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Lyttelton Times, Volume VII, Issue 441, 24 January 1857, Page 2

ALLIANCE FIRE OFFICE. -Established 1824. CAPITAL £5,000,000. , THE Undersigned, /being"- fully em. powered, are prepared to grant poli. , cies .of Insurance iri the' 1 above Company, at the usuaV colonial^'rates-. v-/ " ' .\ x _ A. E.'WHIT-E & CO Lyttelton, Dec. 10,1856. GOVERNMENT STEAM-BOAT SERVICE FOR THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY. I. IT is required to establish a regular communication, by .means o£ Steam-boats between Port Victoria and the following places : ''1. Some point in the River Avon'or the / . River Heathcote,' as near as "possible to the town of Christchurch. 2. Kaiapoi. ' '' , ! 3. Akaroa.' . ' ' "'. V IL, ' ft - 1 \ It is required at .the same-time to" provide for occasional steam communication between Port Victoria and the several landing places in other parts 'of the province, ''such' as', th6"bays of Banks's" Peninsula, -Motunau, Timaru &c, for' the'purpose rbf collecting "wool" and" other'produce usually shipped at those places. It is believed that two steam-hqats, at least, will be - required to perform this service, one to be .employed'on the regular line to be established ; "the other to be held in reserve,,in case of accidents, and to make occasional'lrips as inducement may offer. It is considered that such boats ought to have at least forty tons clear stowage room below decks; to be of not less than twenty horse power; to, have a speed not less than eight knots; and to draw not more than four and a-half feet of water. -'."" v- • -"""rvC ■ ■.■"'/■'' The Provincial Government 'are prepared to enter" into' a contract- for", the .performance of the above service for a term of three years, upon ". bne'of the following conditions: — •'",' .' a.' The Government will' advance the sum "of Five' Thousand' P blinds', (£5,000) to the contractor,' receiving valid'security" j ' for the insurance of the" capital'advanced. At the termination of the "contract, or in' the'event of the capital being lost by accident, the" Governriierit will "'require, its repayment, but the sum so repaid ' will be again advanced for"the mainte'-, • "nance of'the same'seWice. No' interest will be'charged for the time of the contract.' b. Secondly, If private capital b^ employed, the Government, will guarantee; a„ fixed, bonus yearly to the amount of the yearly loss (if any) estimated to be incurred by the service. c. Or, thirdly, The Government will guarantee a-minimum rate of interest, on the amount of the private capital t invested in the undertaking. - "y. ■ ?• The Provincial Government are prepared to receive tenders for the performance of the above mentioned service. ' The fenders must state the mode' in which the required.service is proposed to be performed—the number of trips which itis proposed to make in a given time to each ot the places specified—the number of the steamboats to be employed—their size, power, and speed, not being less, and their draught not being greater than those respectively set forth above; andalsothe timewhen the service will commence. The tenders must- also state, oh which of the abovem.entione'd terms the contractbr pi*opose's to' treat with the Government. If upon the first —what is the nature of the security which will be offered. If on the second or third — what will be.^he amount of the bonus or of the rate' of interest which the Government will be required to guarantee yearly. All tenders must" be sent into this office. withinfour months froni the date hereof. By his Honor's command, " '■ JOSEPH'BRITTAN, , '' Provincial Secretary. : Provincial Secretary's Officej ."Christchufoh; 'Dec' 6, 1856.