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Southland Times, Issue 1231, 1 April 1870, Page 1

Government Advertisements NOTICE TO CLOTH MANUFACTURERS IN THE COLONY OF NEW ZEALAND. SEALED TENDERS wfll be received at the Inspector of Stores' Office, WeUington, up to 12 o'clock, noon, of the 20fch May, 1870, for the supply of the undermentioned goods, to be manufactured in the Colodv of New Zealand, quaUty and texture of material to be the same as per samples, which can be seen at the various Militia Offices throughout the Colony. Twenty-five per centage of the quantity ordered tobe delivered to the Colonial Storekeeper, at WeUington, within eighteen months from the date of the tender being accepted j the remainder to be dehvered at the same place and in simUar quantities every six months until the contract is completed. 10,000 yards Blue Serge, ") Tender to state whether 2,000 yards White Flan- > single or double width, neh for shirts ) and at rate per yard. 2,000 Blankets size ]At rate per blanket. 3m. x sft 3m. J r Bonds, with two sufficient securities to be named, wfll have to be entered into. The amount of the Bond to be fixed by the Government. The lowest or any 'tender not necessarily accepted. EDWARD GORTON, Lieut.-CoL, Inspector of Stores. Wellington, 29th December, 1869. [The time for receiving theae tenders has been extended from the 31st March to the 20th May, 1870.] NOTI CE. GOVERNMENT LAND SALE. TOWNSHIP OF GISBORNE. TT is hereby notified for pubUc information that the Township of Gißborne, situate at Turanganui, Poverty Bay, on land purchased by Government for that purpose from the Natives, wfll be sold by auction, atthe Crown Lands Office, Napier, on the 13th day of April 1870. , Also, on the same day, after the completion of sale of the Town, a number of Suburban Sections situate in tiie immediate neighborhood of the Township, varying in size from one acre to ten and a half acres, will be offered for sale. A Schedule bf the Town and Suburban Sections to be submitted for sale wfll be hereafter published. Plans of the Town and Suburban Land can be Been on appUcation at the General Government Agenfs Offices at Auckland and Napier, and at the office of the Secretary for Crown Lands, WeUington. J. D. ORMOND, General Government Agent, East Coast District. Napier, Ist February 1870. NOTICE. ALTERATION OF TELEGRAPH CHARGES. •VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on and after the Ist April, 1870, the following uniform rate of charges; for telegrams transmitted on the lines of the New Zealand Telegraph will come into operation : — Ordinary telegrams from any station to any station, for the first ten words, (Is) one shilling ; for every additional five words, or fraction of five words, (6d) sixpence. Press telegrams-from any station to any station, for the first ten 1 words, (6d) sixpence j for every additional fifteen words, or fraction of fifteen words, (6d) sixpence. No charge wfll be made for signatures ; but it must in aU cases be the usual signature of the person sending. By order of the Telegraph Commissioner, C. LESfON, General Manager ' New Zealand Telegraph, Head Office, Wellington,; 24th March, 187*6.