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Evening Star, Issue 2798, 5 February 1872, Page 3

Government Notices. NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUI lES, rnfTE Government having been empowered JL by special Acts of the Legislature to enter into contracts fof Insurances en Lives, and for the grants of Annuities and Endowments, 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. Ail transactions, and Powers of Attorney and other documents, are free of Stamp Duty and all taxation. 3. No chai’ge is made beyond the purchase money or premium, paid quarterly, half-yearly, or annually. 4. Fourteen or twenty-one days of gi-ace, ao- j cording to the intervals of payment, are allowed beyond the due dates: and should the assured die during these periods, the policy will still be valid. 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 ARCHIBALD BARK, Chief Postmaster, Dunedin. W. GISBORNE, Commissioner.

GREAT SOUTHERN RAILWAY. SELWYN TO RA KAIA. CONTRACT NO. 2. TENDERS are invited for the formation of the next six miles up to the Eakaia, and for fencing a portion of the same in accordance with plans and specifications, to be seen at the Provincial Public Works Office on and after Monday the 15th inst. Tenders addressed to the Resident Minister for the Middle Island, endorsed “ Selwyn to Rakaia ” contract No. 2, will be received at j the office of the Resident Minister for the I v iddle Island at Christchurch, up to 12 at noon on Saturday, the 10th February next. (Signed) W. B. BRAY, District Engineer, Jan 12, 1872. NEW ZEALAND TRAMWAYS. FOXTON TO PALMERSTON, NO! ICE ! TENDERS for the construction of about 21 MILES of the above will be received at the Public Works 'Office, Wellington, until 2 p.m , on Monday, sth February, 1872. They must be addressed to the Honble. the Minister for Public Works, and marked outside “ Tender for Tramway.” The lowest or any Tender will not necessarily be accepted. Plans ami specifications may be seen on or about the 22ud January next at the following places : Public Works Office - ■ -Wellington District Engineer’s Office - - Fo.vton Resident ~ - - - Wanganui ~ ~ - ■ New Plymouth Provincial ~ - - - Napier General Government Agents Office, Auckland Provincial Engineer’s Office • - NelsonDistrict Engineer’s Office - Christchurch ~ • Dunedin By command, JOHN BLACKETT, Assistant Engineer in. Chief.. Public Works Office. Wellington, JOth Dec. 1871. Public Notices. ANTED KNOWN, THE OLD ENGLISH COFFEE BISCUIT, Is. per lb., AT HUDSON, AND CO’S., Piinccs-strcct. THE OLD ENGLISH COFFEE BISCUIT, Is per lb., AT HUDSON, AND CO’S., Fleet-street. Note the address ! Manufactory, DOWLING STREET, adjoining the First Church. Retail Depots, PRINCES STREET and FLEET STREET. BRYANT AND MAY’S PATENT SAFETY MATCHES Light only on the Bor. To he had in any Town in the Colonies.