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Lyttelton Times, Volume VII, Issue 454, 11 March 1857, Page 9

NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT DEBENTURES. Issue of £5,000, at Ten pee Cent \ Intebest. TVTOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant -111 to instructions from the Government of New Zealand, the Union Bank of Australia, Lyttelton, will receive Tenders for the whole or any portion of the sum of Five Thousand Pounds of Debentures of the Government of New Zealand, to' be issued under the authority of the New Zealand Debenture Act, 1856, such Debentures to be redeemable at the Colonial Treasury in New Zealand, in Two Years from the date of payment of the money, and to bear interest at the rate of £10 per centum per annum, payable half-yearly, the principal and interest being secured on, and payable out of the General Revenue of the colony. Each Debenture will, at the option of the party tendering, be issued for the sums ofTen, Fifty, or One Hundred Pounds, and the Halfyearly interest will be paid at the Colonial Treasury, or at any branch of the Union Bank of Australia in New Zealand, at the option of the holder. The Undersigned will receive\ tenders for the above until Three o'clock on Saturday, 21st March, when the tenders will be opened. Certificates of ownership will be issued, on payment of the amount, to parties whose tenders shall be accepted, and interest will commence from the date of payment. _ .Debentures with coupons attached' will be issued in exchange to the holders of the certificates; as soon as they are received from the. New Zealand Government, after advice of negotiation. Tenders to be under sealed covers, endorsed Tenders for Debentures, and addressed to the undersigned, and to state in Debentures of what amount it is desired to take the sum tendered for. .... ... No .Bank charge or expense of any kind -will fall upon the parties tendering for these Debentures. JOSEPH PALMER, Manager. Union Bank of Australia, Lyttelton, March 3, 1857. PUBLIC NOTICE. THE PROVINCIAL TREASURER has received through the post an envelope containing Thirty Three Pounds in Bank Notes, accompanied by no explanation.1 The person who forwarded the above sum is requested to communicate with this Office immediately. CHARLES C. B'pWEN, Provincial Treasurer. Provincial Treasury, Christchurch, 6th March, 1857. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT during the next Session of the Provincial Council of the Province of Canterbury, William White of Xsiiapoi, in the said Province, contractor, will applj' for an ordinance enabling him at his own sole costs and charges to erect a Bridge over the River Waimakariri, thus establishing an easy and safe cammuiiieation between.the. country lying to the Northward of the Waimakariri, and the Island of Kaiapoi. With power to the said William White to levy for his own sole use and benefit for a certain term of years tolls upon all traffic passing over the said Bridge, during the said term.*" Which said tolls to be fixpd and determined by the contemplated ordinance. A copy of the proposed Bill may be seen at the office of the undersigned, at Christclmrch, and at the ' Lvttelton Times' office, Lyttelton. W. S. MbORHOUSB, Counsel and acting Solicitor for the Bill. Christ-church, February the Fourth, One thousand eight-Hundred and fifty-seven. MR. HENRY LK'.CHEN lias this day become a Partner in th [business carried on under the firm and style of Waitt, Hargreaves, & Co., and in future the name of the firm, will be ROBERT WAITT & CO. , Lyttelton, Feb. 28,1857.