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addressed to the Minister, and on repayment of the moneys that may have been advanced by the Government, with interest to date. 9. A full and correct account of the cost, of construction of any undertaking to which the benefits of the Act are extended, shall be kept at the Office of the Promoters, and shall be open at all reasonable hours to the inspection of any pc rson deputed by the Minister, and a statement., of all payments on such accounts shall be forwarded at such periods aDd intervals as the Promoters and the Minister may agree upon. A final account, showing the cost of the Works, shall on their completion be forwarded through | the District Engineer to the Minister, and the final balance shall be paid on this account in the proportion above stated. Always provided that the proposed manner of carrying out the Work either by contract or otherwise shall have been previously approved of by the Minister. 10. The promoters of any undertaking to which money may be advanced shall, before the issue of any loan to them, give to the Minister a valid security, including a lien or mortgage to cover the amount of loan over the Works and property proposed to be constructed ; and all deeds necessary shall be prepared and completed at the expense of the promoters. 1 1 . No money shall be paid towards the construction of any water-race, dam, or reservoir until the promoters of the same shall have duly registered themselves under " The Mining Companies Limited Liability Act," or "The Joint Stock Companies Act." 12. The rate of interest to be paid by the Promoters of any undertaking coming under these regulations shall be seven pounds per centum per annum, payable quarterly from the date of the advance. 13. The capital sum borrowed shall be repaid out of the profits of the undertaking in the same proportion as> the amount of money advanced by the Government bears to the paid-up capital of the company, or in such other proportion as the Minister may determine. 14. In the foregoing, the term "Minister" shall mean the Minister for Public Works, or the Minister acting for him for the time being, and the terms "Engineer-in-Chief," "Assistant Engineer-in chief," and "Distri. t Engineer," shall mean the officers appointed under those designations by the said Minister. W. GISBORNE, Minister Acting for the Minister of Public Works. Public Works Office, Wellington, 31st January, 1872. NOTE. These Regulations supersede those published in Gazette No. 1, of 6th January, 1872, THE DANCING PARTY at the Hakmonic Room is POSTPONED until . MONDAY, the Bth of April. 700 EASTER MONDAY. BOTANICAL GARDENS. QPORTS! SPORTS!! SPORTS!!! GRAND PEDESTRIAN CONTESTS between ALFRED DRAKE, Champion of New South Wales, and Amateurs. MR. AFLRED DRAKE will run a Handicap MATCH for £5 against all comers. Distance, 150 Yards, 300 Yards, and a Quarter of a Mile; if a tie the deciding heat to be a Quarter of a Mile. Entrance, 2s. 6d. Mr. Drake will give FIVE PRIZES to be competed for : — BOYS' RACE, 150 yards, heats— £l Is. 200 YARDS HANDICAP, open to all comers — £3 3s. MILE RACE, for AMATEURS only— £3 3s. THREE-LEGGED RACE— £I Is. SACK RACE, &\ Is. Handicappers and Cojamittee : Messrs. West, Bkind, Harley, and Stallabd. Anyone crossing the mark before the Pistol fires, to be put baclc one yard. First Race to Start ft 12, Noon. Full BRASS BAND in Attendance. ADMISSION— One Shilling. 670 PORTRAITS ! ! PORTRAITS !! ! A Beautiful Photographic Picture at a Pkicb Within the Reach of Everyone. DTUf TSAACS informs his Friends • !xJL« A and the Public, that having returned to Nelson, he has Re-opened his Studio, and has great pleasure in introducing to their notice the EMOLLIO-IVORY TYPE, an entirely new and beautiful process in Photography, far surpassing in softness and delicacy anything hitherto produced. Specimens may be seen at the Studio, Trafalgar Street. D. M. ISAACS, 668 Trafalgar Street. GEELONG GEELONG GEELONG TWEEDS » TWEEDS I ! TWEED^f ! ! TUST LANDED, Ex Rangitoto. 0 685 T. S. WYMOND & CO. ASSEMBLY ROOMS. IV£ISS QLARA gTEPHENSON ONE NIGHT MORE !! !. ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME ! ! ! TO-NIGHT, EASTER MONDAY. FAREWELL BENEFIT .*;•■ OP MISS CLARA STEPHENSQN, Under Distanguieed Patronage, 660