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Evening Star, Issue 3186, 7 May 1873, Page 4

TENDERS i ISSUE OF £250,000 NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT DEBENTURES IN NEW ZEALAND. TroAsuiyj 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 Ply- ; mouth, Wellington, Napier, Nelson, Blenheim, Christchurch, Greymouth, Dunedin, or Invercargill. 3. The principal sum will be payable on the 15lh 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, Of- at the option of the purchasers ; 5 per cent, on application, 20 per cent, in one month, ) 25* per cent, in two months, f accrue( i 25 per cent, in three months, ( i n t eres t # 25 per cent, in four months, ; ** Purchasers electing to pay balance within a week will be entitled to interest from the loth 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 op Tender. I hereby tender for £ New Zealand Four pet 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 (a) on [a) The name of the place at which the purchaser undertakes payment of the balance to be inserted here. V, E, 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 any of them, or for the whole Railway in one Contract. Drawings and Specifications may be seen at the Public Works Offices, Dunedin and Wellington, on and after Monday, the 21st instant. •» Written Tenders, addressed to the Minister for Public Works, and marked outside, “ Tender 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 Tenders 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, are lodged at the Office of the District Engineer, at Dunedin, Christchurch, or Auckland, by the above hour. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. By command. JOHN BLACKETT, Assistant Engineer-in-Chief. Public Works Office, Wellington, 14th April, 1873. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. WINTON TO KINGSTON. Public Works Office, Wellington, April 4, 1873. WRITTEN Tenders will be received at this office up to 4 p.m, on Wednesday, the 14th May, 1873, for the construction of No. 1 Contract of the above Railway, being about 22 miles. They must be addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, and marked outside—“ Tender for No. 1 Contract, Winton Railway.” Plans and specifications may be seen at the Public Works Offices, Dunedin* and Wellington. Telegraphic Tenders, similarly addressed and marked, will be received, if presented at any Telegraphic Office by Noon of the same date, provided that written tenders in due form are lodged at the District Engineer’s Office, Dunedin, Hokitika, Christchurch, Nelson, or Auckland, by the same hour. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. By command, JOHN BLACKETT, Assistant Engineer-in-Chief. * Plans and specifications will reach Dunedin by the Luna. NOTICE. fTTENDERS will be received until MonX day, 12th May, 1873, for leasing the Basement Floor of the stone building occupied by the University of Otago, the entrance to which is in Bond street. Tenders to be lodged with Mr A C. Purdie, janitor of the Uni versify, by whom the Basement Floor will be shwkn. TENDERS Wanted, till noon on Saturday, for the Er%tion of a Wooden Cottage in South Dunedin. DAVID ROSS, Architect,; Princes street.