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SLAUGHTER HOUSE ORDINANCE, 1857.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
New Plymouth, 22nd October, 1857.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the "Slaughter House Ordinance, 1857," will come into operation on the 1st day of November next, and that the slaughtering of any cattle or the skinning or dressing of any carcase within the limits of the Town of New Plymouth is prohibited, except as therein provided, from that date.

I. N. WATT,
Provincial Secretary.

TO CIVIL ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, &c.

BRIDGE OVER THE WAIWAKAIHO RIVER.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
New Plymouth, 24th October, 1857.

THE Provincial Government of New Plymouth being desirous to erect a Bridge over the River Waiwakaiho, has caused to be prepared a Map of the River with a Section of the Bed and Banks on the various designs, and also descriptive particulars of the proposed site.

The Map, Section, Level, and Prospectus containing full particulars, directions, conditions, &c., may be seen on application at the Survey offices in New Plymouth, Auckland, and Wellington.

A premium of Forty Pounds will be given for the most eligible design, and a premium of Twenty Pounds for the next.

Colonel Mould, R. E., has consented to determine the relative merits of the various designs, and his opinion will be acted upon in awarding the premiums.

The Designs and Specifications must be transmitted, in the manner prescribed in the prospectus, to this office on or before the first day of January, 1858.

I. N. WATT,
Provincial Secretary.

[COPY.]

BRIDGE OVER THE WAIWAKAIHO RIVER.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
New Plymouth, New Zealand,
24th October, 1857.

PROSPECTUS of a Bridge to be built over the River Waiwakaiho in the Province of New Plymouth, and conditions upon which the Premiums offered for designs will be awarded.

The Bridge may be of Iron or Wood, or of part Iron and part Wood.

[Note.—The water-ways should be 152 feet wide in the aggregate, and the first span from the west bank should not be less than 120 feet in the clear, as large timber is frequently brought down in the freshets.]

The Bridge must have a footpath of four feet in width on each side with a space between, for roadway, of not less than fifteen feet. It must be strong enough to sustain the weight of a drove of cattle, and also the lateral pressure of the strong South East winds which sweep down the valley of the river. And it must be adapted for the site, drawings, sections, and particulars of which, are annexed hereto.

The site is about two miles from the Landing Place, and the road thereto good.

The greatest velocity of the stream in floods is from eight to nine miles per hour in the middle of the current.

The materials available in the locality are timber of a good description in all scantlings required, and good working stone.

The district is occasionally subject to slight earthquakes.

The cost must not exceed £1500 for a Wood Bridge or £2000 for an Iron Bridge including the abutments and the immediate approaches thereto.

All Designs are to be accompanied by a clear and comprehensive Specification and a detailed Estimate of the cost of erecting and completing the work.

The Drawings must comprise Plans, Longitudinal and Tranverse Sections and Elevations, also sufficiently enlarged drawings of parts to make the design explanatory. The Plans to be drawn to a scale of 10 feet to an inch, Elevations and Sections 5 feet to an inch.

No Design or Specification shall bear any signature or other description of the competitor, but there shall be inscribed thereon some character motto or device, which character motto or device, shall, together with the name and address of the competitor, be also inscribed on a separate sheet of paper, and enclosed in a sealed envelope addressed to me at this Office, and endorsed "Design for Bridge over the River Waiwakaiho."

All the Designs and Specifications will be forwarded to Colonel Mould, R.E., who will decide upon the most eligible. A Premium of Forty Pounds will be given for the most eligible design and a premium of Twenty Pounds for the next.

The Provincial Government reserves to itself the right to withhold either one or both premiums should the designs not be judged suitable for the purpose required.

The correctness of the Estimates will be considered in awarding the Premiums, and no premium will be awarded for any design, whatever may be the amount of the Estimates.