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Evening Star, Issue 3178, 28 April 1873, Page 3

PUBLIC NOTICES. THE Advertiser, going the rounds of Dunedin, is desirous of Commission for the Collection of Money or Orders. Address “5.C.,” Neale’s City Boot Mart, George street R8 STEADMAN'S Coach leaves the Gridiron Hotel, Every Morning, at half-past eight, for West Taieri, returning the same day. Mrs Steadman’s Coach leaves Gridiron Hotel, at half-past four every Evening for East Taieri, Reliance, and White House Hotel. 10 ENTRAL REGISTRY OFFICE. Proprietress—MlSS CANE, (Late Mrs Coward.) Princes street, opposite Howard and Raymond’s, Hugh eraser, Saddler. & Harness Maker, Begs to intimate to his numerous friends, in Town and Country', that he has resumed Business in Stafford street, next Provincial Sale Yards, and hopes by strict attention to business to merit a renewal of that support formerly awarded to him. TENDERS. i NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. TO ENGINEERS. TENDERS are invited by the Colonial Government for the Construction of Three Malleable Iron Traversers for the Dunedin Station. Drawing and Specification may be seen at this office, where tenders will be received up till noon of Monday, the sth May, 1873. The lowest or any tender not necessarily acepted. By command, W. N. BLAIR, District Engineer. Public Works Office, Dunedin, April 26, 1873. V. R. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. TOKOMAIRIRO AND LAWRENCE. TENDERS are invited by the Colonial Government for the construction of Railway between Tokomairiro and Lawrence —a distance of 22 miles. The Line is divided into five Sections, and tenders will be received for anv of them, or for the whole Railway in one Contract. Drawings and Specifications may be seen at the Public Works Offices, Duuedin and Wellington, on and after Monday, the 21st instant. Written Tenders, addressed to the Minister for Public Works, and marked outside, “ 'fender for the Tokomairiro and Lawrence Railway”; or, “Tender for the Contract of the Tokomairiro and Lawrence Railway ’’—will be received at this Office up till 4 p.m on Wednesday, the 21st May, 1873. Telegraphic lenders similarly addressed and marked will be received, if presented at any Telegraph Office by noon of the same date, provided that written Tenders, in due form, arc lodged at the Office of the District Engineer, at Dunedin, Christchurch, or Auckland, by the above hour. Tim lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. By command. JOHN BLACKETT, Assistant Fnginecr-in-Chief, Public Works Office, Wellington, 14th April, 1873. ISSUE OF £250,000 NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT DEBENTURES IN NEW ZEALAND. Treasury, Wellington, Bth April, 1873 TENDERS are invited for the purchase of the whole or any portion of Two hundred and Fifty thousand Pounds New Zealand Government Debentures, issued under the Acts of the Legislature of the Colony, entitled “The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1870,” and “ The Defence and Other Purposes Loan Act, 1870,” subject to the under-mentioned conditions : 1, The Debentures will be payable to Bearer, and will be issued in sums of not less than One Hundred Pounds each. 2. The Debentures, which are secured on the Consolidated Revenue of the Colony, will bear interest at the rate of 4 per cent per annum, payable half-yearly, on the 15th day of April and the 15th day of October in each year, at the Bank of New Zealand at Auckland, New Plymouth, Wellington, Napier, Nelson, Blenheim, Christchurch, Greymouth, Hokitika, Dunedin, or Invercargill. 3. The principal sum will be payable on the 15th day of April, 1913, at the Treasury at Wellington, or at any Branch of the Bank of New Zealand, in New Zealand, at the option of the holder, six months’ notice being required, previous to maturity, of the place at which payment will be required. 4. Tenders will be opened at the Treasury at Wellington at noon on Friday, the ninth day of May next, in the presence of such of the tenderers as desire to be present—the minimum price under seal being first placed on the table. In the event of equal tenders being received for a sum in excess of the issue, a pro rata distribution will be made. 5. The amount tendered for must be paid at the Treasury at Wellington, as under:— 5 per cent, accompanying application ; * the balance on or before the 16th May, 1873, Or at the option of the purchasers 5 per cent, on application. 20 per cent, in one month, ] 25 per cent, in two months, ( Wl •, 25 per cent, in three months, ( ? c P rue 25 per cent, in four months, ) m eres ’ * Purchasers electing to pay balance within a week will be entitled to interest from the 15th day of April. On payment of the final instalment, Debentures signed by the Agents appointed under the respective Acts, will be delivered to purchasers or their nominees. Half per cent, brokerage will be allowed to brokers through whose applications sales are effected. Applications by telegraph, received not later than ten o’clock on the 9th May, will be accepted, provided they are accompanied by a telegram from the Manager of any Branch or Agency of the Bank of New Zealand, notifying that the necessary deposit has been paid into the Bank of New Zealand, to the credit of a Land Deposit Account, JULIUS VOGEL, Colonial Treasurer. Form or Tender. I hereby tender for £ New Zealand Four per cent. Debentures at the price of £ for each £IOO of such Debentures, and I agree to accept the same or any less amount that may be allotted to me, aud to pay for them in cash at the Bank of New Zealand (o) on (a) The name of the place at which the purchaser undertakes payment of the balance to bo inserted here*