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Southland Times, Issue 1304, 6 September 1870, Page 3

Tenders LENDERS for the Lease of the University Endowment Beserve, in the forks of the Titipua and Hedgehope streams, Forest Hill District, Southland, about 18 miles east from Invercargill, will be received at the Crown Lan Is Office, InvercargUl, till noon of THURSDAY, the 6th of OCTOBER next. Area— lo,ooo acres. Term — Fourteen years. Boundaries— As per map in Survey Office. WALTER H. PEARSON, Commissioner Crown Lands. Crown Lands Oflbe, Invercargill, 6th July, 1870. * FERN BUSH.— FARM FOR SALE. TENDERS will be received by the undernamed up to lst October, for the purchase of that property at Fern Bush, near Winton, belonging to Mr Harry Armstrong. There are 22S acres of land, about 15 acres being bush ; 70 acres are fenced, and 35 laid down in grasses. The other improvements consist of a three-roomed Cottage, Men's Hut, large Barn, Stable, Milking and Calf Shed, Garden, well stocked with Fruit Trees, &c. Tbe property adjoins a bush reserve, in which there is superior timber. A station on the Winton Railway will be within a mile of the homestead. The ground is of excellent quality, has a northern aspect, and is beautifully situated on an elevation, from which there is a pleasant view. Title direct from the Crown. For further particulars, apply to Ma C. 0. SPROULL, Near Winton j Or to JNO. BLACKLOCK. August, 1870. rpENDERS for Fencing at Heddon Bush will J. be received by the undersigned. . M'PHERSON & CO. TENDERS wanted for Ditching aud Banking. Specifications to be Been at Messrs Stock & Co.'s, Tay-street. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. To close at noon on Satur* day. next. INLAND MAIL SERVICES. SEALED TENDERS will be received at the Chief Post Office, Invercargill, till the SOth September next, for tbe conveyance of mails between the undermentioned places, from the lst January to the 31st December 1871, both days included. No. Services. Frequency each way. 1. Invercargill and Mataura ... Twice weekly 2. „ „ Popotunoa ... „ „ 3. „ „ Kiverton ... Thrice „ 4. „ „ Flint's Bush ... Once „ 5. Winton and Kingston ... „ „ 6. Mataura and Pyramid ... „ „ 7. Mataura and Waimahaka via Wyndham township ... „ „ 8. Mataura and Waimahaka via Wyndham Schoolhouse ... „ „ 9. Athol and Nokomai ... . ... „ „ 10. Riverton and Mararoa ...Once fortnightly 11. Riverton, Lowther, and Mararoa „ „ Services 1 and 2 may be tendered for for one, two, or three years. Services at present performed by coach may be tendered for to be performed by mail cart. Each tenderer will be required to give security as provided for on the form of tender, for a sum equal to 20 per cent, on the amount of the tender, binding the tenderer to take up the service tendered for, and sign the necessary contract bond, in the event of his tender being accepted. Forms of tender and security, with terms and conditions of contract, may be procured at any Post Office. No tender will be considered eligible unless made on the printed form provided by the Department. Tenders to be endorsed " Tender for Mail Service, No. — ," and addressed to the PostmasterGeneral, Wellington. EDW. D. BUTTS, Chief Postmaster. Chief Post Office. Invercargill, August, 1870. TO CONTRACTORS. THE Telegraph Commissioner is prepared to receive Tenders for the supply and delivery of four hundred (400) TELEGRAPH POLES, more or less. The poles to be sawn from the heart of totara. The poles to be of the following dimensions : — Twenty-five (25) and twenty (20) feet long (in proportions hereafter to be determined), to be eight (8) inches square at the butt, and six (6) inches square at the top. The poles to be sound, straight, and free froni shakes, knots, and sap. S.B.— No pole will be accepted which contains the leettt tap or speckled timber. -;.... The poles to be delivered along a line of telegraph to be hereafter indicated between Invercar^ gill and Riverton at points not less than four chains apart. Tenderers are to specify the price per pole as per sizes given, and the time for completion of contract. Each tender to be accompanied by a deposit of twenty-five (£25) as a guarantee of good faith, which sum will be forfeited by any tenderer should he refuse to take up his tender in thei event of its being accepted.. Each tender must iaclude the names of two sureties for approval, who are wiUing to become; bond for the due performance of the contract, in the event of the tender being accepted, and must be accompanied by a notification to that effect, signed by the two proposed sureties. Tenders, endorsed " Tenders for the supply of i four hundred (400) Poles," and addressed "The General Manager, Telegraph Department, Wellington," must be sent in not later than the 26th September next. By order of the Telegraph Commissioner, O. LEMON, General Manager. New Zealand Telegraph, Wellington, 25th August, 1870. fPHOMAS PERK IN S , HAS REMOVED HIS OFFICES TO ELDON CHAMBERS, CORNER DEE AND ESK BTBEETS