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Oil (black) . . . . . . . . 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

} at per lb.

Brandy, Port Wine, and
Porter
Milk and Vinegar
Oil
Straw

} at per two
gallons.
at per quart.
at per gallon.
at per ton of 2,240 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, fl.-lined, hf.-bd., at per quire.
Ditto 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.
India rubber, per lb.
Inkstands, pewter, sizes, each.
Matches, per doz. boxes.
Paper, note, at per ream.
Pencils, drawing, at per dozen.
Pins, at per ounce.
Ribbon, green silk, at per roll of 12 yards.
Rulers, ebony, at per inch.
Sperm Candles, at per lb.
Wafers, at per 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; shingles,
per 1,000.
Puriri Posts and Rails, 8 feet, at per 100.

MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES.

Blocks, single and double, per inch; bricks,
per 1,000; brooms, hair, each; brushes, scrub-
bing, each; buckets, water, each; bunting, red,
white, yellow, blue, per yard; canvas of sizes,
per bolt; cart, 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 and shop,
per lb.; wheel-barrows, each; whiting per lb.

CONDITIONS.

Samples of the various articles will have to
be submitted for inspection.

The Contractors will be required to deliver
the different supplies from time to time, at such
places and in such quantities as may be indi-
cated by the Colonial Secretary.

The Government does not bind itself to
accept the lowest, or any of the tenders sent
in.

Payment for any of the above supplies will
be made at the end of each month.

Tenders to be in duplicate, sealed, and en-
dorsed "Tenders for Supply of [name of
article.]"

In the event of a difference of opinion be-
tween the contractor and the officer receiving
the supplies, as to the quality, the same is to
be decided, in cases where the article is not of
a perishable nature, by a board of survey,
composed of persons named by the Govern-
ment, according to the practice of the service.
If the Board shall decide that the article is not
of a proper quality, it must be immediately
replaced by the contractor; failing which, it
will be procured by the department requiring
it, and the expense charged to the contractor.

In cases where the article is of a perishable
nature, or in which, from some other cause, in-
jury would be sustained by waiting for a board
of survey, the head of the department or officer
in charge for whom the supplies are to be re-
ceived, shall have power to reject any article
of quality inferior to the approved sample, and
to purchase others at the expense of the con-
tractor.

The tenders (forms of which may be ob-
tained of the Deputy Surveyor-General) to
contain the names of the tenderers and their
places of residence at length, and to be signed
by two respectable sureties, engaging to be-
come bound in a penalty of £100 for the ful-
filment of the contract, if the tender be ac-
cepted.

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

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