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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 29, 27 January 1877, Page 1

; \TEW ZEALAND 5 ' I&ILWAYS. NAPIER-MANAWATU RAILWAY. KOPUA BRIDGE CONTRACT. Public Works Office, Wellington, 20th December, 1876. WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at this office up to Noon on WEDNESDAY, the 31st January, 1877, for the above contract. They must be addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Wellington, and marked outside "Tender for Kopua Bridge Contract." Plans and Specifications may be seen afc the Public Works Offices, Auckland, Wellington, Napier, Foxton, and Wanganui. Telegraphic tenders, similarly addressedandmarked, will be received if presented at any Telegraph Office by iSbon of the same date, provided that written tenders m due form are lodged at a District or Resident Engineer's Office by the same hour, and accompanied by a cheque on some bank m the town where the tender is lodged ; such cheque to be specially marked by a banker as good for twentyone days, and to be m favour of the Receiver-General's Deposit Account only, and not to bearer or order. The lowest, or any tender will not neccessarily be accepted. : By Command. * JOHN CARRUTHERS. Engineer- in- Chief. PUBLIC WORKS, NEW ZEA LANE. ;-r CARTING RAILWAY SLEEPERS. TENDERS will be received bf th» undersigned up to NOON on DAY,the2ndFebruary,lß77,forGAlEFf lH&i2l,Boo SLEEEERS frontEeflliSg Railway Station to. points on the? Wanganu- Manawatu Railway, beipnning j'afou! '^milesX tXdvS.^dßi^Tuaak7ia "BiviXe aiid going Si:utb -eastward. Tenders' 'must be. m proper forK l[n cast; of telegraphic tenders, written -'tendors to be lodged at a Public Works Office. _ , Specifications can be seen afc the Public Works Offices Wanganui, Marton, Palmerston North, and Foxton, and at the Corporation Offices, Feilding. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. JOHN T. STEWART, District Engineer. Public Works Office, Foxton, 3rd January, 1877. GOVERNMENT LAND ON DEFERRED PAYMENTS. ON TUESDAY, 13th FEBRUARY, 1877, ! 8,600 ACRES, | Surveyed into Sections not exceeding | 200 ACRES EACH, j Will be open for Sale at the Land Office, Wellington, afc TWENTY SHILLINGS PER ACRE. On^-fifth of the purchase money to be paid on application, and ihe balance m instalments extending over five years. Within the first two years the "selector must build a house of the value of at least £10, and clear, crop, or lay down m grass one-tenth part of the land. Also, THIRTY-FIVE SECTIONS, Containing from 200 to 300 ACRES EACH, Can be applied for on the same day at TWENTY SHILLINGS PER ACRE. Full payment m cash to be made on applying to purchase. The above Crown Lands are m the MANAWATU DISTRICT, To the North of the Manchester Block, for the most part level and first-class soil. The timber being light can easily be cleared. Should there be two or more applications for any of the 35 sections on ihe same day it will be put up to auction between the applicants ; intending purchasers should advise their agents accordingly. JOS. G. HOLDSWORTH, Chief Commissioner Waste Land Board. Cx-own Lands Office, Wellington, 13th Jan., 1877. TTV E N T I S T R Y. W. H. SKE ET, Subgeon Dentist, At present m Wanganui, will make a short, stay m Palmerston and Foxton on his return, of which due notice will be given.