Port Ahuriri,' 13th March, 1879. WE, the undersigned Merchants at Port Ahuriri, agree to Close our places of. business on Monday Next, (17<& inst.), St. Patrick's Day. STUART & CO. ROBJOHNS, IRVINE & CO. / BOUTLEDGB, KENNEDY & CO. / KINROSS & CO. RICHARDSON & CO. WABDROP & CO. DRANSFIELD & CO. BANNER & LIDDLE D. BALHARRY (New Zealand Shipping Co.) SCABFE & CO. 1085 PRIZE OF £20. fTIHE above sum will be given by the I Poverty Bay Hospital Committee for — APPBOVED DESIGN AND PLANS OF A SUBSTANTIAL HOSPITAL BUIL- DING AT GISBORNE. The said building to be of wood, and to accommodate 50 patients, 36 male, 8 female, and special wards for 6. At present the Committee will only complete building to accommodate half the above number of patients, at A COST OF ABOUT £1000- Future additions to correspond. DESIGNS to be sent in or before the 13th April to the REV. E. WILLIAMS, 1087 Hon. Sec, Gisborne. LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE. A PPLICATION having been made to me J\_ to register a certain Instrument affec- ting allotment 41a, Township of Gisborne, Provincial District of Auckland, of Avhich land Michael Boylan is registered as pro- prietor. And a Declaration by the said proprietor of the loss of the Grant from the Crown of the said Land having been lodged with me, I hereby give notice that I shall at the expiration of fourteen days from the date of the " Gazette " containing this notice comply with such application, unless caveat forbidding me so to do be lodged with me in the meantime. Dated this 13th day of March, 1879, at the Lands Registry Office, Napier. J. M. BATHAM, 1086 District Land Registrar. TO BUILDERS. SEALED TENDERS for the erection of he Napier Hospital will be received at the Town Clerk's Office. Napier, up to Noon of Thursday, the 10th day of April, 1879. Each tender must be accompanied by a de- posit of £60, and addressed to the Chairman of the Hospital Committee, Napier. The deposit, if paid by cheque, must be marked "'Crood for 21 days " by the Manager of the. Bank upon which drawn. Plans and specifications may be seen at the office of Mr W. A. Dugleby, Architect, ■ Napier. The lowest or any tender not necessarily- accepted. J. A. SMITH, Eon Sec. Napier, March 13, 1879. 