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with the advice of the Executive Council, direct
and appoint that, for the purposes of the said Or-
dinance, the said Colony be divided into two
Districts, to be called the Northern and Southern
Districts, and that the Northern District be that
part of the Colony situate to the North of the
Parallel of Latitude thirty-eight degrees thirty
minutes South, and that the Southern District
be that part of the said Colony situate to the
South of the aforesaid Parallel of Latitude.

And I do further direct and appoint that the
said County Courts of Civil and Criminal Juris-
diction as aforesaid, shall be holden during the
present and in each year, at the places hereinafter
respectively mentioned; that is to say, in the
Northern District at Auckland and Kororarika,
and in the Southern District at Wellington.

And I do further, with the advice of the Executive
Council, as aforesaid, direct and appoint, that the
first sitting of the said County Courts shall be
held in the aforesaid Districts on the third Tues-
day of the month of April next ensuing.

Given under my Hand and Seal at Government
House, Auckland, this eighth day of March,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and forty-two.

WILLIAM HOBSON,
Governor.

By His Excellency's Command,
WILLOUGHBY SHORTLAND,
Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

CONTRACTS FOR PROVISIONS.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 28th February, 1842.

THE Tenders for Provisions, submitted in pur-
suance of the advertisement of the 30th ulti-
mo, having been declined, Notice is hereby given
that Tenders will be received at this Office until
Noon on Monday 14th March, for furnishing,
for the Colonial Service, the supplies under-
mentioned, in such quantities as may be required
during twelve Calendar Months, commencing
1st April 1842, upon the conditions hereafter
specified.

Flour, per lb.
Bread, do.
Maize Meal do.
Meat, do.
Sugar, do.
Tea, do.
Tobacco, do.
Scap, do.
Salt, do.
Vegetables do.
Peas, do.
Rum, gallon.

Oatmeal, per lb.
Suet, do.
Raisins, do.
Maize, do.
Firewood, per 100 lbs.
Sperm Oil } per Im. Gal.
Common do. }
Mould Candles } per lb.
Dip Candles }
Cotton Wick, }
Vinegar, per gallon,

CONDITIONS.

All the articles required by this Notice are to
be of the best quality of their several kinds.
Vegetables to be supplied in reasonable propor-
tions of potatoes, greens, pumpkins, onions, &c.

The supplies to be delivered on the requisition
of the Head of the Department for which they
are authorized.

The Supplies (not specified in the preceding
paragraph) are to be delivered direct to the par-
ties or Establishments entitled thereto, on the
written order of the person duly authorised for
the purpose.

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 a proper quality, it must be immediately re-
placed by the Contractor, failing, of which it will
be procured by the Department requiring it, and
the expense charged to the Contractor.

In the event of any unnecessary delay or failure
of the Contractor to supply the articles when
required, they will be otherwise procured in like
manner.

In cases where the article is of a perishable
nature, or from some other cause, injury would
be sustained either by the parties to whom the
Rations are due, or to the Contractor, by waiting
for a Board of Survey, the head of the department
shall have power to reject such article or articles
as are obviously of interior quality; it being dis-
tinctly understood that he will be responsible to
the Government for so doing; and that the Con-
tractor will have a right to appeal to the Governor,
although, in the mean time, he must take back
the rejected article and supply good in its stead.

A repetition of irregularity in the quality or
quantity of the supplies, or of any delay in deliv-
ering or replacing them when required, will sub-
ject the Contractor, upon the report of the officer
in charge of the parties or establishment, 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 terminate 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.

The Contractor will be required to prepare his
own account, monthly or quarterly, in the pre-
scribed form; and on the production thereof, with
the requisite vouchers, in a complete state, to the
officer receiving the supplies, the same will be for-
warded by the latter to the Treasurer, in order
that a warrant may be prepared, and payment
made from the Colonial Treasury.

The value of all packages to be included in the
prices demanded.

Forms of Tender may be obtained at this Office;
and as adequate security will be required for the
due fulfilment of the Contract, no Tender can be
attended to unless accompanied by a certificate
from the parties proposed as such, stating that
they are willing to become bound as securities for
the Contractor accordingly, and the bonds must
be executed within ten days from the day of
acceptance of the Tender being notified, failing of