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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 12 April 1901, Page 3

TO THE RATEPAYERS OP THE BOROUGH. I 1 I beg leave to advertise my candidature for a Councillorship, and to .solicit your voles. If elected I will attend to careful expenditure of the Borough funds consistently however with sanitary requirements and progress. G. PEEOTTI. TO THE ELECTORS OP THE BOROUGH OP GREYMOUTH. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,— Having boon nominated as a Candidate for a sent on the Borongli Council, I hereby beg to solicit your support. " Should you do mo 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 I. have offered myself for the position, I cannot refer to past services, but I trust that my character in the past as a private citizen has been such as to entitle nie to your fullest confidence. Yours faithfully, B.HART. GREYMOUTH HARBOR WORKS. WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at thisoflice up till NOON of TUESDAYS 10th APRIL, for the SUPPLY and DELIVERY of 000 BIRCH SLEEPERS. They are to be marked outside ' ' Tender," and addressed to the Chairman of the Board. Specification and conditions of contract may be seen at this office. THOMAS ALLEN, Secretary. Grey mouth Harbor Board's oflice, Grcymouth, !)th April, 1001. NEW ZEALAND GOVERMENT. M PER CENT DEBENTURE LOAN. IS3UE OP JG500.000. Under the authority of " The Aid to Public W orks and Land Settlement Act, I'JOO.

MINIMUM PRICE OP ISSUE £IOO PEE CENT. THE COLONIAL TREASURER nvites 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. Those Debentures arc secured on the Public Revenues of the Colon}', and are 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 repayable in London) at the oflice 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 lime during its currency have it endorsed payable, botli as to principal and interest, at (lie ollicc of the Agent-General for New Zealand, Lonulon, or at airy specified branch of the 'Bank of New Zealand in Australia; Provided that in the former case the in- ■ dorsement 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. able 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 be at the rate of £IOO in money for every £IOO expressed lin debentures (below which no tender will be aaceptcd), 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 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 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 muse 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 bo so marked.

Tenders may be for tho whole, or any part of tho Loan, and must state what amount of money will be given f r every £IOO of tho Debentures tendered for. Tenders must bo for even hundreds of pounds sterling, and at prices which are multiples of sixpence. Tenders at different prices must be on seperate forms. Tho nominal amount of debentures tendered for must be written on tho outside of the Tender. In case of default in tho payment of any instalment at its proper date, tho deposit and instalment (if ary) previously paid will be liable to forfeiture. If no allotment is mude, tho deposit will bo returned. The first and second instalments may bo paid at any Branch of tho Bank of New Zealand either in tho Colony or Australia, to the credit of the Public Account, or at tho Treasury, Wellington, not later then the several dates previously mentioned. Scrip Certificates will be issued, fo he subsequently txchangEd for tho Debenture bonds. Tenders must be on printed forms, which may be obtained at tho Cashier's Office, Treahurv, Wellington, or at tho Offices of tho Bank of New Zealand at Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch,or Duncdin. Office of the Colonial Treasurer, Wellington. 2nd April, 1901

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