RATIONS AND SUPPLIES

PROVISIONS

Fresh Beef or Mutton
Pork
Fine Bread
Potatoes
Tea and Sugar
Oatmeal ... at per lb.
Arrowroot
Sago
Rice
Salt
Soap
Mixed Vegetables
Dip Candles
Brandy, Port Wine, and Porter ... at per two gallons.
Milk and Vinegar ... at per quart.
Oil ... at per gallon.
Straw ... at per ton of 2,240 lbs.

RATIONS FOR GAOL AND LOCK-UP, AND FOR DESTITUTE PERSONS.

Gaol—Auckland.

Ration No. 1, at per Ration,
Ration No. 2, "
Ration No. 3, "

Police Lock-up—Auckland.

At per Ration.

Rations for Destitute Persons, at per Ration.

Information respecting the established Rations may be obtained at this office.

SADDLERY, &c.

Breechings, each
Brushes, water, each
Do. body, "
Collars, horse, "
Combs, curry, "
Do. mane, "
Grease, cart, per lb.
Harness, shaft, per set
Do. leading, per set
Hames, per pair
Head-stalls, each
Saddles, cart, each
Tar, per gallon.

STATIONERY

Books, demy folio, half bound }
Do. do. whole bound } at per quire.
Do. foolscap folio, half bound }
Do. do. whole bound }
Candles, sperm, at per lb.
Envelopes, foolscap, per 100
Do. letter and note, do.
India Rubber, at per lb.
Inkstands, pewter, each
Matches, per dozen
Paper, blotting, per quire
" cartridge "
" demy, ruled "
" foolscap, ruled, per ream ... weight per ream to be stated.
1st quality "
2nd "
" double "
" Letter "
" Note "
Parchment, per roll (dimensions of skins to be stated in tender)
Pencils, best drawing, at per dozen

MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES

Pens, magnum bonum, at per gross
" quill, at per 100
Pins, at per ounce
Ribbon, green silk, at per dozen yards
Rulers, ebony, at per inch
Sealing Wax, at per lb.
Tape, red, at per dozen pieces
Twine, at per lb.
Wafers, at per box
Wafer Stamps, each.

TIMBER

Kauri Boards, at per 100 feet
Scantling, 4 inches, by 3 inches, per 100 feet
Ditto, 6 inches, by 3 inches, per 100 feet
Paling, broad, 5 feet, per 100
Ditto, narrow, 5 feet, per 100
Shingles, per 1000
Puriri Posts and Rails, 8 feet, at per 100.

MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES

Blocks, single and double, per inch
Bricks, per 1000
Brooms, hair, each
Brushes, scrubbing, each
Buckets, water, each
Bunting, red, white, yellow, blue, per yard
Canvas of sizes, per bolt
Cart, hand, each
Copper Sheathing, per lb.
Glue, per lb.
Lime, per bushel
Oars, per foot
Oil, black, linseed, and boiled, per gallon
Paint, black, green, yellow, blue, and white lead, per lb.
Rope of sizes, per cwt.
Tar, coal, per gallon
Twine, sail and shop, per lb.
Wheel-barrows, each
Whiting, per lb.

CONDITIONS

Samples of the various articles will have to be submitted for inspection.

The Contractors will be required to deliver the different supplies from time to time, at such places and in such quantities as may be indicated by the Superintendent.

The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest, or any of the tenders sent in.

Payment for any of the above supplies will be made at the end of each month.

Tenders to be in duplicate, sealed, and endorsed "Tenders for Supply of [name of article]."

In the event of a difference of opinion between the contractor and the officer receiving the supplies as to the quality, the same is to be decided, in cases where the article is not of a perishable nature, by a board of survey composed of persons named by the Government, according to the practice of the service.

If the Board shall decide that the article is not according to contract, the loss to be borne by the contractor.