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Evening Star, Issue 3482, 21 April 1874, Page 1

WANTED. WANTED Known—That A. Walker is selling Mosgiel Tweed very cheap, bought a job 5s 6d per yard; manufacturers price was 6s 9d. SHARES Wanted; Standard and National Insurance Company’s Shares. Stewart and Doughty. Manse street ANTED to Sell DRAIN PIPES of Every description, Flower Pots, Chimney Tops, Fountains, Yases, Butter Crocks, Flooring Tiles, Bricks, &c., at lowest current rates. Lambert’s Water of Leith vV orkfl. 0 TRADESMEN, STOREKEEPERS, &c —An Accountant is prepared to devote a few hours daily to write up books, accounts, &c. ; strictly confidential. Address “J.C.,” Star Office. TENDERS. V. R. (Extract from New Zealand Gazette, April 9, 1874.)* ISSUE OF £50,000 NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT DEBENTURES UNDER. “THE WESTLAND LOAN ACT, 1873.” Treasury, Wellington, 9lh April,-, 1874. TENDERS are invited for the purchase of the whole or any portion of Fifty Thousand Pounds New Zealand Government Debentures, issued under the Act of the Legislature of the Colony, entitled “'lhe Westland Loan Act, 1873.” By the Act above cited, the principal sum to be raised, and the interest thereon, are charged on the Consolidated Revenue of the Colony; a special block of land of 250,000 acres in extent being set apart as security to the Colony for the amount to be raised. The Tenders will be received and the Debentures issued subject to the under-men-tioned 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 will bear interest at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum, payable half-yearly, on the 15th day of April and the 15th day of October in each year, at the Treasury at Wellington, or at any Branch of New Zealand in New Zealand, on notice given at the Treasure one month before the due date. 3. The principal sum will be payable on the 15th day of April, 1894, 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 is desired. 4. Tenders will be opened at the Treasury at Wellington, at noon, on Friday, the Ist 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:— Five per cent, accompanying application ; the balance on or before the Bth May.

On payment of the balance of purchase money, Debentures signed by the agents ap pointed under the Act will be forwarded, a the risk of the Government, to purchasers o their nominees. Half per cent, brokerage will be allowei to brokers through whose application sale are effected.' Applications by telegraph, received no later than 10 o’clock a.m, on the Ist Maj will be accepted, provided they are accorr panied by a telegram from the Manager c any Branch or Agency of the Bank of Ne' Zealand notifying that the' necessary deposi has been paid into the Bank of New Zealan to.the credit of a loan deposit account. If no allotment be made, the 5 per ceni deposit will be returned in full; and if portion only of the amount be alloted, tt surplus will be applied in payment of tl balance. JULIUS VOGRL, Colonial Treasurer. FORM OF TENDER. I hereby tender for £ Ne Zealand Five per Cent. Debentures, at tl price of £ for each £IOO of sue Debentures ; and I agree to accept the san or any less amount that may be allotted 1 me, and to pay for them in cash at the Bar of New Zealand (a) on (a) The name of the place at which tl purchaser undertakes payment of the balan to be inserted.

R. FOXTON AND PALMERSTON TRAMWAY. Public Works Office, Wellington, March 19, 1874. WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at this Office until noon of 29th April, « 1874, for Working the above Tramway and Wharf. They must be addressed to the Hen Minister for Public Works, Wellington, and marked outside, “Tender for Working Tramway.” Specifications and conditions maybe seen at y this office, and at the Public Works Office, . Foxton. >, Tenders must be sent in on proper printed i forms, and exactly as prescribed, and the 1 lowest or any tender will not necessarily i be accepted. Printed forma may be oba tained on application either of the Engineer, i. Foxton, or at this office, n By command. y JOHN BLACKETT, Assistant Engineer-in-Chief.