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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2554, 28 May 1881, Page 3

Government Notices. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. HURUNUI-WAITAKI RAILWAY. 40,000 SLEEPERS, WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at this office up to noon on June 13, 1881, for the SUPPLY AND DELIVERY of 40,000 SLEEPERS to be delivered at the Waipara Railway Station. They must be addressed to the Hon the Minister for Public Works, Wellington, and marked outside " Tenders for Sleepers, Hurunui-Waitaki Railway.” Specifications may be seen at the Public Works Office, Auckland, Wellington,Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill. 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 bya cheque on some Bank in the town where the tender is lodged, such cheque to be specially marked by a banker as good for one month and to be in favor the last barriers of modesty. As the of the Receiver-General’s Deposit Account only, and not to bearer or order. The lowest or any Tender will not necessarily be accepted. By command, W. N. BLAIR, Engineer-in-Charge, Middle Island. Public Works Office' Dunedin May 12,1881, NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. HURUNDI-WAITAKI RAILWAY. WEKA PASS SECTION. SUMMIT CONTRACT—FORMATION AND BRIDGES. WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at this office till Noon on WEDNESDAY, June Ist 1881, for theabove contract. They are to be marked on the outside “ Tender for Sum nit Contract — Formation and Bridges,” and addressed to the Hon the Minister for Public Wor'cs, Dunedin. Telegraphic Tenders, similarly addressed and marked, will be received if presented at any Telegraph Office by NOON of the above mentioned date, provided that written tenders in due form are at the same hour lodged in any District or Resident Engineer's Office. Plans, specifications, and general conditions, may be seen at this office, and at the Public Works Offices, Chris*church and Wellington, The lowest or any Tender not necessarily accepted. By command. W. N, BLAIR, Enginecr-in-Charge, Middle Island. Public Works Office, Dunedin, May 3rd, 1881.

V. <W®SS&Sbr R. FROPERTY ASSESSMENT ACT. NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that all persons who have become liable to taxation under the above Act since the Assessment Roll for 1880-81 was made up are required to send statements of their property not later than the 15th day of June. Persons now on the roll who have acquired further property since the above roll was completed are required to send in statements showing such further property, whether real or personal. J. SPERRY, Commissioner, Wellington, 16 h May, 1881. Forms can be obtained on application at the Deputy-Commissioner’s Office, or at any Post-office, where there is a telegraph station. All persons taxable under the above Act for the year 1880-81, who have neglected to make returns thereunder, are warned that they will be immediately proceeded against for such neglect, in accordance with the provisions of the said Act. Penalty for neglecting to make] returns is £IOO and treb'e duty. Y. FURTHER SALE OF SECTIONS IN THE PARIHAKA BLOCK. Principal Land Office, Carlyle, May 12, 1881. THE Crown Lands as under will be open for application for cash, at the prices named, on Monday, June 20 next, and every lawful day thereafter until sold, at the Land Offices, Carlyle, Hawera, and New Plymouth. SCHEDULE. Cape Survey District. R. Description of the Land. —This land is situate on the sea-coast, near CapeEgmont, twenty-two to twenty-five miles south of New Plymouth. A good metalled road, being part of the main coast-line from Hawera to New Plymouth, forms the eastern boundary of the block. The land is level and open, well watered, and fertile. Terms of Sale.—One-fourth of the pur-chase-money to be paid on application, and the balance to the Receiver of Land Revenue at New Plymouth within one calendar month from date of application, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land thenceforth will be null and void. Crown-grant fees to be paid on completion of the purchase. In the event of two or more applications for the same laud being made on the same day, the upset price at which such land shall be put up at auction shall be the price stated above. The above sections have been temporarily withheld from sale, but they are now offered to the public with the unsold sections in Blocks IV. and VIH., which were opened for sale for cash on the 4th of April last. Colored lithographic plans of the above sections are on view at the Land Offices throughout the colony. C. A. WRAY, Commissioner of Crown Lands for the West Coast Land District (North Island.) To LetTO LET. A FARM of Three Hundred and Six teen Acres at a very moderate rental. Apply to A. ST. Q. HAMERSLET, Solicitor, Timaru,