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Lyttelton Times, Volume VII, Issue 455, 14 March 1857, Page 9

, NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT DEBENTURES. . Issue or £5,000, at Ten pee Cent Interest. "VTOTICE is hereby giveir that, pursuant -LH to'instructions from the Govern- . ment 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 cen- ' turn 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 of Tea, 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 tendera for the above until Three o'clock on r 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 nnenvelope containing Thirty Three Pounds in Bank Notes, accompanied by no, explanation. The person who forwarded the above sum is requested to communicate with this Office immediately. CHARLES C. BOWEN, Provincial Treasurer. Provincial Treasury, Christchurch, 6th March,'lßs7. • NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, rPIHAT during the next Session of the JL Provincial Council of the Province of Canterbury, William White of Kaiapoi,in the said! Province, contractor, will apply 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 cammunication 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 fixed and determined by the contemplated ordinance. A copy of the proposed Bill may be seen at the office of the undersigned, at Christchurch, and at the ' Lyttelton' Times' office, Lyttelton. ; . W. S. MOORHOUSE, Counsel and acting Solicitor ■. •. ; . ...: : . ..-■■■:- for the Bill. Christchurch, February the Fourth, One thousand eight-hundred and fifty-seven. MR. HENRY L.X CREN has this day become a Partner in tli .'business carried on under the firm-and style of Waitt, Hargreaves, & Co., and in future the name of thcfirm : willb e EOBERTWAOT&CO , \ Lyttelton, Feb. 28,1857.