THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 71

EDWARD JAMES LEE, Esq.,
to be Returning Officer for the election of Members
of the Provincil Council of the Province of Canter-
bury, for the District of Ashburton.

G. M. WATERHOUSE,
(for Hon. Colonial Secretary).

Provincial Returning Officer appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th January, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

GEORGE WILSDEN MCRAE, Esq.,
to be Returning Officer for the election of Members
of the Provincial Council of the Province of Nelson,
for the District of Amuri.

G. M. WATERHOUSE,
(for Hon. Colonial Secretary).

Member of Government Officers Guarantee Board
appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM GRAY, Esq.,
Secretary, General Post Office, to be a Member of
the Board under "The Government Officers Guarantee
Act, 1870," in the room of George Eliott Eliott, Esq.,
who has retired from the Service.

JOHN HALL.

Commissioner appointed under "Taranaki New Zea-
land Company's Land Claims Act, 1872."

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM JOHN WARBURTON HAMILTON, Esq.,
to be a Commissioner under "The Taranaki New
Zealand Company's Land Claims Act, 1872."

JOHN HALL.

Tenders for Bookbinding.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1873.

TENDERS for Bookbinding required by the New
Zealand Government during the twelve calendar
months commencing from the 1st April next, will be
received at this Office until noon on Friday, the 28th
February next.

CONDITIONS.

All work placed in the hands of the binder must be
executed as expeditiously as possible. Any unneces-
sary delay will render the Contractor liable to have
the work taken out of his hands and executed else-
where; any extra expense incurred in so doing to be
made good by the Contractor.

The Contractor to submit samples of the leather
and cloth with his tender.

The tender to include cost of carriage to and from
the printing office.

Tenderers failing to take up their accepted tenders,
will be disqualified from tendering for Government
work for a period of twelve months.

The Government will not necessarily accept the
lowest or any tender.

A bond for the sum of £300-the Contractor in
the sum of £100, and two approved sureties £100
each-for the due performance of the contract will
be required to be entered into within a month of the
acceptance of the contract; failing which the contract

may be again advertised, or another tender accepted.
Tenders must be enclosed in an envelope marked
"Tender for Bookbinding," and deposited in the
Tender Box at the Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, or (if sent by post) addressed to the
Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

ACCOUNT BOOKS, REGISTERS, &c.

Super Royal:-Full calf, extra, titled and paged,
eight quires or under.
For every additional quire.
Ditto:-Full calf, extra, single Russia bands, titled
and paged, eight quires or under.
For every additional quire.
Ditto:-Full calf, extra, double Russia bands, titled
and paged, eight quires or under.
For every additional quire.
Royal:-Full calf, extra, titled and paged, eight
quires or under.
For every additional quire.
Ditto:-Full calf, extra, single Russia bands, titled
and paged, eight quires or under.
For every additional quire.
Ditto:-Full calf, extra, double Russia bands, titled
and paged, eight quires or under.
For every additional quire.
Demy folio, five quires or under:-Full calf, extra,
titled and paged.
For every additional quire.
Ditto, ditto:-Half-bound, rough calf, cloth sides,
gilt lettered on back.
For every additional quire.
Foolscap folio, ditto:-Half-bound, calf, cloth sides,
gilt lettered on back.
For every additional quire.
Ditto, ditto:-Half-bound, calf, marble paper sides,
gilt lettered on back.
For every additional quire.
Demy 4to, four quires or under:---Ditto, ditto.
For every additional quire.

PRINTED BOOKS.

Gazettes, Appendices, Journals, Statutes, &c.
Foolscap folio:-Cold pressing, and binding in half-
calf, cloth sides, double lettered on back, at per
volume of four quires.
For every additional quire.
Ditto:-Cold pressing, and binding in half-calf, cloth
sides, double lettered on back, and paged
throughout, at per volume of four quires.
For every additional quire.
Ditto:-Cold pressing, and binding in blue paper
covers, cloth backs, at per quire.
Ditto:-Cold pressing, and binding in blue paper
covers, cloth backs, paged throughout, at per
volume of four quires.
For every additional quire.
Demy 8vo:-In half-bound calf, cloth sides, gilt
lettered on back, at per volume of four quires.
For every additional quire.
Ditto:-Full bound, cloth boards, at per volume of
four quires.
For every additional quire.

Parliamentary Debates, &c.
Royal 8vo:--Cold pressing and binding in half-calf,
cloth sides, double lettered on back, at per
volume of four quires.
For every additional quire.
Ditto:-Cold pressing and binding in cloth, at per
volume of four quires.
For every additional quire.

GUARD BOOKS.
Foolscap folio, half-calf, made of fine cartridge, thick-
ness of back 3, 3, and 4 inches.