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cers, and transacting any other business of the said Institution, will be held at the Court House, in the said township of Clyde, upon Tuesday, the fourteenth day of July, 1863, at twelve o’clock noon.

JOHN HYDE HARRIS
Superintendent.

Superintendent’s Office,
Dunedin, June 23rd, 1863.

By Section 8 of the said Ordinance, it is enacted that the “Committees and other Officers of such Institutions respectively, shall be elected by the majority of the Contributors, either of the annual sum of one pound at the least, or of ten pounds in one sum to the said Institutions respectively, who may be present at the respective Meetings, to be called for the purpose of any such Election as hereinafter provided.”

SPECIAL MEETING of the Education Board will be held at the Government Offices, Dunedin, upon Friday, the 3rd day of July, 1863, at twelve o’clock noon, for the despatch of business.

JOHN HISLOP,
Secretary.

NOTICE.—The Gold Receiving Office in Dunedin will be closed on Friday and Saturday, the 26th and 27th June, 1863, in consequence of the REMOVAL of the office to the New Custom House.

CHAS. LORIMER,
Chief Gold Receiver.

ACCEPTED TENDERS.

THE following list of Tenders which have been Received and Accepted since the 22nd day of April last, is published for general information:—

Furnishings for H. M. Gaol—Ross and Glendinning, 10-4 English blankets, per pair, £1 4s.; 9-4 orange and black rugs, at 11s.; linen tick, to pattern, per yard, 1s. 6d.; Forfar towelling, to pattern, per yard, 1s.; linen thread, per lb. 4s.; striped cotton shirts, linen backs, per doz. £2 8s.; Alloa yarn, three ply, per lb. 4s. 6d.; wincey, per yard, 2s. 9d.; grey calico, 36 in., to pattern, per yard, 1s.; flannel, as before, per yard, 1s. 10d.; linen check, to pattern, per yard, 1s. 6d.; assorted per doz. yards, 6d.; buttons, per doz. 2d.; cotton reels, 300 yards, per doz. 4s.; needles, per packet, 3d. Baines and Oliver—White lead, best, per cwt. 40s.; black do. (ground) per cwt. 40s.; turpentine, per gallon, 14s.; boiled and raw oil, per gallon, 5s. 6d.; lamp oil, per gallon, 6s. 6d.; lamp wick, per lb. 6s.; sweet oil, per gallon, 14s.; white-wash brushes, each, 2s.; scrubbing do., each, 2s.; hair brooms, each, 4s. 6d.; grass brooms, each, 2s.

Bass brooms, each, 2s. 6d.; black lead for stoves, per lb. 1s.; water kits, per doz. 20s.; pannikins, per 100, 33s. 6d.; tin dishes, large, per doz. 30s.; tin dishes, small, per doz. 10s.

Asher Brothers and Simms—Soap, best English, per cwt. 49s.; soda, crystals, per cwt. 18s.; candles, new, sperm, per lb. 11d.; Belmont, per lb. 1s. 4d.

Jetty at landing place, Moeraki—George Smith, £977.

Formation of about 100 chains of Road Line at Tuapeka—William G. Buchan, £2856 8s. 9d.

Punt at Waipahi River, £180.

Two Bridges over the Waipahi and Waikouaiti Rivers—Barnes and Sigley, £1,995.

Cleaning Chimneys of Public Buildings, 9s. 6d. each.

Botanical Gardens, Fencing Material—Joshua Corkin, posts, 350; posts, black pine, 7 feet by 6in., 3in. diameter, at 80s. per 100. H. W. Chapman, 700 5ft. box palings, best quality, at 18s. per 100, delivered.

Lunatic Asylum, Supplies—Ross and Glendinning, blankets, per pair, 16s.; sheets, each, 16s.; scarlet rugs, 17s. 6d.; pillow cases, 1s. 8d.

Bridge over Kaitangata Creek—David Proudfoot, £529 8s.

Road, Tuapeka to Dunstan—Formation of about 6½ miles of Road, David Proudfoot, £2304.

Road to Kaikorai Quarry, construction—Barnes and Sigley, £864.

Road at Waitahuna—James M’Kenzie, £2649 13s. 3d.

Road, Dunedin to Waikouaiti, 3 Miles, 8 Chains, 42 Links, Robert Muir, £3199 16s. 4d.

Escort Service between Dunedin (Treasury) and Police Station, at St. John’s, per month, Cole, Hoyt and Co., £800.

School-house, Waihola, repairs and fencing—Robert Bell, £99.

Gaol Cesspools—Cleansing six, for 9 months, £120.

Police Stations—Carriage of 300 bushels of Oats, and 3 tons Chaff to Dunstan, J. Bainbridge and Co., £19 19s. per ton.

Gaol Rations from 30th June to 31st December, 1863—A. Mercer, Ration No. 3, males, 1s. 3½d.; No. 3, female, 9½d.; No. 4, male, 9½d.; No. 4, female, 9d.; No. 5, 2¼d.; No. 6, 9¼d.; No. 7, 7¼d.

Medical Comforts—Tea, per lb. 8s.; sugar, per lb. 6d. to 7d.; arrowroot, per lb. 2s.; port wine, per bottle, 8s. 6d.; porter, 1s. 3d.; brandy, 5s. 6d.; rice, per lb. 4½d.; milk, per quart, 9d.

By order,
JOHN LOAN,
Clerk to Superintendent.

Superintendent’s Office,
Dunedin, 22nd June, 1863.