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Lock-up, at do.
Destitute persons, at do.
The meat required for the foregoing rations
to be free from bone.
Separate tenders to be sent in for each service. Information may be obtained at this office.

STOCKADE, MOUNT EDEN

Straw, at per ton of 2240 lbs.
Oil, Sperm, at per gallon
Cotton wick, at per lb.
Information may be obtained at this Office.

POLICE

Oil, at per gallon
Cotton wick, at per lb.

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 from bone
Fresh mutton ...
Fine bread
Potatoes, butter
Tea and sugar, No. 1 Company’s ... at per lb.
Oatmeal
Treacle
Arrowroot, fine flour
Pearl barley
Sago, suet
Rice, tobacco ... at per lb.
Salt, pepper
Soap, whiting
Mixed vegetables
Mould candles
Eggs, per dozen
Fowls, each,
Brandy, port wine, sherry, porter, gin, ale ... at per two gallons.
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 the Provincial Surgeon.

STATIONERY.

Books, demy folio, half bound
Ditto, ditto ditto, whole bound ... at per quire.
Ditto, foolscap folio, half bound
Ditto, ditto, whole bound
Candles, sperm, at per lb.
Envelopes, foolscap, per 100
Ditto, letter and note, ditto
India Rubber, at per lb.
Ink, black, at per quart
Ditto, red, at per quart
Inkstands, pewter, each

Matches, per dozen
Paper blotting, best white, per quire
" drawing
" antiquarian
" double elephant
" tracing
" cartridge, per quire
" demy, ruled, ditto
" 1st quality, foolscap ... weight per ream to be stated.
" ditto ruled, per ream
" 2nd quality
" double foolscap, per ream
" letter
" note
Parchments, per roll, (dimension of skin to be stated in tender)
Pencils, best drawing, at per dozen
Pens, magnum bonum, (1st quality) at per gross
" quill, ditto, 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 lb.
Wafer Stamps, each

CONDITIONS.

Samples of the various articles will have to be submitted for inspection if required.
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 sealed and endorsed "Tender for supply of (name of article)." In the event of a difference of opinion between the Contractor and the Officer receiving the supplies, 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. If the Board shall decide that the article is not of a proper quality it must be immediately replaced by the Contractor, failing which it will be procured by the department requiring it, and the expense charged to the Contractor.

In cases where the article is of a perishable nature, or in which, from some other cause, injury would be sustained by waiting for a board of survey, the head of the department, or officer in charge, for whom the supplies are to be received, shall have power to reject any article of a quality inferior to the approved sample, and to purchase others at the expense of the Contractor.

The tenders (forms of which may be obtained at this Office) to contain the names and places of residence, at length, of the persons.