NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
[PROVINCE OF OTAGO.]

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.

"All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereunto annexed are to be considered as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

By His Honor's Command,
W. H. CUTTEN, Provincial Secretary.

Vol. I.] SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1854. [No. 4.

CONTRACTS.

Secretary's Office,
Otago, 3rd February 1854.

SEALED TENDERS, in Duplicate, will be received at this Office, on or before the 10th day of February instant, from persons desirous of executing by contract any of the undermentioned services for the Provincial Government during the 8 months ending 30th September, 1854 :—

GENERAL STATIONERY.

Receipt Paper ........................ @ per ream.
Letter Paper ........................ do.
Note Paper .......................... do.
Official Envelopes .................. @ per 100.
Assorted Sizes do ................... do.
Pens ................................ @ per gross.
Sealing Wax ........................ @ per lb.
Ink ................................. @ per gallon.
Minute Books.
Letter Books.
Account Books.

REQUIRED FOR USE OF LIGHT-HOUSE.

Lamp Oil ............................ @ per gallon.
Cotton Wick ......................... @ per lb.

Further particulars may be obtained on application at this Office.

W. H. CUTTEN,
Provincial Secretary.

Secretary's Office,
Otago, 3rd February 1854.

THE sum of £200 having been appropriated by the Provincial Council for the survey of Roads, and a further sum of £200 for the repair of the same, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that all District Committees desirous of having any portion of the said sum expended in their localities must forward applications to this Office forthwith, and are requested to make suggestions of the best method of expending the said sum.

W. H. CUTTEN,
Provincial Secretary.

APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE.

Session I., No. 2.

ANALYSIS.

Title.
Preamble.

1. Certain sums to be applied to the service of the year 1853-4.
2. Treasurer to pay monies on order of Superintendent.
3. Commencement of Ordinance, and provision for amending.

“An Ordinance to Appropriate the Revenue for the Year ending 30th September, 1854.”

WHEREAS it is expedient that provision should be made for defraying the expense of the Government of the Province of Otago from the Revenue thereof for the service of the year from the 1st October, 1853, to 30th September, 1854 : BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED, by His Honor the Superintendent of the Province of Otago, with the advice and consent of the Provincial Council thereof, as follows :—

1. Out of such Revenue as aforesaid there shall and may be issued and applied in manner hereinafter mentioned, any sum or sums of money not exceeding the several sums hereinafter specified—that is to say :

For defraying the charges of the Government of the Province for the year commencing on the 1st day of October, 1853, and ending upon the 30th day of September, 1854, the sum of One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-five Pounds (£1995), as hereinafter particularly specified—that is to say :

£ s. d.

1. Salary of His Honor the Superintendent .......................... 300 0 0

2. Provincial Secretary ........................................... 50 0 0

3. Provincial Treasurer .......................................... 100 0 0

4. Provincial Solicitor .......................................... 50 0 0

5. Clerk of Council .............................................. 150 0 0

6. Clerk to the Bench ............................................ 0 0 0

7. Harbor Department—
   Harbor Master ............................................... 0 0 0
   Pilot and Boat's Crew ....................................... 220 0 0
   Re-mooring and keeping in repair Buoys, Oil, for Lighthouse, &c. ... 130 0 0

                                                           850  0  0