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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4802, 12 August 1876, Page 3

Government Notices Q_OVEENJI£NT LAND SALE. Crown Lands Office, Wellington, 10th August, 1876. A PUBLIC AUCTION will be held at the Provincial Government Building's, Wellington, on TUESDAY, the sth SEPTEMBER, 1876, at 11 o’clock a.m., when VALUABLE TOWN and COUNTRY LANDS, situate at PALMERSTON, PONTON, PITZHERBEET, FEATHERSTON, MASTERTON, WANGANUI, And one allotment in the City of Wellington, will be offered for sale ; also, Section No. 217, containing 1237 acres of pastoral laud, in the Pahaua Block, East Coast. Lithographed Maps and Gazettes can be obtained at the Crown Lands office, Wellington, and from the District Surveyor, Hr. A. Dundas, Palmerston ; and are deposited for inspection at the Wanganui, Foxton, Hutt, Greytown, and Masterton reading-rooms. JOS. G. HOLDSWORTH, Commissioner Crown Lands, ZEALAND RAILWAYS. TENDERS FOR CONVEYING GOODS BETWEEN RAILWAY,- STATION AND TOWN AT WELLINGTON. Public Works Office (Constructed Railways), Wellington, 29th July, 1876. TENDERS will be received at the Public Works Office, Wellington, up to NOON on SATURDAY, the 19th day of AUGUST, 1876, for the conveyance of goods from the Railway-station at Pipitea-point to the Town. They must be addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Wellington, and marked outside “ Tender for conveying goods between Railway and Town.” Specifications may be seen at the Public Works Offices,- Wellington. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. FRANK B. PASSMORE, Superintending Engineer for Constructed Railways. ZEALAND RAILWAYS. WELLINGTON—MASTERTON. TEMPORARY SPECIAL ENGINESHED, PETONI. Public Works Office, Wellington, August 9th, 1876. WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at this Office, up to NOON of FRIDAY, the 18th INSTANT, for the above contract. They must be addressed the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, and marked outside “Tender-for Engine-shed, Petoni.” Plans and specifications may be seen at the Public Works Office, Wellington. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. By command. JOHN CARRUTHERS, Engineer-ic-Chief. ZEALAND RAILWAYS. KOWAI-WAITAKI. FROM NEAR THE RIVER HOOK TO THE NORTH WAITAKI STATION. SOUTHERN CONTRACT (PERMANENT WAY, ETC.) Public Works Office, Wellington, Bth August, 1876. WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at this office up to NOON of THURSDAY, the 31st AUGUST, 1876, for the above contract, which is about 151 miles. They must be addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, and marked outside “ Tender for Southern Contract.” - Plans, drawings, specifications, and conditions, may be seen at the Public Works offices, Wellington, Christchurch, Timaru, and Dunedin. Telegraphic tenders, similarly addressed and marked, will be received if presented at any Telegraph Office by NOON of the same date, provided that the 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 be specially marked by a banker as good for twenty-one days, and to be in favor of the Receiver General’s Deposit Account at the Bank of New Zealand only, and not to bearer or order. % The lowest or any tender will not necessarily bo,accepted. ' ’ By command. JOHN CARRUTHERS, _ Engiueer-in-Chief.