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CONTRACTS FOR THE COLONIAL

SERVICE.

Colonial Secretary's Office.
Auckland, 17th November, 1841.

NOTICE is hereby given, that Tenders will
be received at this Office until noon of
Wednesday, the 1st December, for furnishing for
the Colonial Service the undermentioned Sup-
plies, in such quantities as may be required,
for the year commencing on the 1st Januaay, 1842,
upon the conditions hereinafter specified.

STATIONERY.
Foolscap Paper, best quality
Ditto second quality
Letter Paper, best quality
Note Paper, ditto
Blotting Paper ditto
Drawing Paper, of sizes
Pens, Quills, Ink, or Ink Powders
Sealing Wax and Wafers
Pen Knives and Ebony round Rulers
Paper Knives and Account Books
Letter Books, ruled, of sizes
Black Lead Pencils and Indian Rubber
Lucifer Matches and Wafer Stamps
Inkstands and Brown Packing Pape
Cartridge Paper and Red Tape
Silk Ribbon and Cord, Green
Portfolios

BARTER.
White Blankets
Great Coats.
Check Shirts
Regatta ditto
Blue Cloth Trousers, common
Ditto Surtout Coats, fine
Ditto Caps, fine
Waistcoats
Gown Pieces, Cotton
Shawls
Camlet Cloaks
Tobacco
Pipes, Large Bowl
Mole-skin Trousers
White Calico

CONDITIONS.
The Contractor will supply the articles above
specified, as the same may be ordered
from him by the Colonial Storekeeper,
within the time specified for the completion of
the order.

The articles are to be equal in all respects
to the patterns or samples deposited in the
Colonial Store, and in cases where articles are
required of which patterns or samples have not
been so deposited, such articles to be subject
to approval.

The articles are to be delivered at the Colonial
Store, Auckland, at the expense of the Con-
tractor; but previously to their being received,
they are to be surveyed, and if found inferior,
or defective in quality, they will be rejected,
and the Contractor is to remove the same a
his own expense, within three days after he is
required so to do, without any allowance being
made to him for such rejected articles.

If the Contractor neglects or refuses to supply
the articles contracted for, the Storekeeper to
be at liberty to purchase or procure the same
from other persons, and to charge the Con-
tractor with the difference between the cost of
such Articles and the contract prices, such
difference to be deducted from any bill which
may be due to the Contractor, or may be
demanded of him to be paid within fourteen
days to the Colonial Storekeeper: or, if the
Contractor does not fulfil his agreement, Her
Majesty's Government to have the power of
terminating the contract at any period, on
giving the Contractor notice to that effect.

Payment to be made Monthly, after the bills
have been rendered in a complete state by the
Contractor, and passed.

The Contractor, (if required) to bring forward
one or two sufficient sureties, to enter into a
Bond with him for the due performance
of the Contract.

The Contract to be declared void at the option
of Her Majesty's Government, should the
Contractor, or person employed by him, pay,
or offer to pay, a gratuity or reward to any
person under the employ of the Government,
for anything to be done by such person, con-
cerning the execution of the contract.

All the Articles required by this notice, are to
be of the best quality of their several kinds.

In the event of a difference of opinion between
the Contractor and the party receiving the sup-
plies, 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, according to the
practice of the service.

If the board shall decide that the article is not
of proper quality, it must be immediately replaced
by the Contractor, failing of which it will be pro-
cured by the Colonial Storekeeper, and the ex-
pense charged to the Contractor, as above.

A repetition of irregularity in the quality or
quantity of the supplies, or of any delay in
delivering or replacing them when required, will
also subject the Contractor, upon the Report of
the Officer in charge of the parties or establish-
ment, to such mulct, not exceeding one-fourth
the amount of his monthly account, as the
Governor may direct. It will also be in the power
of the Governor, upon such repetition, to termi-
nate the contract.

It will be in the power of either party to limit
the duration of the contract, by giving in writing
a notice of three full calendar months to the oppo-
site party, and to end the contract at the expira-
tion of that period, it being understood that such
notice can be given only from the first day of a
month, and within the period for which the con-
tract is made, or agreed to be made.