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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume III, Issue 158, 3 February 1847, Page 2

To Breeders of Cattle in New Zealand.

THE Undersigned having agreed to import a limited number of young -BULLS and HEIFERS of superior breeding, will undertake to import an additional number to order, on moderate terms, which will give an opportunity to Stock-holders, who are desirous of improving their herds, of effecting this important object upon reasonable terms. A. Imlay. Apply at Mr. Reynolds', Mount Cottage, . Wellington Terrace, without delay. J February 3, ;1847.; 1847.

GOVERNMENT NOTICE.

Engineer Contracts at Wellington. Commissariat Office,

Wellington, 21st January, 1847. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That Sealed Tenders, in duplicate, will be received at this Office, until Saturday, the 6th February next, at noon, for the erection of the undermentioned Buildings ; or separate tenders will be received for the execution o£ any portion of the work of either building, with or without the building materials being furnished by

the party contracting: — Ist, Temporary Wooden Barracks and OutBuildings, to be erected -near the Gaol in Wellington, according to plans and specifications to be seen at the Royal Engineer Office, Welling-

ton. 2d, A Brick or Stone Powder Magazine and Boundary Wall, to be erected on Mount Cook, close to the present Colonial Magazine, also according to plans and specifications to be seen at the Royal Engineer Office. 3d, Tenders will also be received for furnishing all or any of the undermentioned Building Materials, &c, to be delivered as they may be required by the Executive Engineer at the spot intended for the erection of the Powder Magazine; viz. 176,000 Bricks— ll4o bushels of Shell Lime— 153 loads of washed and screened Sand — 2300 Dutchess Slates— 4olbs. metal composition Nails — 2 14-inch copper Locks, with screws— 4 lbs. Glue— 77 lbs. rose Nails, 4 inch— 9o lbs. rose Nails, 2| inch— 36 lbs. 3-inch floor brads— 2o lbs. 2-inch copper Nails— lB lbs. 2§-inch do.— 6 masons' Trowels— 6 builders' Lines— 4 pairs 5-inch copper butt Hinges, with screws— 6 Mortar Boards— l2oo feet red-pine Timber— 7 lbs. black Paint, ready mixed— 7 lbs. white Paint, d 0. —172 lbs. wrought iron, in strap Hinges, Bolts, and Staple to gate — 1 4-inch patent Padlock— l 10-inch stock Lock— l 32 feet lineal Ted-pine Spars, 16 inch, diameter, in following lengths, 2of 30 ft., 4of 15 ft.— 4l4 lbs. wrought round British iron 1£ inch, diameter — 40 lbs. 1£ inch round copper rod.

Alsoscaffoldingforbuilding— 6spadesforlabourers— 6 Hods for do.— 4 Buckets for do.— 2 large Paint-Brushes — 1 10-feet masons' Level — 1 barrel of Coal Tar— l 20-feet ladder— 334 cubic yards of excavation for foundations of Magazine— l33B do. do. do. Boundary Wall— 2 Wells' excavation, 31 feet diam. and 27 feet deep.

Each Tender must be marked on the envelope, " Tender for Engineer Services, '' and must be accompanied by a written statement of two persons, exposing their willingness, in the event of the tender being accepted, to become bound for the due fulfilment of the Contract, the penalty of the bond being equal to half the sum required for the performance of the engagement. G. D. Lardner, D. A. C. G.

RACES.

Conditions of HURDLE RACE for the Surplus Fund of the Anniversary Fete, to be run for on WEDNESDAY next, February 3, 1847, At One o'clock, P.M. Hurdle Race.

For Hurses of all ages, catch weights. Heats, twice round the course (Te Aro), and a distance, over seven leaps, three feet six inches in height. Entrance, £2 : 2 each ;

And all subscriptions to be added to the Stakes. Entrances to be made on Monday evening next, at from 8 to 10 o'clock, p.m., at Barrett's Hotel. The above race will be open lo all ndeis. Should any dispute arise, the same to be settled by the Committee, whose decision will be final. The winner of the race to pay all expenses incurred in preparing the course, &c. No person qualified to enter any horse who is not a subscriber of one pound. Second horse to save his Stakes. Any horse taking the Hurdles after entrance to be disqualified. Robert Jenkins, "] Kenneth Bethune, V Committee. J. H. Wallace, J Judgt — Lieut.-Col. M'Cleverty.

THE FOLLOWING horses were entered on Monday erening for the above race : — Horses. Owners* Riders. Naughty Boy, Skipwith, Mr. Yelverton, Phormium Tenax, Dorset, Mr. Donald Don Juan, Lavdner, Mr. Grimaldi Zamor, Hunter, Mr. Winteringham Mazeppa, M'Manaman,"Mr. Owner "Beagle, Cator, Mr. Armstrong

Rainbow, Hay, Mr. Middleton All Stakes will be delivered up at Jenkins' at 12 o'clock on Thursday morning, February 4tb, when all bets and lotteries follow the stakes and to be settled for at the same time and place. John Dorset. Wellington, February 3, 1847.