 1866":—

Clause XXXIX.—There shall be paid upon all Grants to be hereafter issued, which may be left in the charge or custody of any Commissioner of Crown Lands, or other Officer charged with the delivery of the same, a fee of Sixpence for every month during which they shall be so left after the expiration of Three Months from the date of the notice in the Gazette of the Province wherein the Lands are situate, that such Grants are ready for delivery.

J. T. THOMSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands Office,
4th August, 1875.

Henry Holmden...........Section 1, Block IV., Arrowtown.
Thomas Haigh..............Section 7, Block X., Clarendon.

NOTICE.

LAND FOR SETTLEMENT.

PERSONS desirous of selecting Land, either for immediate purchase or for occupation on deferred payments, or under the Agricultural Lease Regulations, will, on application to Mr. Robert Short, at the Land Office, Dunedin, be supplied with all the information they may require as to what land is open for sale or occupation, and the terms upon which it may be acquired. Mr. Robert Short will shew maps of the land, and assist purchasers or selectors in making the necessary applications.

Amended Notice.
TUAPEKA WEST DISTRICT.

MONDAY, 9TH AUGUST, 1875.

NOTICE is hereby Given, that sections 43 and 44, block 2, Tuapeka West district, containing 182a. 2r. 35p., will be open for application at £1 per acre, at the Land Office, Lawrence and Dunedin, on Monday, the 9th August, 1875.—(App 1773e).

MONDAY, 23RD AUGUST, 1875.

8,500 ACRES KURIWAO DISTRICT,—NEAR CLINTON

THE following sections will be open for application, at £1 per acre, in Kuriwao District, on Monday,