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Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1067, 29 April 1873, Page 3

ASONIC HALL, WESTPORT. WEDNESDAY NEXT, APRIL 30. First Appearance of the STAR COMBINATION COMPANY, Tilly Andrews Florie Varden Arthur Vivian Harry Simons Harry Burton Herr Norberg Unrivalled Variety Entertainment. ISSUE OF £250,000 NEW ZEALAND GOVERMENT DEBENTURES IN NEW ZEALAND. Treasury, Wellington, Bth April, 1873. TENDERS are invited for the purchase of the whole or any portion of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds New Zealand Government Debentures, issued under the Acts of the Legislature of the Colony, entitled " The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1870," and " The Defence and Other Purposes Loan Act, 1870," subject to the under-mentioned conditions : 1. The Debentures will be payable to Bearer, and will be issued in sums of not less than One Hundred Pounds each. 2. The Debentures, which are secured on the Consolidated Revenue of the Colony, will bear interest at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable half-yearly, on the 15th day of April and 15th day of October in each year, at the Bank of New Zealand at Auckland, New Plymouth, Wellington, Napier, Nelson, Blenheim, Christchurch, G-reymouth, Hokitika, Dunedin, or Invercargill. 3. The principal sum will be payable on the 15th day of April, 1913, at the Treasury at Wellington, or at any Branch of the Bank of New Zealand in New Zealand, at the option of holder, six months' notice being required, previous to maturity, of the place at which payment will be required. 4. Tenders will be opened at the Treasury at Wellington, at noan on Priday, the ninth day of May next, in the presence of such of the tenderers as desire to be present—the minimum price under seal being first placed on the table. In the event of equal tenders being received for a sum in excess of the issue, a pro rata distribution will bo made. 5. The amount tendered for must be paid at the Treasury at Wellington, as under : 5 per cent, accompanying application ;* the balance on or before the 16th May. .1873. Or, at the option of the purchaser : 5 per cent, on application. 20 per cent, in one month ~\ -,-, 25 per cent in two months I -, o- t • 4.1. +1 r accrued 2o percent in three months I .. . , n _ r , • c ~ \ interest 2o per cent, in tour months^ Zo per cent, in lour months,/ * Purchasers electing to pay balance within a week will be entitled to interest from the 15th day of April. On payment of the final instalment, Debentures signed by the Agents appointed under the respective Acts, will be delivered to purchasers or their nominees. Half per cent, brokerage will be allowed to brokers through whose applications sales are effected. Applications by telegraph, received not later than 10 o'clock on the 9th May, will be accepted, provided they are accompanied by a telegram from the Manager of any Branch or Agency of the Bank of New Zealand, notifying that the necessary deposit has been paid into the Bank of New Zealand, to the credit of a Loan Deposit Account. JULIUS VOG-EL, Colonial Treasurer. Forji of Tender. I hereby tender for £ Now Zealand Four per Cent. Debentures, at the price of £ for each £IOO of such Debentures ; and I agree to accept the same or any less amount that may be allotted to me, and to pay for them in cash at the Bank of New Zealand (a) on (a) The name of the place at which the purchaser undertakes payment of the balance to be inserted here. Gazette in Bankruptcy. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF WESTLAND NORTH, Holden at Westport. In Bankruptcy. "\TOTICE i 8 hereby given that JM WILLIAM RATHBUN, was this day adjudicated bankrupt, and Eriday, the 2nd day of May, 1873, at 12 o'clock noon, at the Court House, Westport, appointed as the day, hour, and place for the first meeting of the creditors of the said William Bathbun, when he is to surrender. Dated this 25th day of April, 1873. WILLIAM RATHBUN, In Person.