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Otago Daily Times, Issue 38, 28 December 1861, Page 7

Government Advertisements. STEAM NAVIGATION OF CLUTHA RIVER. npENDERS will be received at this office, JL until 12 o'clock of the 22nd day of January, 1862, from parties willing to RUN A STEAMER FOR 12 MONTHS, from the entrance of the Clutha River to the mouth of the Tuapeka. Further particulars may be obtained from Capt. THOMSON, Harbour Master, Port Chalmers. The Government will not be bound to accept the lowest or any of the oilers. By Order, JOHN LOGAN, Clerk to Superintendent. Superintendent's Office, Dunedin, Dec. 16, 1861. STEAM NAVIGATIONOP TAIERI RIVER AND WAIHOLA LAKE. TENDERS will be received at this office, until 12 o'clock of the 22nd January, 1862, rom parties willing1 to Ply a Steamer for 12 MontJis from Lower Taieri Ferry to Serogg's Creek and the Head of the Waihola Lake. Further particulars may be obtained from Captain Thomson, Harbour Master, Port Chalmers. The Government will not be bound to accept the lowest or any of the offers. By order. JOHN LOGAN, Clerk to Superintendent. Superintendent's Office, Dunedin, 20th December, 18.61. WANTED, For the Pilot Service of Otago, A CLIPPER Fore-and-Aft SCHOONER, from 30 to 40 tons register, coppered, fully equipped, and nearly new. Communicate immediately with the Harbour Master of Otago, stating" particulars of vessel and the price. W. THOMSON, Harbour Master. PortChalmers, 13th Dec, 1861. 1349 PORT CHALMERS JETTY. npENDERS are Wanted from parties willJL ing to build an Addition to the Jetty at Port Chalmers, according- to a plan and specification, to be seen at the Office of Public Building's. Tenders to be lodged on or before Monday, the 30th inst., at 12 o'clock noon, By order, JOHN LOGAN, Clerk to Superintendent. Dunedin, 20th December, 1861.ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. PROVINCE OF OTAGO, NEW ZEALAND. npENDERS required from parties willing to JL contract for erecting* a line of Telegraph between Dunedin, Port Chalmers, and the Heads, subject to the following' conditions :— 1. The Government to grant permission to carry the line through its reserves, and along the Government roads and lands. 2. Sites to be set aside at Dunedin, PortChalmers, and the Heads, for the erection of Stations. 3. Government messages to have the precedence of Contractor's or private messages. . 4. Private or Contractor's messages to be despatched and delivered in order of receipt at the Office, to be marked alike. 5. Telegraph servants to be appointed by Government, subject to Contractor's approval; the Government to have absolute power to discharge them. 6. The Manager to be appointed by Government, who will have charge of all messages, and who will see that they are transmitted in proper order. 7. Contractors not to have access to messages, but to be allowed to see that the books are properly kept. 8. Charges as per annexed Schedule. 9 Contractors to keep the line in order, to pay all working expenses, including the salary of the Manager. 10. Contractor to state what bonus, if any, he is willing to pay ■ what subsidy, if any, he expects to receive; what guarantee of minimum profit, if any, he is willing to accept in lieu of subsidy. 11. The contract to last for five years, with power to the Government to purchase during the currency of the contract at 25 per cent, over actual outlay at the time of erecting the line and building the stations; and at the termination of the contract at 20 per cent, over actual outlay. Difi'ei-ence of opinion as to actual outlay to ■be settled by two arbitrators, one appointed by Government, and one by the Contractors ; and in case of non-agreement by an umpire appointed by the two. Decision to be referred to arbitrators or umpire within three months- from the cessation of the contract. Schedule of Charges. Dunedin. Ch f£ rs> Heads. CO i— i t» i—J CO I—H £ a u a f-> a o o o o o o h> ••—t ' t>- ' *r-H h»- - *fM : £ .-3 . £ .?. £■ Dunedin 3s. 2d. 4s. 3d. PortChalmers... 3s. 2d 2s. 2d. Heads 4s. 3d. 2s. 2d. ;. 25 per cent, reductions after the Ist year. 50 percent. „ „ 2nd year. Tenders to be lodged at this Office on or before 31st Jan., 1862. JOHN HARDY, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Dunedin, 19th December, 1861. TO ROAD CONTRACTORS. WANTED,, TENDERS; for '.effecting certain Road Works, in and near Oamaru. Plans and Specifications to be seen at the. Office of Roads and Bridges, Dunedin, and Police Office, Oamaru. Tenders will be received at this office till 15th January, 1862, at 4 o'elock. By order, JOHN LOGAN, Clerk to Superintendent. Superintendent's Office, Dunedin, 23rd December, 1861.