' Sealed Tendon, nddroued to tho Senrotary to tho Treasury, Government Building', Wellington, tcoompaniod with the 6 per cent d^porit, will bo rooeivsd np to noon of MoDday, 7th Dooomber, 1896, when thoy will bo opened in tho nrosooco of a Com- mittee, consisting of tho Colonial Treasuror, tbo Controller and Auditor-Genoml, and Mr Henry Koaibor. B'.l.i.'Cf.Z,, nnd allot- ment will Forthwith be made. If oheques arc lodged with & 'lender thoy mine be drawn upon a Bank in Wellington, and bo marked by Buch Bunk as ' good ' far four- teen days. Cheques iisuod by a Bank nred not be 10 marked. 'fruderi may b» for tho wholo or ony part of tho Loan, nod must itate whnt amount of money will be given far every £100 of the Debentures tendered for. Tenders must be for evon hundreds of pounds sterling and at prices whuih aro multiples of iix- penoo. Tenders at difforcnt prices must bo on gopnrato forn.s, Ttie nominal amount of Debentures tondered for roust be writton on tbo outside of the Tender. Should tho lenders received ezooed in the aggregate tbe amount required, a pro rata distribution will be m&do. In c&eo of partifcl allotment, the balance of the deposit will be applied towardi the first instalment. In caao of default in tho payment of any in- stalment at its proper date, the deposit and instalments previously paid will be liable to forfeiture. When no allotment is made, the doposit will be returned. The first instalment and all subsequent payments may bo paid at any Branch of the Bank of Now Zealand witbiu the Colony, to tho credit of tho Publio Account, or at the Treasury, Wellington, not lutor than the several d»tea previously mentioned. Scrip Certificates (with Coupon attached for the payment of Interest for the broken period frcm tbe 21st December, 198G, to tbe 16lb February, 1897), will be issued, to he exchanged for the Debenture-bonds with Interest-coupons attoobod. The first cix month*' interjir, calculated upon the upmit)nl amount of the Dobentura, will be payable on tbo 15th Augnst, 1897. Tendfrs must be on p:intod formi, which may be objtained at the Cashier's Office, Treasury, Wellington, or at the o diets of ths Bank of New Zealand at Auckland, i Wellington, Obristchurch, or Donodin. ] Office of the Colonial Treasurer, : Wellington, 18th November, 1896. 