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and at the Railway Managers' Offices, Napier, Timaru, and Oamaru. 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 by a cheque ou some bank in the town where the tender is lodged ; such cheque to be specially marked by a banker as good for twenty-one days, and to be in favour 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. John Carruthers, Engineer-in-Chief. N.B.—Plans for these contracts can be purchased at the above offices. By Authority : Geoege Didsbcby, Government Frinter, Wellington.—lB79. Brice 3d.]