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, FOR SALE"m LYTTELTON. rpOWN SECTIONS No. 89 and 90, situate \ J- .in' Exeter Street. Tp be sold in small blocks for the convenience, of purchasers. „, , . , ; A' deposit of 20 per cent, will be required on , the purchase money; with from seven to ten, years' credit for the remainder. For further particulars apply to P.- NOBLE CAMPBELL & CO. Oxford St.',' Lyttelton, Oct. 1, 1853. WAIMAKARIRI BRIDGE. , NOTICE TO.ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, AND BUILDERS. rp'Hß Provincial Government invite; JL Designs for Building a Bridge over the' River Waimaka'riri, seven miles from Christchurch. Each Design mu'-t be accompanied by a detailed estimate of the cost of construction, which must not exceed twelve thousand pounds. Fifty-pounds will be paid for the best, and twenty-five pounds for the second best design. ■ The designs to become the property of the Provincial Government. The whole of the designs received will be submitted to Colonel. Mould, Consulting Engi-, neer to the Colony, by whose judgment the Provincial Government will be guided in their award. The - Provincial Engineer's designs will be submitted to Colonel Mould with the rest, but will not be admitted to the competition for the premiums. • Designs must be sent in not later than January 1, 1859, addressed to the Provincial Secretary, Government Offices, Christchurch, and endorsed " Design for Waimakariri Bridge." The rejected designs will be returned to their owners as soon as possible after the Provincial Government have made their award. INSTRUCTIONS TO COMPETITORS. The width of the River is 1290 feet from bank to bank. The ground on each side of the River is flat for some distance, and the banks are on a level with the line of the highest freshes. The ordinary water line is eight feet, and the deepest part of the channel twelve feet below the banks. The bottom of the River is a shifting bed of shingle at a depth of from four to twelve feet below the banks, resting on • clay at a further depth of four feet and upwards. The' soil of the banks is sand and light loom. The material of the Bridge is left to the • discretion of competitors. Competitors will attend especially to the fol- ■ lowing points :— Risk of scouring the foundations. Danger-fWm-d«fb timber in freshes. -" ' . Difficulty of securing tlie banks. Simplicity of construction. Facility of repairs. Economy in cost. Any further information may be obtained on application to the Provincial Engineer, at the " office of Public Works, Christchurch. E. DOESON, Provincial Engineer. • Office of Public Works, Sept. 16, 1858. FOR SALE, ~i Town Section in the heart of ChristJL church. . 5 acres Rural Land with the house and ltn-- ' provements thereon, adjoining the Papanui road, about 2 miles from Christchurch. For particularS 'applyt° MR. LONGDEN. SHEEP FOR SALE. 2& 4 toothed ewes, deliverable in the neighbourhood' of -' Ghristchurch, in FEBRUARY and MARCH NEXT. J. LONGDEN. 2/-\/^\/"\ EWES delivered at 9,\J\J vJ . Timaru in all November, ■apply,to - MILES' KINGTON: & Co. Lyttelton. FOR SALE, riiHR.EE.HUNDRED AND, FIFTY" acres of X LAND, being Rural Section, No. 145, •lying between. the Riccarton* and' Lincoln Roads, with frontage to both. Also, in one or. more lots, three, and a half , acres iv the Town of Christchurch, (being Town .Sections,No.'44l to 454 inclusive) .situated in 1 one block, and, fronting .Hereford Street, Cashel Street, and the Government - , For particulars apply to" Mr. ' Hahman, Hereford Street, Christchurch. TO BE SOLD OR ' LET, WITH A PURCHASING CLAUSE, THAT, 50, acre section of Freehold Lfind, known as " THE WATKRHOLES," ' desirably1 situated on the, main road to tho south, about nine miles fr,om Christchuroh, with all the improvements; vis., fencing sheds, well, 50 " feet deep, &o. Tho 'abovo would form a capital sito for an accommodation house. •■ For further particulars, >PI^t0 -MR; OLLIVIER, Giwhul Stroofc. \ Chmtphvwh, Oct. 24,1858.