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Otago Daily Times, Issue 179, 12 June 1862, Page 3

Government Notices. LAST DAYS FOR. RECEIVING THE UNDERMENTIONED GOVERNMENT TENDERS, kc. :— 18th June, erecting* Police Stables on goldfields 13 „ supply of Stationery ■ 13 „ for renting two small Dairy Farms on golilfh-lds 18 „ for fencing Pilot Stntion at the heads It ~ applirations for Office of District Road J Inspector ZC „ day for the election of District Road Trustees tl „ applications for the Surgconship Goldfields' Hospital. ROWN I<ANDS.—Notice.—Al! persons requiring certificates of occupation of laud purchased by them, must produce tbeir receipts of payment oa applying for such certificates. AY. H. Cutten, Chief Commissioner. AVaste Land Board Office, th March, 1862. TENDERS wanted, by "4 o'clock on Friday, 13th June inst., at. the Superintendent's Office, Dunedin, for the erection of a Public Pound, North Dunedin. Plans and specification to be seen at the Engineer's office. to contractors; TENDERS will be received by the Town Board of Dunedin, on or before Monday, 16th iustant, from parties willing to undertake either of the following works, viz.: — Ist. Tore-metal Rattray and Maclaggan-streets, from Princes-street to the Quarry. 2nd. To lay crossings of squared pitching in line of Princes-street at High and Rattray-streets. Specifications may lie seen at the Town Board Office CHAS. REID, Clerk to the Board. SNAGS, Clutha River.—Tenders for the removal wiil be received at the Superintendent's Office, Dunedin, until four o'clock on Friday, 20th inst. Further information may be obtained from Captain Thomson, Port Chalmers. OTAGO GENERAL ROAD BOARD.—Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Otago General Road Board will be held in the Superintendent's Office, Dunedin, upon Thursday, the 19th day of June current, at 11 o'clock a.m., when will be considered :— Letter from Mr. Todd,proposing certain alterations of the boundary line between the East Taieri and ' Saddle Hill Road Districts ; and, Letter from Mr. Christie, with memorial from settlers in the N.E. Harbor District as to the line of road to Poitobello which they wish to have adopted. Parties interested in the above propositions are requested to attend. By Order, James A. Chbyne, Clerk to the Board. PORT CHALMERS MAIL. • Chief Post Office, Dunedin, 3rd June, 1862. SEALED TENDERS will be received at this office on or before the 16th instant, from parties willing , to carry the LOCAL MAILS OVERLAND between the Post Offices in Dunedin and in Port Chalmers, TWICE DAILY, from Ist July, 1862, to 30th June, 1863. Tenders to be at per annum. Times of departure from and arrival at each Post Office to be .fixed from time to time by the Postmaster. Security will be required for the clue fulfilment of the contract, and the Government will not be bound to accept the lowest, nor auy of the tenders. ARCH. BARR, Chief Postmaster. PRICE ONE SHILLING, THE OTAGO LAND REGULATIONS, may be had at Dunedin, from Mr. A. K. Livingstone, Bookseller Gabriel's Gully, from Mr. Joseph M'Kay, storekeeper Weatherston's do. W«ipori do. Waitahuna do. EKGISTKATION OF DOGS.—For the convenience of parties residing on or near the Gold Fields, the Clerks to the Magistrates on the Gold Fields have been instructed to Register flogs. *" .TO ARCHITECTS. ■ THE Provincial Government of Canterbury, New . Zealand, being about to erect a LUNATIC ASYLUM on Section No. 159, on the Lincoln Road, ' about 2f milps from Christchurch, invite Architects to submit designs for such edifice. The building to be capable of accommodating 50 patients—say 33 males and 17 females, - with all . necessary offices: bath-rooms, reception-rooms, and Surgeon-Superintendent's residence; and to be so - arranged that a portion could be erected, complete in < itself, for the reception of half tlie above number of patients. The design to comprise the modern improvements usually found in such buildings, with careful arrangements for classification, light, warmth, ventilation, sanitary arrangements, and efficient security • and ■ supervision. The material used is left to the suggestion of the \ Architects,—stone foundation being in any case in- ■ dispensable, and well raised above the ground-line. Tlie drawings required will be a black plan, showy Ing sewage nnd water drains; a plan of each floor, and a roof plan, at least two elevations and two sections—all drawn to a scale of 8 feet to an inch; also, a perspective view finished in outline—Sepia, Indian Ink, or Pencil—no view in colours will be admissible. Thedrawings to be accompanied by a specification of a general character, and an approximate estimate of the cost of the whole ; and the part proposed to be first built. The Provincial Government offers the sums of £100 and £50 respectively, for the hest and second best designs, which, in the opinion of their advisers may be most worthy of such premiums. Designs receiving premiums to become the property of the Government. Information can be obtained on application in writing, of the Provincial architects, at their offices Stone Buildings, Gloucester-street, Christchurch; and esigns to be sent on or before the Ist day of Sepmber next, addressed to the Provincial Secretary. No design ofthe Provincial Architect will be placed i ompetition. THOMAS WM. MAUDE, Provincial Secretary. Christchurch, h May, 1862. NOTICE. Respecting Deserters from the Army and Navy. Attorney-General's Office, Auckland, sth April, 1862. FREQUENT instances having occurred of Desertion from Her Majesty's Sea and Land Forces in this Colony, Notice is hereby given, that the most rigorous proceedings will be taken against any person enticing away, harboring, concealing, or employing Deserters. The enactments relating to the above offeiios are tfubjoined for information. FRANCIS D. FENTON, Assistant Law Officer. CLAUSES OF IMPERIAL ACTS RELATING TO DESERTERS. Naval Desbrtion. 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 improperly absent himself from his duty, Bhall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty pounds for every such act; aud every person who shall assist or procure any person in Her Majesty's Navy to desert, or improperly absent himself from his duty; or shall conceal employ, or continue to employ any person belonging to Her Majesty's Navy, who shall be a deserter, or improperiv absent from his duty, knowing him to be such a desertor, or so improperly absent, shall forfeit and pay the sum of thirty pounds for every such assistanae, procurement, concealment, employment, or continuing of employment, as aforesaid." Marine Desertion. 21 Vict., cap. 7, sec. 54. " Any person who shall, in any part of Her Majesty's dominions, by words or any other means whatsoever, directly or indirectly, procure any Marine to desert; or shall by words or by any other means 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 Marino to be a deserter, shall conceal suoh deserter, or aid or assist such deserter in concealing himself, or aid or assist in his 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." __ __ * ' MilitartpiDesertion. 21 A'ict., cap. 9, Sec. 88. " Any person who shall, in any part of Her Ma-. iesty's dominions, or by any means whatsoever, directly or indirectly, procure any Soldier to desert, or attempt to procure or persuade any Soldier to desert, tnd any person who, knowing that any Soldier is aDOutto desert, shall aid or assist him m deserting; .or knowing any Soldier to be a descrte, shall concesd such deserter, or aid or assist such deserter in concealing himself, or aid or assist in his rescue, shall bo •earned guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviotfon thereof, be liable to be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both, as the Court before which | mich conviction shall take place may adjudge.