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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 49, 30 March 1878, Page 3

SALE OP GROWN LANDS. Crown Lands Office, Wellington, 20th Marcb, 1878. NOTICE is hereby given that there will be offered for sale, at public auction, in the Council Hall (late Provincial Government Buildings), "Wellington, on TUESDAY, the 23rd day of April, 1878, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, 606 sections of surveyed Crown' Lands in the Hutt, Ohariu, Pabautaiiui, Manawatu, Wa.nganus, Feather ston, and Mauriceville Distriots. Also, the Township of Carnarvon, Lower Perry, Rahgitikei, which has been subdivided into town and suburban sections. Lithographed and other maps, also printed Schedules of contents and upset price, may be seen at the reading-rooms in the several centres of population ;%i the Survey Offices, Wanganui,' Patea, and Palraerston ; also .at the Land Office, Wellington. ' Volunteer scrip can. Be exercised in the purchase of any land included in this sale. In addition to the price realized at auction, the Crown-grant fee of one pound, and one farthing; per acre for every acre over one hundred acres, will have to be paid. Town and suburban Crown Lands can only be purchased at auction. Rural lands unsold at auction may be purchased after thirty days' public notice. JOS. G-. HOLDSWORTH, . Commissioner of Crown Lands. TVTEW ZEALAND HALLWAYS. 50,000 SLEEPEES. WELLINGTOK-MASTERTON RAILWAY. . Public Works Office, Wellington,. 14th March; 1878. WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at this office until NOON on WEDNESDAY, the 24th April, 1878, for the supply and delivery of 50,000 SLEEPERS, to be delivered at any Railway Station on the'Wellington and Masterton Railway between Wellington . and Masterton. They must be addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, and marked outside " Tender for Sleepers, Wellington-Mas-terton- Railway." Specifications may be seen at the Public Works Offices, Wanganui, Foxton, Wellington, and at the Post Office, Masterton. Telegraphic tenders, similarly addressed and marked, will be received if presented at any Telegraph Office by NOON of the. same date, provided that written tenders in due form are, lodged at a District or Resident Engineer's Office by the samehour, and- accompanied by a cheque on some bank in the town where the tender, is lodged ; such cheque to be specially marked l>y a banker as good for one month, and- to b*in favour of the Receiver-General's Deposit Account only, and' not to bearer or order. Alternative tenders will be -received for sawn' or split sleepers. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be. accepted. By command. JOHN CARRUTHERS, Engineer-in- Chief . IYEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. 30,000 SLEEPERS^ PATEA-MANAWATU RAILWAY. I Public Works Office, ! ■ Wellington,. 19th March; 187& WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at this office up to NOON on WEDNESDAY, the'l7th April, 1878, for the supply and delivery of 30,000 'SLEEPERS, to be stacked at any Railway ; Station or existing; Sidmg on the Patea and Manawatu Railway be- < tween Foxton Township and Wanganui. They must be addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, and marked: outside " Tender for Sleepers, fPatea-Manawatu Railway..' ' Specifications may be seen at the Public Works Offices,. Wanganui,, Poxjton,. and Weh I Hngton; Telegraphic tenders, similarly addressed and marked, will, be received ■ if presented at any Telegraph Office by .: NOON of the same date,': provided that written tenders in due form are lodged lat a District or Resident Engineer's 'Office by the same hour, and accompanied by a cheque on some bank in the i. town where the tender is lodged ; such cheque- to be specially marked by a 'banker as good for one month, and-to • be in favour of the Receiver-General's Deposit Account ©sly, and not t© bearer or order.. Alternative' tenders will: be received for sawn or split sleepers. The lowest or any tender will not necesr , sarily. be accepted^ , By command. JOHN CARRUTHERS, Engineer-in-Chief . .'" BOROUGHS OP PALME&STON HORTH. ' NOTICE. TO? CONTRACTORS;. '. SEALED TENDERS, - addressed ito his Worship the Mayor, will be received till Noon of WEDNESDAY, 'the 3rd of April, for Metalling, on. the Fitzherbert Road. ■ Specifications- may be seen, at the Borough Council Office- : By order of the Council. J. BARTON, C.E. T^OXTON PUBLIC HALL. '.' The above Hall is now Open .for En--1 gagement by Dramatic Companies, Lee- ■ [turers, &c. For further particulars apply at JVhyte's Hotel, to the Lessee, ' *#:. A. J. WHYTE. , Foxton, Jan. 4th, 1878. " ■