Colonial Secretary's Office,

Wellington, 18th Feb., 1852.

HIS EXCELLENCY the Governor has been pleased to direct that the following list of accepted Tenders be published for general information.

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

LIST OF ACCEPTED TENDERS.

Stationery.

R. Stokes.—Books, ruled demy, 15 quires whole bound, each £2 15; do. 10 quires, £2; do. 5 quires, half bound, £1 6; do. foolscap, 5 quires, £1; do. quarto, 2 quires, 12s.; Envelopes official foolscap, per 100, 8s.; do. smaller sizes, 2s.; Ink, black in pint bottles, or four small do. to pint, 2s.; do. red do., 3s.; Indian Rubber, per lb., 8s.; Inkstands (pewter) each 3s.; Paper, foolscap per ream, £1 3; letter do. 18s.; note do. 10s.; do. cream laid do. 12s.; cartridge do. £1 13s. 4d.; blotting do. £1 6; drawing, imperial, per quire, £1 10; double elephant do. £2 14; Antiquarian do. £5 8; Paper Knives each, 2s. 6d.; Parchment per skin, 3s.; Pencils, drawing, per doz. 7s. 6d.; Penknives, 1 blade each, 2s.; Pens, Steel (magnum bonum) per gross, 15s.; Pins per lb. 3s.; Quills per 100, 8s.; Ribbon, green silk per roll 12 yards, 1s. 3d.; Rulers, 18in. 2s. 6d.; do. 2ft. do., 3s.; Sealing Wax, per lb. 7s.; Tape, red per dozen, 3s.; Twine per lb. 4s.; Wafers do. 6s.; Wafer Stamps, each 2s. 3d.

Printing.

Robert Stokes.—Forms.

Robert Stokes.—General Printing.

Thomas McKenzie.—Government Gazette, 250 copies, four pages including tabular work, £3 10; do. do. two pages, do. do. £1 15.

Tools, &c.

Johnson and Moore.—Adzes, each, 3s. 6d.; augers, 1 inch each, 3s. 9d.; do. 1¼ inch each 4s. 6d.; do. 1½in. do. 6s.; Axes, felling each 6s. 3d.; Billhooks each 3s. 6d.; Blocks per in. 8d.; Coals (English or Sydney) per 100lbs. 2s. 6d.; Chisels, Timber, per lb. 5d.; Files, hand and cross cut per doz. 7s. 6d.; do. pit saw do. 8s. 6d.; Grindstones, 18in. diameter each 12s.; do. 24in. do. £1; Hammers, per lb. 7d.; Lines, ¾in. 100ft. long, each 1s. 9d.; Levels, common, similar to bricklayer’s, per foot, 2s. 3d.; Mattocks, each, 3s. 6d.; Pickaxes, each 3s. 6d.; Stone Picks, each 3s. 6d.

Rakes, 15in. wide, each 2s. 3d.; Rope (3in., 3½in. and 4in.) per cwt. £3 5; Shovels, round, per doz., £2 10; do. square, best quality do., £2 14; Spades, common quality, per doz. £1 16; do. middling long strapped and riveted do. £2 10; do. best long side strapped, strong do. £3 10; Saws, hand, per foot, 3s. 3d.; do. cross cut do. 3s. 3d.; Spoke Shaves, each 2s. 6d. to 3s.; Saw Sets; Hand Saws each 2s.; do. cross cut do. 2s.

Wheelbarrows.

James Clare.—Each £1 3s.

Gaol Rations.

W. Spinks.—No. 1 Ration each 3d.
... No. 2 ... 4½d.
... No. 3 ... 6¼d.

Lunatic Patients, each 6¼d.; Oil, per gallon, 2s. 3d.; Lamp Wick, per lb. 1s. 9d.; Rations to Paupers, each 7d.

Prison Clothing and Necessaries.

Johnson and Moore.—Red Serge Shirts, per dozen, £2 16s.; Calico Shirts per dozen, £1 4s.; Duck Trowsers, per pair, 3s. 6d.; Woollen Caps per doz., 18s.; Blankets, 9-4 per pair, 18s.; Mattresses, each 12s.; Urine Tubs, each 3s.

Joseph Bishop.—Shoes, nailed and strong, per pair, 11s.

Firewood.

William Brice.—In two feet lengths delivered, at per cord, 16s.

Hospital Stores.

W. Spinks.—Full diets, at per diet, 7½d.; Half ditto, 6¼d.; Low ditto, 5½d.; Spoon, ditto, 3¼d.; Milk, ditto, 5½d.; Meat, per lb., 4d.; Flour ditto, 2d.; Arrowroot, ditto, 8d.; Sago, ditto, 7½d.; Rice, ditto, 2d.; Tea ditto, 1s. 6d.; Sugar, ditto, 3¼d.; Oatmeal ditto, 4½d.; Salt ditto, 1d.; Yellow Soap ditto, 4d.; Pearl Barley ditto, 3d.; Mixed Vegetables do., 1¼d.; Potatoes ditto, ½d.; Loaf Sugar ditto, 7d.; Treacle ditto, 3d.; Bread, 1½d.; Eggs per dozen, 1s. 3d.; Milk per pint, 1½d.; Port Wine, per doz., £1 10s.; Porter, do., 11s. 6d.; Brandy, per gallon, 16s.; Vinegar ditto, 3s. 6d.; Fowls each, 2s.; Lamp Oil per gallon, 2s. 3d.; Linseed ditto, 8s.; Spirits of Wine ditto, £1 12s.; Mould Candles per lb., 7½d.

Provisions for Government brig Victoria.

William Spinks.—Fresh beef or mutton, @ per lb. 5d.; salt pork, do. 5½d.; flour at the market price; suet, at per lb. 6d.; vegetables, mixed, @ per lb. 1¼d.; potatoes, do. ¼d.; sugar do. 3¼d.; tea do. 1s. 9d.; peas @ per lb. 6d.; rice, do. ½d.; vinegar, @ per gallon 4s.; lamp oil do. 3s.; cotton wick per lb. 3s.; biscuit, per 100 lbs £1 8s. 6d.; raisins per lb. 7d.

Printed at the “Independent” Office.