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TENDERS WANTED Until April 4, for SLAUGHTERING -t -f AAA O HEEP. At the Rate of 200 Daily. To be Dressed, the tongue taken out, entrails run, carcasa hung by both legs. 503 P. H. and N. McRAE. £5 REWARD. mi-IE above REWARD will be paid by the X NELSON VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE for such INFORMATION as will lead to the CONVICTION of the Person or Persons who, on the night of MONDAY, the 21st instant, SET FIRE to the GORSE HEDGE at the PARSONAGE, and, on the night of THURSDAY, the 24th, SET FIRE to the GORSE HEDGE oppbsite the residence of Mr. Alpiied "Warren. JNO. W. WIGZELL, . Hon. Secretary. 589 N. V. F. B. NOTICE. TIIE PUBLIC are hereby informed that the following CHANGES in the TELEGRAPHING and POSTING of SHIPPING TELEGRAMS will come into force on and after the Ist of APRIL, 18 TO. The Arrival and Departure of Sailing Vessels will NOT be Reported. • Inter-provincial Steamers will ONLY be Reported to the Port for which they are immediately bound, and (on arrival) to tiie Port from which they have immediately come. Steamers carrying the English Mail, and Australian Steamers WILL be Keporte 1 as hitherto. By order of the Telegraph Commisiioners, C. LEMON, General Manager. New Zealand Telegraph, Head Office, "Wellington, March 24, 1870. 592 ALTERATION OF TELEGRAPH CHABGES. "VTOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that on and ±\ after the Ist of APRIL; 1870, the following UNIFORM RATE OF CHARGES for TELEGRAMS transmitted on the Lines of the New Zealand Telegraph will come into operation : — Ordinary Telegrams : — From any Station to any Station — for the first ten words, Is. (one shilling) ; for every additional five words or fraction of five words, 6d. (sixpence). Press Telegrams : — From any Station to any Station — for the first ten words, 6d. (sixpence) ; tor every additional fifteen words or fraction of fifteen words, 6d. (sixpence). No charge will be made for signature, but it must be in all cases in the usual signature of the person sending. By order of the Telegraph Commissioners, C. LEMON, • General Manager. New Zealand Telegraph, Head Office, Wellington, 24th March, IS7O. 591 -T^TELSON COLLEGE. The SECOND QUARTER of the current year will commence on April 4. The RICHMOND SCHOLARSHIP, of £30 per annum, tenable for THREE YEARS, becomes VACANT on the 30th June next, and will be competed for during the Quarti r. The conditions, and subjects for examination may b_ j ascertained on application to the Rev. E. C. Simmons, Head Master at the College. All FEES to be PAID QUARTERLY, in ADVANCE, to R. POLLOCK, Secretary. College Office, Institute Chambers, Hardy-street, March 22, lb7o. 575 Superintendent's Office, Nelson, March 15, 1870. IT is HEREBY NOTIFIED that it is intended, after the expiration of two months from the date hereof, to GRANT LEASES, for GOLDMINING purposes, of the Crown Land within the District of the GOLDEN BAY GOLDFIELDS, hereinafter described, viz : — 1. A Block of Land, containing Fourteen Acres Two Roods and Twenty-one Perches, situated at Coles' Creek, Collingwood. Applied for by M. M. Webster and others (Mount Ophir Gold-mining Company). 2. A Block of Land, containing Fourteen Acres Two Roods and Thirty Perches, situated near Sailors-gully, Collinuwood. Applied for by Thomas Adams and others. 3. A Block of Land, containing Thirteen Acres Two Roods and Seven Perches, situated at Bedstead-gully, Collingwood. Applied for by Joseph Scolks and others. 4. A Block of Land, containing Sixteen Acres Two Roods and Four Perches, situated sit I3edstead-gully, Collingwood. Applied for by J. G. Lash and others. - GEORGE HODGSON, 576 Clerk to the Superintendent.