NOTICE.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 4th June, 1857.

NOTICE is hereby given that a Special Meeting of the Justices of the Peace for the District of Howick will be holden at the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Howick, on Tuesday, the 23rd day of June next, at the hour of twelve o’clock, noon, for the purpose of granting Slaughter House Licences, in accordance with the provisions of the 6th clause of the “Slaughter House Ordinance,” Session 8, No. 5.

Persons desirous of obtaining Licences as aforesaid must, ten days before such Meeting, give to the Clerk of the Bench a notice, in writing, of their intention to apply for such Licence, and must describe in the said notice the house or place intended to be licensed.

James White,
Clerk to the Bench.
Resident Magistrate’s Court,
Howick, 15th May, 1857.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, May 25th, 1857.

I HEREBY notify that I have appointed Mr. William Buxton to be Harbour Master for the Port of Mongonui. Appointment to date from the 1st January, 1857.

J. Williamson,
Superintendent.

ADDITIONAL List of names of persons to whom Auctioneers’ Licences have been granted for the year ending April 25th, 1858 —

Jones & Allies, Queen-street, Auckland,
Charles Davis & Co., Queen-street, Auckland.

Daniel Pollen,
Provincial Treasurer.
Provincial Treasury,
June 4th, 1857.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 1st June, 1857.

THE following Return of the Names of all persons to whom Certificates have been issued under the “Naval and Military Scrip Act, 1856,” from the 1st to 31st May, 1857, are published, in accordance with the provisions of the said Act.

J. Williamson,
Superintendent.

TENDERS will be received at this Office until noon on FRIDAY, the 19th day of June, 1857, for furnishing the Provincial Government with the undermentioned supplies, in such quantities as may be required during the six months commencing the 1st July, 1857, upon the conditions hereinafter specified.

FIREWOOD—TEA TREE.
Of the usual lengths.
Lengths, cut and split to suit office fireplaces.
Tenders to state the price per ton at which the above will be delivered at the Gaol, the Hospital, the Lunatic Asylum, Stockade, Mount Eden, and the several public offices.

RATIONS.
Gaol, at per ration
Lock-up, at do.
Destitute persons, at do.

Separate tenders to be sent in for each service.
Information may be obtained at this office.

STOCKADE, MOUNT EDEN.
At per ration
Straw at per ton of 2240 lbs.
Oil, sperm, at per gallon
Cotton wick, at per lb.
Information may be obtained at this office.

PROVISIONS FOR PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AND LUNATIC ASYLUM.
The articles to be delivered at the Hospital and Lunatic Asylum, at the expense of the Contractor, and to be subject to the approval of the Provincial Surgeon as to quality.

Fresh beef ... to be free
Do. mutton ... from bone
Fine bread
Potatoes, butter
Tea and sugar, No. 1 Company’s
Oatmeal
Treacle ... at per lb.
Arrowroot, fine flour
Pearl barley
Sago, suet
Rice, tobacco
Salt, pepper
Soap, whiting
Mixed vegetables
Mould candles
Eggs, per dozen
Fowls, each
Brandy, port wine, sherry, at per two gallons.
Porter, gin, ale
Milk and vinegar, at per quart
Oil, sperm, at per gallon
Cotton wick, per lb.
Straw, at per ton of 2240 lbs.

Samples of the tea, sugar, and candles, to be submitted with the tenders.
Information may be obtained from Provincial Surgeon.