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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4505, 28 August 1875, Page 4

Government Land SalesjpßO VINCE OF WELLINGTON. EXTENSIVE AND IMPORTANT SALE OP 12,000 ACRES OF CROWN LANDS. NOTICE is hereby given, that there will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Crown Lands Office, Provincial Government Buildings, Wellington, on TUESDAY, 21st SEPTEMBER, At 12 o’clock noon, Tho following Valuable Lands, viz.:— TOWNSHIP OF PALMERSTON. Town section No. 601, containing 3 roods 16 perches. Upset price, £25. TOWN OF WANGANUI. Valuable town section in St. Hill-street ; 1 acre. Upset price, £6O. TUKAPTJ DISTRICT. 1 rural section; contents, 114 acres. Upset price, £57. HOROKIWI ROAD DISTRICT. 4 sections, ranging from 89 to 148 acres each. Upset prices, £44 to £74 each. HUTT DISTRICT. COUNTRY BETWEEN MUNGAROA AND WAIKANAE. 58 sections, making an aggregate of about 11,000 acres, varying in size from 154 to 228 acres each. Upset price, 10s. per acre. These last named sections consist chiefly of good timbered land, the greater portion of tho bush, including some patches of totara, being well adapted for sawing purposes. The land undulates into hills and valleys, and there are several small flats with excellent soil in the vicinity of the river. The deviation of the West Coast road line, for which a sum of £4OOO has been voted by the Provincial Council, will open up this land. In anticipation of the construction of this road, for which the bush is now being fallen, a bridle-track will be formed at once. This land ■will acquire a high value when the road line in question has been completed. Lithographed maps of the 58 sections on the deviation of the West Coast road line, showing their numbers, contents, &c. ; also Gazettes with schedule of prices, can be obtained at the Crown Lands Office, Provincial Government Buildings. Gazettes will also be supplied by the following agents : H. I. Jokes, Wanganui i G. M. Snelsok, Palmerston I Charles Harris, Criterion Hotel, Upper Hath JOS. G. HOLDS WORTH, Commissioner of Crown Lands. Crown Lands Office, Wellington, 16th August, 1875. Government Notices TO CONTRACTORS. Provincial Secretary’s Office, Wellington, 11th August, 1875. Tenders will be received at this office up to NOON of SATURDAY, 28th INST., for falling and clearing about 100 chains of bush road between the Pahnerston-road and Bunny - thorpe. Specifications may be seen at Mr. Suelson’s store, Palmerston, and Provincial Engineer’s Office here. HENRY BUNNY, Provincial Secretary. Native and Defence Office, Wellington, 26th August, 1875. THE period for receiving tenders at this office for twelve months’ supply of Coal for the Colonial Government steamer Luna, has been extended until NOON of FRIDAY, the 17th SEPTEMBER next. Particulars will be published in a future advertisement. WILLIAM C. LYON, Lieutenant-Colonel, Acting Under-Secretary for Defence. ZEALAND LIGHTHOUSES. Marino Engineer’s Office, Wellington, August 9, 1875. WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at this office until WEDNESDAY. 15th September, 1875, for the ERECTION of a WOODEN LIGHTHOUSE TOWER, DWELLING HOUSES, and OTHER BUILDINGS, on GAPE FOULWIND. They must be addressed to the Hon. the Commissioner of Customs, Wellington, and marked outside, “ Tender for Lighthouse, &0., Cape Foulwind.” Plans and specifications may be seen at tho Public Works Offices, Wellington, Nelson, Westport, and Hokitika. 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 same hour, and accompanied by a cheque on some bank in the town where the tender is lodged ; such cheque to bo specially marked by a banker as good, for twenty-one days, and to be in favor of “ The ReceiverGeneral’s Deposit Account only,” and not to bearer or order. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. By command. JOHN BLACKETT, Marine Engineer. N EW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. DUNEDIN-CLUTHA. CLUTHA BRIDGE CONTRACT. Public Works Office, Wellington, July 26, 1875. WRITTEN TENDERS will bo received at this office, up to NOON on WEDNESDAY, Bth SEPTEMBER, 1875, for tho completion of all the unfinished work on tho above contract. They must be addressed to tho Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Wellington, and marked outside, “ Tender for Completion of Clntha Bridge Contract.” Plans and specifications may bo seen at the Public Works Offices, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill. Telegraphic tenders, similarly addressed and marked, will bo 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 same hour, and accompanied by a cheque on some bank in tho town where the tender is lodged ; such cheque to bo specially marked by a banker as good for twenty-one days, and to bo in favor of the ReceiverGeneral’s deposit account only, and not to bearer or order. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily bo accepted. By command. JOHN OABRUTHERS, Engineer-in-Chief.