MUNICIPAL NOTICE. BNDERS #ill be reoeived In the Town. Clerk's Office until 5 o'clock p.m. on WEDNESDAY, 2nd December, 1896, For SUPPLYING and ERECTING TWELVE (12) CHAINS (more or less) of light IRON FENCING in the Botanical Gardens. Specifications may be seen in the City Surveyor's Office. WM. B. TAYLOR, Town Clerk. Dunedin, 27th November, 1896. GOVERNMENT NOTIOBS. Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 28th November, 1896. riIHE GOVERNMENT OFFICES will be J. CLOSED on MONDAY Next, 30th instant, being St. Andrew's Day. By order. HUGH POLLEN, Under Secretary. Wellington. NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT RAIL WAYS. TIMBER SOTPLY CONTRACTS, 1897-98. New Zealand Government Railways, Head Office, Wellington, 25th November, 1896. rSTRITTEN TENDERS will be received at W this Office up till noon of MONDAY. 14th December, 1896. They are to be addressed to the Minister for Railways, Wellington, and marked on the outside "Tender for Timber Contract." Specifications may be seen at the Railway Stations at Auckland, Napier, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Mas terton, Nelson, Greymouth, Hokitika, Kumara, Christchurch, Dunedin, Balclutha, Inveroargill, and Stores Manager's Office, Wellington. The lowest or any tender not neoessarily ac cepted. Telegraphic tenders will not be entertained. By order. T. RONAYNE, General Manager, N.Z. Railways. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. SOUTHLAND AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL SHOW, At Inveroargill. DECEMBER Bth and 9tb. OLIDAY EXCURSION TICKETS to «._,«_ Inveroargill will be isbixed at Dunedin, Waiwera, and intermediate stations, including Lawrence Branch, on MONDAY and TUES DAY, 7th and Bth December, and at Clinton on TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, Bth and 9th December, available for return up to and includ ing MONDAY, 14th December. The return fares will be 2d per mile First Class and Id per mile Second Class. For further particulars see handbills and posters at Railway Stations. By Order. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. TENDERS FOR CLEANING AND REPAIRING CLOCKS. / RITTEN TENDERS will be reoeived .' at this office up to noon on MONDAY, 7th December, for Cleaning and Repairing the Clocks on the Kurow-Clinton Section of Rail way for a period of THREE YEARS from Ist January, 1897. Tender?, accompanied by. a marked cheque for £5, should be addressed to the District Traffic Manager, Dunedin, aud should be marked outside "Tender for Clock Contract." Specifications can be seen at this Office, and at the Station-master's Office, Oamaru. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. By Order. Traffic Manager's Office, Dunedin, 25th November, 1896. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. 