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Otago Daily Times, Issue 165, 27 May 1862, Page 3

' Government Notices. " OTAGO i G.7ERNMENT. E TO W N LAND SALES. OAMARU. At Oamaru, on Wednesday, the 28th day oi May next, at 12 o'clock noon ■ CROWN LANDS.—Notice.—All persons requiring certificates of occupation of land^ purchased by them, must pioduce their receipts of payment on applying for such certificates. W. H. Cutten, Chief ComnikMoner. Waste Land Board Office, sth March, 1862. G GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.—The Govern: T* ment docs not in any case bind itselt to accept any tender. The respective tenders must contain the address which will find the tenderer by _ post, and must be written on foolscap paper, in a plain, legible hand, and lodged in the Stiperinteiidend's Office, Dunedin, on ai\ before the days mentioned ■ below. All plans; kc, in connection with Roads'and Bridges, will bu-seen at'the Road Office, and'those relating to Public Buildings,'at the office of Public Buildings, Dunedin ; and if they'are to be seen at any other place, it wiil'be notified in the advertisement. CONTRACTOJ S withdrawing a tender after the the last day. of receiving the same will not be allowed to tenner for airy'Government^ work, during i the six months' immediately following such with- ] drawal. < By order, John Logan, Clerk to Superintendent. . WANTED Tenders for fencing in the Pilot Sta- j tion at the Heads. Tenders will be received nt Harbor Office, Port Chalmers, on or before the ( 16th June next, where further particulars can be ob- | tamed. , TENDERS are invited for the supply of Firewood, at Otago Heads, at per cord, for the term of six months, ending COth September, 1562. Tenders to bo sent to Harbor Office, Port Chalmers, - on or before 2nd June next. TENDERS * ill be received until Friday, the 30th inst., for the erection of a Stockade for H.M. Gaol, Dunedin. Plans and specifications may be seen at the Provincial Engineer's Office, Dunediu. TENDERS are requested for the supply of the following articles of Ship Chandlery, for six { months, ending 30lh September, viz. : — , Rope at per cwt Oil at per gallon Paint at per cwt. Tenders will be received at Harbor Office, Port , Chalmers, on or before 2nd June, where further par ticulars can be obtained. PRICE ONE SHILLING, THE OTAGO LAND REGULATIONS, may be had at ~ t Dunedin, from Mr. A. K. Livingstone, Bookseller j Gabriel's Gully, from Mr. Joseph M'Kay, storekeeper * Weatherston's do. Wnipori do. . _ Waitahuna do. NOTICE. J Respecting Deserters from the Army and Navy. Attorney-General's Office, Auckland, sth April, 1862. FREQUENT instances having occmred of De- j sertion from Her Majesty's Sea and Land Forces in this Colony, t Notice is hereby given, that the most rigorous proceedings will be taken against any porson enticing ■„ away, harboring, concealing, or employing Deserters. The enactments relating to tho above offence t are subjoined for information. ] FRANCIS D. FENTON, Assistant Law Officer. CLAUSES OF IMPERIAL ACTS RELATING TO DESERTERS. Naval Desertion. 10 and 11 Vict., chap. 62, sec. 11.' " And be it enacted, That every person who, by , words or any "other means whatsoever, shall persuade any person in Her Majesty's Navy to desert, or im- . properly absent himself" from his duty, shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty pounds for every such . act; and every person who shall assist or procure any 1 person in Her Majesty's Navy to desert, or impro- l. perly absent himself from his duty; or shall conceal, employ, or continue to employ any person belonging a to Her Majesty's Navy, who shall be a deserter, or l improperly absent from his duty, knowing him to be such a deserter, or so improperly absent, shall forfeit r and pay the sum of thirty pounds for every such as- * sistance, procurement, concealment, employment, or continuing of employment, as aforesaid.'' -Marine Desertion. f 21 Vict., cap. 7; sec. 64. _ t ■■•" Any person who shall, in any part of Her Majes- 1 ty's dominions, by words or any other means whatso- t ever, directly or indirectly, procure any Marine to 1 deßert; or shall by words ior by .any other means i whatsoever," attempt to procure or persuade any Marine to desert; and any person who, knowing that ( Marine is about to desert, shall aid or assist him in . deserting; or, knowing any Marine to be a deserter, skill conceal eucli deserter,, or aid or assist such Hesertcr in concealing himself, or aid or assist in hi* rescue, shall be deemed guilty Of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof, be liable to be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both, as the . Court before which such conviction shall take place may adjudge." Military Desertion. - I 21 Vict., cap. 9, Sec. 88. ? "Any person Who shall, in any part of Her Ma- ' iesty's dominions, or by any means whatsoever, di- ? rectly or indirectly, procure any Soldier to desert, or attempt to procure or persuade any Soldier to desert, l' and any person who, knowing that any Soldier is s about to desert, shall aid or assist him in deserting; I or, knowing any Soldier to be a deserie, shall conceal such deserter, or aid or assist such deserter in coneealing himself, or aid or assk-t in his rescue, shall he deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on con- •* viction thereof, be liable to be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both, as the Court before which ' such conviction shall take place may adjudge. * SEALED TENDERS will be received nt the !mi, ; lintendent's Office, up to the 27th inst., j for the .'upplv of the undermentioned articles : — (j Deal Tables " I (! do Forms ■ 2 Chairs 0 Galvanised Iron Buckets 1 12 Bass Brooms 3 Barrack Lamps 3 Stable do 0 American Axes with Handles CO .Iron Bedsteads. • . : f For further p.-n ticulars apply at the Police Store.— « ' John Locan, Clerk to the Superintendent, STATIONERY.— Tenders will bo rscejycd nt the Superintendent's Office, on or before Friday, 30th May current, for the supply of Stationery for the Provincial Government, for the year ending 30th September, 1863. Samples pi each article must be . lodged with tender; SURGEON WANTED for the Tuapeka Hospital. ■ Salary £300 per annum with quarters. Quali- " fications the .same as those lately'advertised in connection with the House Surgeon, Dunedin Hospital. . Applicati ns to be' lodged at the Superintendent's Office, Dunedin, on or before Friday, the oth day of , June,,lßG3. ; PRINTING.— TENDERS Wanted, on or before Tuesday, 27th May current, for executing the Government Printing," till 31st December next. Further information may be obtaiued at the Supcri'n- ." tendent's Office." T" (T-RICKLAYERS.—Tenders rcqnirid on or before the 30th last., for building a Laboratory arid Furnace at the Geological Survey Office. HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT directs, it to be notified that the following - matters, submitted by the Mining Boaid of Gabriel's District, will be taken into consideration at a meeting of the/Executive Council, to be held at Dunedin, on .Tuesday, third June next, at 10 o'clock a.m.: — . ""* Firstn-The necessity for a Main Sludge Channel from-Wetherstone's to the Main Creek, and the cutting of a Storm-water Channel through Gabriel's and Monroe's Gully. To accomplish these most necessary objects, the Board desire, on the part of the miners, the assistance of the Government. Seoond—The desirability of organising and . despatching prospecting parties for the discovery of , new gold fields. Third —That the Board desire to sec every branch of mining carried on simultaneously, and would, therefore, suggest to His Honor the propriety of instructing the Resident Commissioner that, in granting sites for puddling machines, he cause the said machines to be placed on the edge or bank of the gully, in order that they may not interfere with any other method of working the ground.