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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 9 April 1901, Page 3

W" ANTED—A General SERVANT— Apply Mrs W. E. Kettle, Tainui Street. GREYMOUTH HAEBOE WORKS. WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at this office up till NOON of TUESDAY, 10th ABE IT/, tor the SUPPLY and DELIVERY of 000 BIRCH SLEEPERS. They arc to be marked outside ‘'Tender,” and addressed to the Chairman of the Board. Specification and conditions of contract may lie soon at this office'. THOMAS ALLEN,Secretary. Greynmntli Harbor Board’s office, Groymoutli.‘.fill April, Iflol. FAIEDOWN GOLD DREDGING COMPANY, LTD. ENDERS arc invited for building PONTOONS for the above-named Com panj’. Plans and specifications may be seen at the Engineer’s branch office, Tainui Street, Greymouth, where tenders close on 20tii APE IL at 5 p.m Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. ALDTNGA GOLD DREDGING t'OMPANY, LTD. HT'ENDEES aic invited by (he abovcnamed Company for building PONTOONS. Plans and specifications may be seen at (lie Engineer’s branch office, Tainui Street, Greymouth. where tenders close on loxit APRIL at 5 p.m. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. F. W. PAYNE, Engineer to Company. P. W. PAYNE. Engineer to Company.

NEW ZEALAND GOVEEMENT. M PER CENT DEBENTURE LOAN. ISSUE OF £500,000. Under the authority of “ The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1900. MINIMUM PRICE OF ISSUE £IOO PEE CENT.

HE COLONIAL TREASURES invites tenders for £500,000 New Zealand Government 4 per cent Debenture; payable to Bearer, and of the facevalue of £I,OOO, £SOO, £2OO, and £IOO respectively, as may be desired. These Debentures are secured on Ihe Public Revenues of the Colony, and are issued repayable on the Ist April, 1904, at the Treasury, Wellington, New Zealand, or, (if the tenderer so requests in Ids tender) at the office of the AgentGeneral for New Zealand in London. Dividends, represented by coupons attached to the debentures, will be payable on the Ist April and the Ist October in each year during the currency of tke Loan, at the Cashier’s Office, Treasury, 'Wellington, or at any branch of the Bank of New Zealand in Ne w Zealand, or (if the debentures arc issued repayable in London) at the office of the AgentGeneral for New Zealand in London. At the option of the holder of any debenture issued repayable in New Zealand, and on application made in that behalf at the Treasury, 'Wellington, Now Zealand, he may at any time during its currency have it endorsed payable, bolh as to principal and interest, at the office of the Agent-General for Now Zealand, London, or at any specified branch of the Bank of New Zealand in Australia; Provided that in the former case the indorsement shall be made not less tliMi three months, and in the latter case not less than one month, before the due date of (he next ensuing payment of interest. The first Interest-coupon will be payable on the Ist October, 1901, and will be for a sum equal to six months’ interest on the nominal amount of the Debenture.

The issue price will lie at the rate of £IOO in money for every £IOO expressed in debentures (below which no tender will bo aacepted), payable as follows : Deposit of 5 per cent on application. First instalment of 45 per cent on Tuesday, 7th May, 1901. Second Instalment of 50 per cent on Tuesday, 4th June, 1901. Payments may be made in full at any time on or after the 7th May, 1901, and prior to the 4th June, 1901, at a discount at the rate of oao-pound ten shillings per centum per annum. Scaled Tenders, addressed to the Secretary to the Treasury, Government Buildings, Wellington, accompanied with the 5 per cent deposit, wid be received up to noon of Tuesday, 23rd April, 1901, when they will be opened in the presence of the Colonial Treasurer and the Controller and Auditor-General, and allotment will forthwith be made. If cheques are lodged with a Tender, they must be drawn upon a Bank in Wellington, and be marked by such Bank as “good” for fourteen days. Cheques issued by a Bank need not be so marked. Tenders may bo for the whole or any part of the Loan, and must state what amount of money will be given f r every £IOO of the Debentures tendered for. Tenders must be for even hundreds of pounds sterling, and at prices which are multiples of sixpence. Tenders at different prices must bo on seperate forms. The nominal amount of debentures tendered for must be written on the outside of the Tender. In case of default in the payment of any instalment at its proper date, the deposit and instalment (if any) previously paid will bo liable to forfeiture. If no allotment is made, the deposit will be returned. The first and second instalments may be paid at any Branch of the Bank of Now Zealand either in the Colony or Australia, to the credit of the Public Account, or at the Treasury, "Wellington, not later then the several dates previously mentioned. Scrip Certificates will bo issued, to he subsequently exchanged for the Debenture bonds. Tenders must bo on printed forms, which may be obtained at the Cashier’s Office, Treasury, Wellington, or at the Cilices of the Bank of New Zealand at Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, or DunedinOffice of the Colonial Treasurer, Wellington, 2nd April, 1901

ZEBRA V II INSTANTANEOUS POLISH. YELLOW & BLACK STIIIPE WI! APPLES, PENNY PACKETS