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Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1782, 22 April 1874, Page 1

Tenders, [Extract from New Zealand Gazettk, Awl 9, 1874.] ■■•-/:*■>>-' *■■•■■■ : ' ■ .■-, ISSUE OF £50,000 TCEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT DEBENTURES CINDER "THE WESTLAND > LOAN ACT, 1873." Treasury, Wellington, »th April, 1874. TENDERS are invited tor the purchase of the whole or any portion of Fifty Thousand Pounds New Zealand Government' Debentures, issued under the Act of the 'Legislature of the Colony, entitled "The Westland Loan Act, 1873." By the Act above cited, the principal sum to be raised, and the interest thereon, are charged on the Consolidated Revenue of the Colony; a special block of land 250,000 acr?s in extent being set apart as security to . tho Colony for the amount to be raised. , . ' ■< The Tenders will be received and the Debentures issued subject to the under-men-tioned conditions : — P ■ „ , . 1. The Debentures will be payable to bearer, and will be issued in sums of not less than One Hundred Pounds each. ; • 2 The Debentures will bear interest at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum, payable half-yearly, on the 15th day of April and the 15th day of October in each year, at the Treasury at Wellington,, or at any Branch of the Bank of New Zealand in New Zealand, on notice given at the Treasury one month before the due date. J 3. The principal sum will be payable on the 15th day of April, 1894; at the Treasury, at Wellington, or at any Branch of toe Bank of New Zealand in New Zealand, at the ; option of the holder, six months' t notice being required, previous, ip maturity, of the place at which pay* ment is desired. ; . ; -, 4. Tenders will be opened at the Treasury, at Wellington, at noon, on Friday, the Ist day of May next, in the presence of such of the tenderers as • desire to be present— the minimum price under seal being .first .placed : on the table. In the event of equal tenders being received for a cum in excess of the issue, a pro, rata distribution will be mode. ;;■ 5. The amount tendered for must be paid at the Treasury at Wellington as under :— - ■ , •■■■;- Five per cent, accompanying application ; the balance on or before the Bth May. • On payment of the balance of purchase money, Debentures, signed by the Agents appointed under the Act will be forwarded, at the rink of the Government, to. purchasers or their nominees. ' ;r ,r Half per cent, brokerage will be allowed to brokers through whose applications sales are effected. — Applications by telegraph, received not later than 10 o'clock .a.m. on the Ist May, will be accepted, provided they are accompanied by a telegram from : the Manager of any Branch or Agency of the Bankjof New Zealand, notifying that the necessary de* posit has been paid into the. Bank ,of New Zealand to the credit of a Loan Deposit Account. , , i' If no allotment be made, the 5 per cent, deposit will be returned in full;, and if a portion only of the amount be allotted, the surplus will be applied inpayment' of the balance. . ; '< JULIUS YOGEL, . Colonial Treasurer. Form of Tender. : ,'• I hereby tender for £ New Zealand Five per Cent. Debentures, at the; price of £ ' for each £100 of such-. Debentures; and I agree to accept the same or any less amount that may be alloted to me, and to pay for them in cash at the Bank of New Zealand (a) on' , ~> (a) The name of the. place at . which the purchaser undertakes payment .:.of the balance to be inserted. .••;

-VTEW ZEALAND RAILWAY . . WANGANUI TO~MANAWATU. WANG AEHU CONTRACT. Public Works Offices, Wellington, 13th Marohj 1874; TENDERS will be received at this office until NOON on WEDNESDAY, 29th "APKIL, 1874, for the CONSTRUCTION of the above, which includes TWO Contracts, viz — - ONE for FORMATION, being about 10 miles 8 chains ; and OJSE for BRIDGES ONLY. Plans and specifications may be seen at this office, and at the Public Works Office, Wanganui ; and the same conditions for ten* dering by writing and telegraph. r mnst be observed as for railway works if general. By command, ,• .'...,.,., JOHN BLACKETT, Assistant Engineflr-iri-Chief. mENDERS for fiREGTION of anew X BANKING HOUSE for the. Bank of New Zealand, Hokitika, will be. received up to 4 o'clock, on Thursday, 23rd instant, at the Temporary Offices of the Bank, Hokitika, and at th c Bank, Greymoutb.'.~ Tenders to be addressed to the Bank ef New Zealand, Hokitika, and endorsed " Tenders for new Banking^ouse." Plans and specifications may be seen at the Bank, at (Hokitika, up to Wednesday, 15th inst., and at the Bank Greymouth, from 16th to 23rd inst. \ . . , : The lowest or any tender not necessarily ..accepted. , ! W. B. ARMSON, Architect. Hokitika, April 7, 1874. . ', Educational. lyrRS. AND MISS -GODFREY having REMOVED to Pembroke Cottage, High street, Manden road; will be happy to eceive their pupils, r