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hooks, fern, each; hinges, butt, 3 in. and 4in.,
per pair; ditto, rising butt, per pair; ditto T,
per pair; locks, mortice, each; ditto, rim, each;
ditto, pad, each; nails, spike, per lb.; ditto,
weather-board, per lb.; ditto, shingle, per lb.;
ditto, paling, per lb.; ditto, copper sheathing,
per lb.; rakes (large, for roads), each; shovels,
each; spades, each; screws, of sizes, per 100.

PROVISIONS.

Biscuit and flour, at per 100 lbs.
Fresh Pork .................... at per lb.
Salt Pork ..................... at per lb.
Salt Beef ..................... at per lb.
Suet .......................... at per lb.
Sugar ......................... at per lb.
Tea ........................... at per lb.
Raisins ....................... at per lb.
Potatoes....................... at per lb.
Rice .......................... at per lb.
Coffee ........................ at per lb.
Pease.......................... at per bushel.
Vinegar........................ at per gallon.
Oil, .......................... at per gallon.
Cotton Wick.................... at per lb.

PROVISIONS FOR HOSPITAL.

The articles to be delivered at the Hospital,
at the expense of the contractor, and to be sub-
ject to the approval of the Colonial Surgeon as
to quality.

Fresh Beef or Mutton
Pork
Fine Bread
Potatoes
Tea and Sugar
Oatmeal
Arrowroot
Sago
Rice
Salt
Soap
Mixed Vegetables
Dip Candles
Brandy, Port Wine, and
Porter.
Milk and Vinegar,
Oil,
Straw,

at per lb.

at per two
gallons.
at per quart.
at per gallon.
at per ton of 2240 lbs.

RATIONS FOR GAOL AND LOCK-UP,
AND FOR DESTITUTE PERSONS.

Gaol—Auckland.
Ration No. 1, at per Ration.
“ No. 2, ”
“ No. 3, ”
Police Lock-up—Auckland.
At per Ration.

Rations for Destitute Persons, at per Ration.
Information respecting the established Ra-
tions may be obtained at this office.

SADDLERY, &c.

Breechings, each; brushes, water, each;
ditto, body, each; collars, horse, each; combs,
curry, each; ditto, mane, each; grease, cart,
per lb.; harness, shaft, per set; ditto, leading,
per set; hames, per pair; head-stalls, each;
saddles, cart, each; tar, per gallon.

STATIONERY.

Books, demy, ft.-lined, hf.-bd. at per quire.
Ditto ditto whole-bd., ditto.
Ditto foolscap, ditto hf.-bd., ditto.
Ditto ditto ditto whole-bd., ditto.
Envelopes, foolscap, per 100.
Ditto letter and note, ditto.
Inkstands, pewter, sizes, each.
Matches, per doz. boxes.
Rulers, ebony, at per inch.
Sperm Candles, at lb.
Wafer Stamps, each.

TIMBER.

KAURI—Boards at per 100 feet; scantling, 4
in., by 3 in., per 100 feet; ditto, 6 in., by 3
in., per 100 feet; paling, broad, 5 feet, per
100; ditto, narrow, 5 feet, per 100.
PURIRI POSTS AND RAILS, 8 feet, at per 100.

MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES.

Blocks, single and double, per inch; bricks,
per 1000; brooms, hair, each; brushes, scrub-
ing, each; buckets, water, each; bunting, red,
white, yellow, blue, per yard; canvas of sizes,
per bolt; carts, hand, each; copper sheathing,
per lb.; glue, per lb.; lime, per bushel; oars,
per foot; oil, black, linseed, and boiled, per
gallon; paint, black, green, yellow, blue, and
white lead, per lb.; rope of sizes, per cwt.;
tar, coal, per gallon; twine, sail, per lb.;
wheel-barrows, each; whiting, per lb.

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

SMITHS' WORK. PAINTERS'
PLUMBERS' AND GLAZIERS' WORK.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
10th June, 1852.

TENDERS will be received at this office
until noon on WEDNESDAY, the 23rd in-
stant, from persons desirous of contracting for
the performance of the above-named descrip-
tions of work for the service of the Colonial
Government during the six months commenc-
ing on the 1st of July next.

Information respecting the terms of pay-
ment, and other particulars, may be had on
application to the Deputy Surveyor General,
from whom also forms of Tender may be ob-
tained.

Security will be required for the due per-
formance of the Contract, and the tenders
should be accompanied by a notification of the
consent of the parties who may be proposed as
Sureties.

Tenders to be in duplicate, sealed, and en-
dorsed "Tender for [Smiths' Work," or, as the
case may be].

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