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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4171, 3 August 1874, Page 4

Government NoticesN OTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Provincial Secretary’s Office, Wellington, July 29, 1874SEPARATE TENDERS will be received np to Noon of TUESDAY, the 18tli day of AUGUST, for the construction of twentyseven COTTAGES for Immigrants—nine in Peatherston,, nine , in Greylown, and nine in Masterton, Wairarapa district. Plans and specifications may be seen at Club Hotel, Masterton ; Wairarapa Institute, Greytown ; Shirley’s Hotel, Eeatherston ; and Provincial Engineer’s Office here. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. HENRY -BUNNY, Provincial Secretary. MPORTANT SALE OP CROWN _ ' BANDS. Notice is hereby given that 47,000 acres, more or less, of Crown Bands, divided into Suburban and Rural Sections; situated in the PARAE-KARETU BBOCK, West Coast, and distant ten miles from the township of Marton, Upper Rangitikei, will be sold by public auction, at this office, on or about Ist September. The Parae-Karetu Block, hereafter to be called, “The Township of blunter,” is easily accessible both from Wanganui and Rangitikei. Part of the land is covered -with open bush, while that in the Pourewa Valley and also on the Turakina side consists of level country. Purther information will bo given in future advertisements. JOS. G. HOLDSWORTH, Commissioner of Crown Lands. Crown Bands Office, Wellington, June 30, 1874. m TO SURVEYORS AND ROAD ENGINEERS. THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF CANTERBURY will receive applications from SURVEYORS and ROAD ENGINEERS, who may desire to obtain appointments under the Provincial Government in the Survey Department. Applications must be made by letter, covering references and testimonials, addressed to the Chief Surveyor, Christchurch, Canterbury. SAMUEL HEWLINGS, Chief Surveyor. 2nd July, 1874. TIMARU AND GLADSTONE BOARD OF WORKS. Applications are invited for the Post of ENGINEER to this Board. Salary at the rate of £750 per Annum, to cover travelling expenses. No private practice permitted. Applications, accompanied by testimonials, to be sent in not later than 11 a.m., August 12th, addressed to the Chairman of the Timaru and Gladstone Board of Works. Duties to commence 12th September. By order, EDWARD H. TATE, Secretary Books, Stationery, See • U S T PUBLISH E D! Price, mounted and varnished, 255. A LARGE WALL MAP OF ALL THE POLYNESIAN ISLANDS, By T. A. Bowden, B.A. Showing the situation of New Zealand relatively to the shores of Asia and North America, with the intervening Islands. Scale, 2 deg. to an inch. Also, LARGE WALL HAP OF NEW ZEALAND. New edition, showing the Railways, Main Roads, and Trades. By Dr. Hector, F.R.S., and Thos. A. Bowden, BA. Price, mounted and varnished, 255. T. A. BOWDEN, New Zealand Educational Depository, WELLING T O N. NEW BOOKS, JUST RECEIVED and ON SALE BY THE UNDERSIGNED The Universe and Coming Transits, by R. A. 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