New Zealand Gazette – 1843 – No. 20

Page 146

✨ Government Stationery Tenders

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 1st April, 1843.

TENDERS will be received at this Office
until noon on Thursday, the first day of
June next, for the supply of the undermentioned
articles, and quantities of Stationery, required
by Government, viz. :-

1 Cash Book, 4 quires.
2 Demy Books, 3 do each.
4 do do 5 do do
8 do do 6 do do
12 Surveyor's Field Books.
7 Foolscap Books, 3 quires each.
4 do do 6 do do
5 Memorandum do
1 Waste Book, long folio, 6 quires.
20lbs. Wax or Sperm Candles.
12 pieces Indian Rubber.
6 Skeins green Silk Cord.
100 half-pint bottles of Black Ink.
60 do do Red do
2 cakes Indian Ink.
12 Ink-stands.
1 Erasing Knife.
2 Paper do
12 Pen do
100 Skins of Parchment.
3 reams Paper, blotting.
5 do do Cartridge.
6 do do Demy.
2 do do do blue lines.
2 do do Foolscap, blue lines.
25 do do do double.
36 do do do single, first quality.
22 do do do do second do
5 do do Note,
10 do do Pott, wove.
6 dozen Pencils, black lead.
3 do do do do HHH
20 do Pens, steel.
5 lbs. Pins.
2500 Quills.

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6 pieces green Ribbon.
6 Wafer stamps,
24 dozen pieces red Tape.
6 yards Blue Cloth for table covers.
alba fine Twine,
6 do strong do
24 boxes Wafers.
14 lbs Red Sealing Wax.
4 dozen bundles, or boxes, Lucifer Matches.
50 lbs Milled Board, foolscap.
50 do do demy.
1 dozen Roan skins.
1 do Rough Calf do

All articles specified in the foregoing list are
to be of the best quality of their respective
kinds.

As adequate security will be required for the
due fulfilment of the contract, no tender will be
taken into consideration unless it be accompa.
nied by a certificate from the parties who may
be proposed as sureties stating that they are
willing to become bound for the contractor, and
the Bonds must be executed within three days
from the receipt of the notification of the accep-
tance of the tender, failing which the contract
will be again advertised or another tender
accepted.

The Tenders are also to contain the names of
the tenderers, and of their sureties, and their
respective places of residence, at full length.

The price of each article is to be set forth in
words and figures.

The Tenders are to be enclosed in an envelope,
and to be endorsed "Tender for Stationery."

The whole of the Books and one-half of the
other articles to be delivered to the Colonial
Storekeeper within one week after the Tender
shall have been accepted, and the remainder on
the first day of September next.

By His Excellency's Command,
(For the Colonial Secretary,)
WILLIAM CONNELL.

Auckland-Printed and Published at the Office of the
Government Press.