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have occurred before the expiration of that period.

7. For the convenience of Officers, the following heads are subjoined of the Rules for the sale of Land in the Australian Settlements:—

All Lands are disposed of by sale alone, and must have been once at least exposed to public auction.

The lowest upset price is not less than £1 per acre; but the Government has power to raise the same by Proclamation, though not again to reduce it.

The lands are distinguished into three different classes; viz., Town Lots, Suburban Lots, and Country Lots.

Upon Town and Suburban Lots, as well as upon a proportion not exceeding one-tenth of the whole of the Country Lots offered for sale at any auction, the Governor has the power of naming a higher than the general or lowest upset price: these last to be designated "Special Country Lots."

Town and Suburban Lots are in no case disposed of except by public auction; but Country Lots, which have already been put up to public auction, and not sold, may be disposed of afterwards by private contract at the upset price.

No Lands are sold by private contract, except for ready money. When sold by public auction, one-tenth at least of the whole purchase-money must be put down, and the remainder within one calendar month, or the deposit is forfeited.

Lands are put up for sale in those not exceeding one square mile in extent.

8. In Ceylon, Land is sold by auction at an upset price, which is to be fixed by the Governor, but which is not to be less than £1 per acre. Before the Lands are exposed for sale, they will be surveyed by the Government and duly advertised.

9. At the Cape of Good Hope, the upset price is 2s. per acre in the old Colony, and 4s. per acre in the District of Natal.

10. The several prices above mentioned are of course subject to a revision at any time by the proper authorities, and the pecuniary amount of the Remission made to Officers cannot be increased on account of an increased value set upon the Lands.

May, 1851.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, December 30th, 1851.

HIS Excellency the LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR has been pleased to direct that the following List of ACCEPTED TENDERS be published for general information.

By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

LIST OF ACCEPTED TENDERS.

MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES.

J. ROBERTSON.—Cordage, European, 52s.; ditto, New Zealand, 40s. per cwt, Twine, per 10s., 2s.

T. RUSSELL.—Blocks, English, single, per inch, 6d. and 8d.; ditto, double, per inch, 1s. and 1s. 4d.; brushes, scrubbing, each, 4s. 6d.; buckets, oak, each, 3s. 6d.; canvas, per bolt, 45s.; deck clamps, each, 2s.; glue, per lb., 1s.; lead, black and white, per lb., 1½d.; oil, linseed, per gallon, 6s. 6d.; ditto, ditto, boiled, ditto, 7s.; paint, green, yellow, and blue, per lb., 7d.; tar coal, per gallon, 1s. 9d.; ditto, Stockholm, ditto, 3s.; twine, sail, per lb., 1s. 10d.; whiting, per lb., 2d.

SADDLERY.—T. GIBSON.

Breechings, cart, 30s.; brushes, water, 5s.; ditto, body, 8s.; collars, horse, 15s.; combs, curry, 1s. 6d.; ditto, mane, 6d.; each; harness, shaft, per set, £5; ditto, leading, ditto, £3; hames, per pair, 10s.; headstalls, each, 6s.; saddles, cart, each, 25s.

TIMBER, KAURI.—HENDERSON & MACFARLANE.

Boards, 8s. 6d.; scantling, 4 inch by 3 inch, 8s.; ditto, 6 inch by 3 inch, 7s. 6d.; per 100 feet. Paling, per 100, broad, 8s. 6d.; narrow, 8s.; posts, puriri, and split rails, per 100, 50s.

STATIONERY.—J. WILLIAMSON.

Books, demy, faint-ruled, half bound, at per quire, 4s. 6d.; ditto, foolscap, ditto, ditto, at per quire, 3s. 6d.; envelopes, 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, 2s. 6d.; ditto, middle ditto, each, 3s. 6d.; ditto, large ditto, 6s.; matches, per dozen boxes, 1s.—Paper, foolscap, first quality, 25s.; ditto, second quality, 22s. 6d.; ditto, ruled faint, 30s.; letter, best quality, 17s. 6d.; note, ditto, per ream, 14s.—demy, ruled, per quire, 2s.; ditto, plain, 1s. 9d.; blotting, 2s.—Pencils, Reeves' drawing, per dozen, 7s.; pens, magnum bonum, per dozen, 1s.; quills, per hundred, 6s.; ribbon, green silk, per roll of 12 yards, 2s. 6d.; rulers, ebony, per inch, 2d.; sealing wax, per lb., 7s.; tape, red, per dozen pieces, 5s.; wafers, per box, 1s.; wafer stamps, each, 1s.

PAINTING, GLAZING, AND PLUMBING.—GRIFFIN & LOSEE.

Painting, per yard, 1 coat, 3½d., 2 coats 6½d., 3 coats, 8d.; stopping with putty, per yard, 1½d.; painters' wages, per day, 5s.—Plumbing: flashing and gutters with 4lb. lead, per foot, 2s. 6d.; ditto, with 5lb. lead, 3s.; ditto, with 6lb. lead, 3s. 3d.; soldering joints, &c., per inch, 3½d.; new leather to pumps, each, 1s.; new bucket, &c., 3s.; quarry lights, in-rolling fixing, per foot, 3s.; plumbers' wages, per diem, 6s.; labourers' ditto, 4s.—Glazing, per dozen, 2s.; glass, per dozen, 18 x 14, 10s.; 16 x 14, 9s. 6d.; 16 x 12, 7s. 6d.; 14 x 12, 7s.; 14 x 10, 6s.; 12 x 10, 6s.; 10 x 8, 4s.; 7 x 6, 3s.; skylights, per running foot, 11d.

SMITHS' WORK.—W. CARR.

Shipwork, per lb., 4½d.; horse and cart, ditto, 4d.; horses, shod, at per month, 1s. 10½d.; picks, sharpened, per end, 1d.; ditto, steeled, ditto, 3d.; ditto, laid and ditto, 6d.; stone hammers, steeled, each, 6d.; wedges repaired,