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Globe, Volume IX, Issue 1230, 12 February 1878, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND HALLWAYS. WELLINGTON-MASTERTON RAILWAY. CARTERTON CONTRACT (FORMATION AND PERMANENT WAY). LENGTH ABOUT 20 MILES 41 CHAINS. Public Works Office, Wellington, 23rd January, IS7B. RITTEN TENDERS will be received at this office up to NOON on WED. NESDAY, the 6th March, 1878, for the above contract. They must be addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Wellington, and marked outside "Tender Carterton Contract." Plans and specifications may be seen at the Public Works Offices, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedia, Invercargill, Wanganui, and Wellington, at the Post Office, Greytown Wairarapa, at the Bail way Manager's Office, Napier, and the Chief Surveyor's Office, Nelson. Telegraphic tenders similarly addressed and marked, will be received if presented at any Telegraph Office by NOON of the same date, provided that written tenders in due form are lodged at of the abovenamed offices by the same hour, and accompanied by a cheque on some Bank in the town where the tender is lodged; such cheque to be specially marked by a banker as good for twenty-one days, and to be in favor of the Receive!-General's Deposit Account only, and not to bearer or order. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily l>e accepted. By command, JOHN CARRUTHERS, Engineer-in-Chief. N.B.—Plans for this contract can be purchased at the above offices. 7775 NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. 878 TONS OF 521 b. IRON RAILS AND FASTENINGS FOR THE NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. Public Works Office, Wellington, 6th February, 1878. rRITTEN TENDERS will be received v , at this office until NOON" on MONDAY, the 22nd July, 1878, for the above contract. They must be addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Wellington, and marked outside "Tender for Rails and Fastenings." Plans and specifications may be seen at the Public Works Offices, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, and Wellington, and at the Chief Surveyor's Office, Nelson, and the Railway Manager's Office, Napier. Telegraphic tenders, similarly addressed and marked, will be received if presented at any Telegraph Office by NOON of the same date, provided that written tenders in due form are lodged at any of the abovenamed offices by the same hour, and accompanied by a cheque on some bank in the town where the tender is lodged; such cheque to be specially marked by a banker as good for twenty-one days, and to be in favour of the ReceiverGeneral's 1 'eposit Account only, and not to bearer or order. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. By command JOHN CARRUTHERS, 99 Engineer-in-Chief. IHE UNION FIRE AND MARINE. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, Hereford street (in premises formerly occupied by Lightband, Allan and Do.) is prepared to accept FIRE AND MARINE RISES at current rates. W. DEVENISH MEARES, 6531 Gsneral Manager. standard .nsurance Company, fire and marine. CAPITAL ... ... £1,000,000. and Marine Risk s taken at Current Rates. Fidelity of Persons in Situations of Trust insured. THOMAS R. FISHER, Agent for Canterbury. Offices—Hereford street, Christohuroh. 683 THE NEW ZEALAND Insurance Company. Established 1859. Capital Paid-up Capital ... £l,OoO,otw £300,004 Every description of Fire and Marlns Insurance at current rates. DAVID CRAIG, Hereford street. SOUTH BRITISH FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital-ONE MILLION STERLIN Paid-up Capital, £IOO,OOO. Reserve Fund, £58,750. pjjiy offers UN- . DOUBTED SECURITY to Insurers, haying a large, wealthy, and influential proprietary resident in New Zealand. All the Company's FUNDS are invested n the Colony. A special feature of the SOUTH BRITISH is the prompt and liberal settlement of claims. It has thus paid for lossess in four years £156,467. FIRE AND MARINE RISKS Taken at LOWEST CURRENT RATES. For proposal forms, &c., apply t J. DRUMMOND MACPHERSON, 6680 Manager, Caaba «t;ree NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPAK'X OF NEW ZEALAND. Capital £1,000,000. Paid up, £50,000; Reserve, £70,000. THIS PURELY LOCAL OFFICE Presents many advantages to the Insuring Public. The Capital and Profits are RETAINED IN THE COLONY. THE HEAD OFFICE and Management being local, settlements are made without vexatious delays, or reference to offices at a distance. i RAIES AND TEKMS equal to those offered by any other Company- » A^CARRiOK, 7336 Maaa]jbr,.Chrutclio eh.