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gar, ditto, 4d.; oil, per gallon, 3s. 6d.; straw, per ton of 2,240 lbs., £2.

Provisions (General).—Contractor,

H. Coolahan.

Prices.—Biscuit, per 100lb., £2; flour, ditto, 30s.—Pork, fresh, per lb., 4d.; salt, 4½d.; beef, salt, 3½d.; suet, 6d.; sugar, 4d.; tea, 2s.; raisins, 6d.; potatoes, 3d.; rice, 3½d.; coffee, 1s. 6d.—Pease, per bushel of 40lbs., 5s. 3d.; vinegar, per gallon, 4s.; oil, ditto, 4s.; cotton wick, per lb., 2s.

Rations to Destitute Persons.—

Contractor, H. Coolahan.
Per Ration, 8½d.

Rations, Gaol and Lock-up.—

Contractor, H. Coolahan.

Gaol Ration, No. 1, at per ration ...... 4½d.
No. 2, ditto ...... 7½d.
No. 3, ditto ...... 9d.
Lock-up, at per ration ...... 4½d.

Stationery.—Contractor, J. Williamson.

Prices.—Books, demy, faint-ruled, half bound, at per quire, 4s. 6d.; ditto, foolscap ditto, at per quire, 3s. 6d.; envelopes, ditto, 3s. 6d.; note and foolscap, per hundred, 4s. 6d.; ditto, note and letter, per hundred, 3s. 6d.; ink, black, per dozen bottles, 6s.; ditto, red ditto, 8s.; inkstands, pewter, small size, each, 2s. 6d.; ditto, middle ditto, each, 3s. 6d.; ditto, large ditto, 6s.; matches, per dozen boxes, 1s.—Pepper, foolscap, first quality, 2s 6d.; ditto, second quality, 2s. 6d.; ditto, ruled foolscap, 5s 6d.; letter, best quality, 17s. 6d.; note, ditto, per ream, 12s.; demy, ruled, 2s.; ditto, plain, 1s. 9d.; blotting, 2s.; per quire.—Pencils, Reeves’ drawing, per dozen, 7s 6d.; pens, magnum bonum, per dozen, 1s. 6d.; quills, per hundred, 6s. 6d.; ribbon, green silk, per roll of 12 yards, 2s. 6d.; cullers, ebony per inch, 3d.; sealing wax, per lb., 7s. 6d.; tape, red, per dozen pieces, 5s.; wafers, per box, 1s.; wafer stamps, each, 1s.

Timber.—Contractor, D. Lynch.

Prices.—Boards, 9 inch, 9s. 6d.; scantling, 4 inch by 3 in., 5s. 6d.; joisting, 6 in. by 3 in., 8s. per 100 feet.—Palings, per 100, broad, 10s.; narrow, 9s.; posts and rails, per 100, 30s.; common ditto, 35s.

HUNDRED OF AUCKLAND.

In pursuance of the powers conferred by an Act of the Legislative Council of New Zealand, 13 Victoria, Sess. 10, No. 1, intituled “An Ordinance to regulate the occupation of Waste Lands of the Crown in the Province of New Ulster,”—We, the undersigned Wardens for the time being, of the Hundred of Auckland, do make the following Bye Laws, all others being cancelled.

1. That all cattle depastured on the aforesaid waste lands of the Crown, shall be branded on some conspicuous part of the body, with the owner’s registered or returned brand, under a penalty of two shillings and six-pence per head for each and every omission.

2. That each and every person who shall depasture cattle on such waste lands, shall be assessed, and is, and are hereby assessed, for each and every head of Great Cattle the sum of Six-pence per quarter, and for each and every head of Sheep the sum of One Penny per quarter, payable quarterly in advance, and that cattle running for any portion of time within any quarter, shall be chargeable and paid for as if running the entire quarter.

3. That the assessment hereby made shall be paid to the Ranger, or any other person duly authorized by the Wardens of the said Hundred, quarterly, in advance.

4. That all persons depasturing cattle as aforesaid, shall, in the first week of January, April, July, and October, give notice in writing, duly signed by him or her, to the Ranger for the time being of the said Hundred, or other authorized person, of the number of cattle then running and bearing his or her brand, and being bona-fide his or her property, as also of the number of cattle (if any) hired of or from any other person, and whom, and particulars of the brand any such hired cattle may bear; the said return to be left at the office of the Wardens for the aforesaid Hundred, at the residence of the Pound-keeper, at Newmarket, near Hobson’s Bridge, under a penalty of Ten Shillings (10s.) for the first omission, and One Pound (£1) for every further omission.

5. That in case any person duly licensed or otherwise lawfully authorized to depasture cattle aforesaid, shall have in his possession any cattle hired of or from any other person, such other person being licensed or authorized to depasture cattle within the said Hundred, such hired cattle shall be branded with the registered brand of the said owner, and shall be deemed and accounted as cattle depastured by him, under the apportionment made to him by the Wardens; but in case the person off or from whom such cattle be hired shall not be lawfully entitled to depasture cattle within the said Hundred, such hired cattle shall be deemed and accounted the cattle of the person hiring the same.

6. That no person shall run any cattle upon the said waste lands, but such as shall be his or her own property, or bona-fide hired by him or her.

7. That each and every person depasturing cattle as aforesaid shall, at all times, when required by the Ranger, or any other person duly authorized by the Wardens of the aforesaid Hundred, give in writing, or otherwise, as the Ranger, or such person authorized, may require, full and correct information of the number of cattle running on his account, and whether hired or otherwise, as also the part of the Hundred on which, and where turned out, and when and where last seen, and any other information relating thereto, which the Ranger or such aforesaid authorized person shall ask for or require, and any person refusing to give such information, or giving false or evasive information, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five pounds (£5) for each and every such offence.

8. That any person allowing cattle not