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Government Notices. >/'-.. - NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. ffTENDERS arc invited by the Colonial X Government for the supply of FORTY THOUSAND TOTARA or JARRAH SLEEPERS, for the Otago Southern Trunk Railway, in lots of Ten thousand each. Specifications to be seen at the Public Works Offices, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, and with the General Government Agent Auckland. Tenders will be received at the Public Works Office, Dunedin, up till noon of the 27th November, 1871. The lowest or any tender not necessarily TiCCCptcd, JOHN BLACKETT. Assistant Engineer in Chief, Public Works Office, Wellington, 21st Oct., 1871. ci NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. TENDERS are invited by the Colonial Government for the reclamation of Land for the line and Stations of the Otago Southern Trunk Railway at Dunedin. Drawings and specifications may be seen at the Public Works Office, Dunedin, where tenders will be received up till noon of Thursday, the 14th December, 1871. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. JOHN BLACKETT, Assistant Engineer in Chief. Public Works Office. Wellington, 10th Nov, 1871. NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES. THE Government having been empowered by special Acts of the Legislature to enter into contracts for Insurances on Lives, and for the grants of Annuities and Endow* ments, are now prepared to execute any of the usual contracts dependent upon the contingencies of human life. The following advantages are presented as deserving of Public attention, and especially of the Working Classes : 1. The tables of Premiums in all the branches are considerably less than in any other office in New Zealand. 2. All transactions, and Powers of Attorney and other documents, are free of Stamp Duty and all taxation. 3. No charge is made beyond the purchase money or premium, paid quarterly, half-yearly, or annually. 4. Fourteen or twenty-one days of grace, according to the intervals of payment, are allowed beyond the due dates; and should the assured die during these j periods, the policy will still be valid. 7 5. Surrender values are granted on the whole or any part of a contract which has endured for five years. 6. Residence is permitted in any part of the Australasian Colonies or Europe, and premiums may always be paid on the due dates at the nearest Money Order Office. 7. Insurances effected for the benefit of and settled on Wife or Children are free, to the extent of L 2,000, from the claims of Creditors. 8. The Consolidated Revenue of the Colony is liable for all claims, in the event of the monies received (which are safely invested at compound interest) at any time being insufficient to meet demands, thus affording the best security to the Assured. The fullest information can be obtained on application to any Money Order Office or Government Schoolmaster, or to CECIL Y. BISS, Sub-Commissioner, Offices, (next Post Office), Central Hall Provincial Buildings, Dunedin,

W. GISBORNE, Commissioner. Public Notices. PERMANENT BUILDING SOCIETY OF OTAGO. Tlic Ninety-Fourth Monthly meeting of this Society will be held on FRIDAY, the 24th inst, at seven p.m., at the Offices of the Society, Temple Chambers, Prinoes-strect. A. J. BURNS & CO., ARE now prepared to supply the public with MOSGIEL TWEED, either at the Factory or at the Office, Stafford-street, Dunediu. Country Orders promptly attended to. Letters addressed I hmedin will receive prompt attention. Office, over Mr G. F. Reid’s Warehouse, Stafford-street, Dunedin. BRYANT AND MAY’S pATENT SAFETY MATCHES Light only on the Bor. To be had everywhere. Publications and Literature. English and European news —The Mail, a paper containing tha news, the principal leaders, a well-digested Summary ami all interesting matter from The Times, The newspaper hitherto known as The Eveening Mail, having become the property of the proprietors of The Times, is now published twice a week, under the title of The Mail, at the price of threepence per copy as heretofore. The days of publication will be Tuesday and Friday, and each paper will contain the news and all matters of interest aypearing in the three previous numbers of The Times, which will thus be rendered available, in a cheap and convenient form, for persons residing abroad or in the Colonies. Subscribers can obtain The Mail through Newspapers Agents, or may have it from the Publisher on pre-payment, at Printing-House Square, London. HE YOUNG LADIES’ JOURNAL Reading for families Elegant Designs in all kinds of useful and ornamental Needlework, accompanied by simple and complete directions. J. S. WEBB, Secretary Contains suitable To be had everywhere.