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

TENDERS y. fe=m3 R. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. REPAIRING SHOPS. TENDERS are invited by the Colonial Government for the Erection of Repairing Shops at Hidside, Dunedin. Drawing and Specification may be seen at this Office, where Tenders will be received till noon on Wednesday, the 6th May, 1874. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. By command. W. N. BLAIR, District Engineer. Public Works Office, Dunedin, 13th April, 1874. y. R. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS DUNEDIN AND CLUTHA RAILWAY”. STATIONS AT CAVERSHAM AND GREEN ISLAND. SEPARATE Tenders are invited by the Colonial Government for Erection of Railway Stations at Caversham and Green Island. Drawings and Specifications may be seen at this Office, where Tenders will be received till Noon on Wednesday, the 6th iVlay, 1874. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. By Command, W. N. BLAIR, District Engineer. Public Works Office, Dunedin, 15th April, 1874. TENDERS are invited till Saturday, the 25th, at noon, for the erection of a Cottage in Lees street South, for Mr James Baxter. _ Plans and specifications with the undersigned. E. J. SANDERS, Architect and Surveyor. rjYENDERS will be received till Friday, 24th instant, at noon, to erect Dining Rooms

iu High street, for Watson Brothers. MASON & WALES, Architects. PUBLIC COMPANIES. Scottish commercial insurance co. FIEE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Claims settled in Dunedin. 1 CAPITAL, £1,000,600. WILLIAM BROWN & CO., Agents, Princes street (opposite National Bank). PROSPECTUS OF THE WAIPORI QUARTZ MINING COMPANY (LIMITED). Capital, £16,500, In Shares of LI each, of which the present proprietors take 6,000 paid up, and 1,500 with 10s paid up ; deposit on application, 2s 6d; on allotment 2s 6d; remainder to be called up as required, subject to one month’s notice, and no call to exceed 2s 6d each share, | PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS I Messrs Geo. Whittingham I Geo. W. Eliott Geo. Turnbull John Davie E. Burns G. P. Farqubar John Mitchell, bankers: Bank of New Zealand. LEGAL MANAGER : Mr M. W. Hawkins, Princes street. The ground proposed to be worked by this Company is that lately occupied by the O.P.Q. Company at Waipori, together with further acquisitions since made by the present proprietors, consisting in all of about 31 acres, held under gold mining leases, and measuring along the course of the reef about 1,300 yards. From 150 to 200 yards bad been partially worked by the O.P.Q. Company, and has since been worked by the present proprietors.

The claim haa lately been thoroughly and systematically prospected, and the reef has been cut in six places down the creek for 700 yards facing the township of Waipori; and shows in every case a well-defined reef, having a width of 6ft in the narrowest place ; the greatest height from the level of the present tunnel being about 200 ft. Prospecting is still being carried on ; and, in consequence of the good quartz lately obtained, Claims have been taken up in continuation of the Company’s ground. Samples of stone including an extremely rich pocket, are exhibited at the Manager’s office, Princes street, Dunedin. | The share list will close on the 31st May. Applications for Shares, accompanied by ] deposits of 2s 6d per share, to be made to 1 M. W. HAWKINS, Legal Manager, Princes street, Dunedin. Or may be paid in to the Bank of New Zealand at any of the branches and country agencies. For full details see printed prospectus. DENTISTS. ESTABLISHED 1862. MR ALFRED BOOT SURGEON DENTIST. Princes Street, Dunedin,