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Southland Times, Issue 1675, 13 December 1872, Page 4

Tender*. TO COOPEES. TENDERS WANTED for making 200 Tallow Casks. Labor only. For further particulars, apply to CALDER BLACKLOCK & CO. December 11, 1872. MAKAEEWA EOAD BO AED TENDERS for the office of Engineer to the above Board, to be forwarded to the Chairman of Board not later than noon of 3rd Januarj. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. D. M'ARTHUR, Chairman. Invercargill, 9th December, 1872. FENCING. TENDERS wanted for about 240 chains fencing, on Block 11., Ote-amika, under two contracts for 122 and 118 chains respectively. Fences partly of sod walls, with double ditch, and partly of ditch and dyke, with stake and wire. Specifications with Mr Denniston, Helenswoode, who will point out ground from 4th to 16th December, and with Messrs M'Pherson & Co., Invercargill. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. TO CAEPENTEBS, JOINEES, FENCERS, &c. r F l ENDERS will be. received by the undersigned 1 till Friday, the 13th inst., for the undermentioned works, to be done at the Grammar School •. — Internal Fittings, &c, Water-closets, and Urinals, Levelling, Fencing, &c. ANGUS KERR, Architect, Spey-street. lIENDERS will be received at the Government Offices, Dunedin, as follows, until Tuesday, 17th December, 1872, for — Contract No. 694r^Forma<;ion of portions of road between Winton and Wrey's Bush, commencing about 40 chains north <if Winton Bush, on the north road, and terminating at the Aparirna River, near Wrey's Bush. Tenders to be endorsed, " Roads and Works, tender for Contract, No. 694." NEW ZEALAND EAILWAYS. TENDERS will be received at this office until Wednesday, 15th of January, 1873, for the supply and delivery of 150,000 sleepers for the Canterbury Railways, consisting of totara, jarrah, matai (black pine), or puriri. No tender to be for less than 10,000 sleepers. Specifications may now be seen at the Public Works Offices, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, and at the Public Works Office, Invercargill, on or about the 13th December. Tenders to be addressed to the Hon. Minister for Works, Wellington, and to be marked out« side " Tender for sleepers." By command, JOHN CARRUTHERS, Engineer in Chief. Public Works Office, Wellington, 26th November, 1872. NEW ZEALAND EAILWAYS. TENDERS will be received at this office, until Monday, 27th January, for the erection of Railway Bridges over the Rivers Ashley and Ashburton, in separate contracts. They must be addressed to the Hon. Minister for Public Works, and marked outside, " Tenders for Bridges," the name being filled in. Plans and specifications may be seen at the Public Works Offices, Christchurch and Wellington. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. By command, JOHN BLACKETT, Assistant Engineer in Chief. Public Works Oflice, Wellington, December 7, 1872. SEPARATE TENDERS are invited for the erection of a New Legislative Council Chamber, the enlargement of the House of Representatives, and alterations and additions to the old Legislative Council Chamber at Wellington. General Conditions, Specifications, and Drawings may be seen at the Offices of the Colonial Architect, Wellington, the General Government Agent at Auckland, the Post Office, Nelson, the Pub'ic Works Offices at Christchurch and Dunedin, and at the offices of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Invercargill. Tenders will be received by the undersigned, up to noon on Tuesday, the 31st day of December next. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. W. H. CLATTON, Colonial Architect. November 23, 1872. NOTICE. r T LENDERS will be received by the undersigned 1 up till noon of Monday, the 20th day of January next, from persons desirous of leasing that Block of land in the province of Otago, known as the " University Endowment Reserve," Forest Hill, and situated between the forks of the Titipua and Hedgehope streams, in the Forest Hill District, subject to the following terms and conditions, i.e. : — 1. Tenders are to be addressed to the Com missioner of Crown Lands, at his offiee in Invercargill, and are to be for the whole of the Reserve. A form of tender will be supplied by the Commissioner. 2. The land to be leased is estimated to contain ten thousand acres, or thereabout, and a tracing of it can be seen at the office beforementioned, by intending Lessees. Persons tendering will be held to have accepted the boundaries shown on this tracing, and no allowance or compensation will hereafter be made should it turn out that they are inaccurate. 3. The term to be granted is 14 years, commencing from the date when notice of acceptance of tender is given to tbe Lessee. 4. The rent is to be stated at eo much per acre. 5. Each person tendering must accompany his tender with a sum of £10, or a marked cheque on a bank at Invercargill, for £10. In case bis tender is accepted, that sum will be retained to cover cost of preparing: Lease, and if not accepted, then such cheque, or the proceeds thereof, will be returned on application. 6. The person whose tender is accepted will be required within fourteen days after receiving notice thereof from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, to execute a lease which will be prepared by the Crown, and a form whereof, with the covenants and conditions to be inserted therein, can be seen at the before-mentioned office. The lease will be executed by the Governor, on behalf of Her Majesty, and is intended to be granted under the provisions of the University Endowment Act, 1868. 7. It shall not bo binding on the Crown to accept the highest or any tender. WALTER H. PEARSON, Commissioner Crown Lands.