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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 11 April 1901, Page 3

TO THE RATEPAYERS OP THE BOROUGH, Ladies and gentlemen,— I be" leave to advertise my candidature for a Councillorship, and to solicit your attend to careful expenditure of the Borough funds consistently however with sanitary reouiremcnls and progress. G. PEROTTL TO THE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OP GREYMOUTH. Ladies and gentlemen.— Having been nominated as a Candidate for a seat on the Borough Council, I hereby beg to solicit your support. Should you do me the honor of electing me, I shall do my utmost to promote the welfare of the Borough as a whole. This being the first time 1 have offered myself for the position, I cannot refer to past services, but 1 trust that my character in the past as a private citizen lias been such as to entitle me to your fullest confidence. Yours GREYMOUTH HARBOR WORKS. TTTRITTEN TENDERS will be rcVV ceivcd at thisotlice uptillNOON of TUESDAY. Kith APRIL, for (he SUPPLY and DELIVERY of (500 BIRCH SLEEPERS. They are to be marked outside “Tender,” and addressed to the Chairman 6f the Board. Specification and conditions of contract may be seen at this office. THOMAS ALLEN, Secretary. Greymouth Harbor Board’s office, Grcymouth, 9th April, 1901. faithfully, B. HART.

NEW ZEALAND GOYERMENT. jgl PER CENT DEBENTURE LOAN, ISSUE OP £500,000. Under the authority of “ The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1900. MINIMUM PRICE OP ISSUE £IOO PER CENT. THE COLONIAL TREASURER invitcs 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 the Public Revenues of the Colony, and arc issued repayable on the Ist April, 1904, at the Treasury, Wellington, New Zealand, or, (if the tenderer so requests in his 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 the Loan, at the Cashier’s Office, Treasury, Wellington, or at any branch of the Bank of New Zealand in New Zealand, or (if the debentures are issued repajmble 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, New Zealand, he may at any time during its currency have it endorsed payable, both as to principal and interest, at the office of the Agent-General for New 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 than three months, and in the latter case not less than one month, before the due date of the next ensuing payment of interest. The first Interest-coupon will be payable on the Ist October, 1901, and will bo for a sum equal to six months’ interest on the nominal amount of the Debenture. The issue price will be at the rate of £IOO in money for every £IOO expressed in debentures (below which no tender will be 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, 1601. 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 one-pound ten shillings per centum per annum. Sealed Tenders, addressed to the Secretary to the Treasury, Government Buildings, Wellington, accompanied with the 5 per cent deposit, will be received up to noon of Tuesday, 23rd April, 1901, when they will bo opened in the presence of the Colonial Treasurer and the Controller and Auditor-General, and allotment will forthwith bo 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 be for the whole or any part of the Loan, and must state what amount of money will bo given f r every £IOO of the Debentures tendered for. Tenders must bo for oven hundreds of pounds sterling, and at prices which ate multiples of sixpence. Tenders at different prices must be on seperate forms. The nominal amount of debentures tendered for must bo written on the outside of the Tender. In ease of default in (lie payment of any instalment at its proper date, the deposit and instalment (if ar y) previously paid wiil be 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 cither 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 be 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 Offices of the Bank of New Zealand at Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin. Office of the Colonial Treasurer, Wellington, 2nd April, 1901

ZEBRA INSTANTANEOUS POLISH. YELLOW & BLACK STRIPE WRAPPERS. PENNY PACKETS