New Munster Gazette – 1848 – No. 23

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✨ Government Notices and Tenders



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Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th November, 1848.

HIS EXCELLENCY THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR has been pleased to appoint

The Rev. JOHN FREDERICK H. WOHLERS,
to be Deputy-Registrar of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, for the District of Foveaux Straits. The appointment to bear
date the 28th instant.

By His Excellency’s Command,
ALFRED DOMETT,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 1848.

TENDERS
will be received at this Office until the 30th instant, from persons desirous of contracting for the undermentioned services, viz.:

Piling the banks of the River Hutt adjacent to the Bridge, and executing such other works as may be required in securing the abutments of the Bridge, and preventing the further encroachments of the river on its banks above and below the Bridge.

Plans and specifications of the work may be seen, on application at the office of the Surveyor, Mr. T. H. Fitzgerald, any day subsequent to the 11th instant.

Tenders to be in duplicate, sealed and endorsed "Tender for Piling Banks of River Hutt."

By His Excellency’s Command,
ALFRED DOMETT,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 1848.

TENDERS
will be received at this Office, on or before the 15th instant, from persons desirous of supplying the Local Government with a

FIVE-OARED WHALEBOAT,
with sails, oars, &c., complete.

Specifications may be seen on application at the Harbor Master’s Office.

Tenders to be in duplicate, sealed and endorsed "Tender for Whaleboat."

By His Excellency’s Command,
ALFRED DOMETT,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 1848.

TENDERS
will be received at this Office until the 15th instant, from persons desirous of contracting for the construction of the Sea Wall to the road between Kaiwarra and Ngahauranga, at per yard superficial, the average thickness being about five feet.

Parties tendering may either tender for the work, supplying their own material, or for the workmanship only.

Tenders to be in duplicate, sealed and endorsed "Tender for Construction of Sea Wall to Ngahauranga."

By His Excellency’s Command,
ALFRED DOMETT,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 1848.

SEALED TENDERS, in Duplicate, will be received at this Office, on or before Friday, the 15th instant, from parties willing to contract for the supply of the whole, or any portion, of the undermentioned articles, in such quantities as may be required for the Public Service, during the half-year ending the 30th June, 1849.

Articles Sizes Price
Adzes 1 inch each
1¼ inch "
1½ inch "
Augers ... "
Axes, American felling ... "
Billhooks ... per inch
Blocks ... "
Blasting Tools Crow Bars per lb.
Jumpers "
Rammers "
Spoon and Needles "
Wedges "
Coals (English or Sydney) ... per 100 lbs.
Chain (Timber) ... per lb.
Files Hand and Cross Cut per dozen
Pit Saw "
Grindstones 18in. diameter each
24" "
Hammers ... per lb.
Lines ¼ inch, 100 feet long each
Levels, common, similar to Bricklayers' ... per foot
Mattocks ... each
Pick Axes ... "
Stone Picks ... "
Rakes 15 in. wide "
Rope 3 in. per fathom
4 in. "
Round ... "
Shovels Square, best quality per dozen
Medium size "
Spades Hand "
Saws Cross Cut per foot
Pit "
Saw-sets ... each
Wheelbarrows ... "
Hand Saw "
Ironmongery Cross Cut "
Iron Rings ... "
Eye Screws ... "
Miscellaneous Bolts per lb.
Dogs "
Straps "
Cant Hooks each
Wrought Iron "
Steel "

The above articles to be delivered at the Hutt Bridge, in Wellington or Porirua, as required, and all to be of the best quality.

Tenders to be endorsed, "Tenders for Tools, &c."

By His Excellency’s Command,
ALFRED DOMETT,
Colonial Secretary.



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🏛️ Appointment of Deputy-Registrar of Births, Marriages, and Deaths

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
30 November 1848
Appointment, Deputy-Registrar, Births, Marriages, Deaths, Foveaux Straits
  • John Frederick H. Wohlers (The Rev.), Appointed Deputy-Registrar

  • Alfred Domett, Colonial Secretary

🏗️ Tender for Piling Banks of River Hutt

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
1 December 1848
Tender, River Hutt, Bridge, Piling, Abutments
  • Alfred Domett, Colonial Secretary

🚂 Tender for Supply of Whaleboat

🚂 Transport & Communications
1 December 1848
Tender, Whaleboat, Sails, Oars
  • Alfred Domett, Colonial Secretary

🏗️ Tender for Construction of Sea Wall to Ngahauranga

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
1 December 1848
Tender, Sea Wall, Kaiwarra, Ngahauranga, Construction
  • Alfred Domett, Colonial Secretary

🏗️ Tender for Supply of Tools and Materials

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
1 December 1848
Tender, Tools, Materials, Public Service, Hutt Bridge, Wellington, Porirua
  • Alfred Domett, Colonial Secretary