MORGAN BROTHERS MERCHANTS AND BANKERS, 42, Cannon- street, London, Issuers of MORGAN'S BRITISH TRADE JOURNAL AND EXPORT PRICE CURRENT, Supply every description of Produce or Manufacture at current rates. Transact Banking and Agency Business generally. Receive Payment in Bills, Specie, Produce, &c. 223 to



tlDcntrft-s. TENDERS FOR MAIL SERVICE. General Post Office, Wellington, March 7, 1872. /TIENDERS will be received at the 1 General Post Office, Wellington, till the 22nd April next, for the PERFORM- ANCE of the under mentioned MAIL STEAM SERVICE— Between Picton and the Manukau, calling at Nelson and Taranaki, and back to Picton by tha same route, once every four weeks. JLUe lUUllt;s,-UVSu:k.t.£-~ >. the Vessels proposed to be employed to~be~ stated, and the Vessels to be approved by the Postmaster-General, and to be surveyed by some person appointed by him when- ever he may consider it necessai-y. A chief cabin passage, free of cost either for passage or victualling, to be provided when required for an officer for the Post Office Department. A proper and secure room to be provided for the mails, and all mails to be landed and shipped by and at the expense of the Contractor. The days and hours of arrival and de- parture at and from the various Ports to be fixed by the Postmaster-General, who shall also have the power of detaining the Vessels, if necessary, for forty-eight hours after the days fixed, for their departure from Manukan, without charge. For any other detention the rate of de- murrage per hour to be stated. The service to commence at Picton, on the 12th May next. The service to be determined by either party giving three months' notice in writing to the other. The lowest or any Tender not necessarily accepted. G. Eliott Eliott, Secretary. 226 a 20 TENDERS FOR CART BRIDGES. Public Works Office, Wellington, March 26, 1872. rTENDERS will be received at the Public 1 Works Office, Patea, up to Thursday, 2nd May, for the ERECTION of CART BRIDGES over the Rivers Taungatara, Punehu, Ouri, Oeo, and Otakeho (re- spectively 2|, 4, of, 7|, and 13| miles south of Opunake). Plans and specifications may be seen after the 4th April, at the Public Works Offices in Wellington, Patea, and New Plymouth. Tenders marked outside "Tender for Bridge," must be addressed to O. Car- rington, Esq., Public Works Office, Patea. 