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Lyttelton Times, Volume VII, Issue 442, 28 January 1857, Page 2

ALLIANCE FIRE OFFICE. Established 1824, CAJPIT&L £5,000,000. THE Unde|rsigned:, being ful|y, empowered, are prepared to. grant policies- off Insurance ihxtihe abovq Company, attha usual'colonial'rates. ■' ' - A. E. WHITE & CO. Lyttelton, Dec. 10,-1856. GOVERNMENT STEAM-BOAT SERVICE FOB THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY. I. IT i 3 required to establish a regular communication, by means of Steam-boats, between Port. Victoria and the following places i 1. Some point in the River Avon or the River Heathcote, as near as possible to the town, of Christphurch. 2. Kaiapoi. 3. Akaroa. 11. "^ ' It'is-required a,t 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 the bays of Banks's Peninsula,, Motunau, Timaru &c, for the purpose of collecting wool and other prcjduce, usually shipped at, those places. 111. It is believed that two steam-boats, at least, will, be' required to perform this service, one t» be employed on the regular line to be established ; the other to b^ held m reserve in case of accidents, and. to make occasional trips as_in> ducement may offer. It is considered that such boats ought to have at least forty tons clear stowage room below decks j -to be of not lessthan twenty horse power; to have a speed not less than eight • knots j and to draw not more than four and a-half feet of water. IV. The Provincial Government are prepared to enter into a- contract for the performance of' the above service for a terjn of three years, uppn one of the following conditions:—* a. The Government will advance -the sum of Five Thousand Pounds, (£5,000) tothe contractor, receiving valid security 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. Government will require its repayment, but the sum so repaid will be again advanced for the maintenance of the same service. No interest will be charged for< the time of the contract. b. Secondly, If;private capital be 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 | invested in the undertaking. V. The Provincial Government are prepared to receive tenders for the performance of the above mentioned service. The tenders must state the mode in which the required service is propospd lo be performed—the number of trips which it is proposed to make in a given time to each of the places specified—the number of the steamboats to be employed—their size, power, and speed, not being less, and their draiight not being groater than those respectively .set forth above; andalso the time when the service will con mence. The tenders must also state on which of the aboveinentioned terms the contractor proposes to treat with the Government. If upon tho first —what is the nature of the security which will be offered. If on the second or third— whai will be the amount of the bonus or of tho rate of interast which the Government will be required to guarantee yearly. All tenders must be sent into this office within four months frum the date hereof. By his Honor's command, JOSEPH BRITTAN, Provincial Secretary, Provincial Secretary's Office. . ■ Christchuxclv -Pec. 6,1856.