Accepted Tenders for Stationery




ACCEPTED TENDERS, (Stationery), as under,

for the year 1865. Ferguson and Mitchell’s tender accepted.

Item Size/Description Unit Price s.d.
Almanacs, sheet each 2 0
Frames for do do 10 0
Blotters, black leather medium do 10 0
Do demy do 9 0
Do foolscap do 7 6
Blotting cases, demy, with flaps do 10 0
Boards and laces for “Government Gazette” do 5 0
Do for newspapers, with hinge and screws do 7 6
Bodkins, for ribbon, boxwood handle do 8 6
Books—Copy, school, large, set heads, 24 pages do 0 4½
Do post 4to, ruled, 20 pages do 0 3½
Copying, foolscap, 720 leaves, half-bound calf, paged and indexed do 14 6
Do demy do do 12 6
Do folio post do do 16 6
Drying paper, folio post do 2 0
Field, metallic, surveyors’ do 2 6
Judges, note, demy 4to, hand-made paper half-bound calf, cloth sides, with index
4 quires, each do 15 0
Do do full-bound, 4 quires do 18 0
Do do half-bound, cloth sides, 6 qrs do 18 0
Do do full-bound, 6 quires do 21 0
Index, royal one letter to leaf, paper covers each 4 6
Do medium do do 4 3
Do demy do do 4 0
Do foolscap do do 3 0
Log, plain do 1 6
Do, printed or faint with red margin line do 2 6
Ruled, faint, medium, 6 qrs, hf-bound do 27 0
Do do full-bound do 30 0
Do 5 quires, half-bound do 25 0
Do do full-bound do 29 0
Do 4 quires, half-bound do 23 0
Do do full-bound do 27 0
Do 3 quires, half-bound do 20 0
Do do full-bound do 25 0
Do 6 quires, half-bound do 20 0
Do do full-bound do 25 0
Do 5 quires, half-bound do 18 0
Do do full-bound do 23 0
Do 4 quires, half-bound do 16 0
Do do full-bound do 21 0
Do 3 quires, half-bound do 14 0
Do do full-bound do 19 0
Do 2 quires, half-bound do 12 0
Do do full-bound do 17 0
Do foolscap, 6 quires half-bound do 14 0
Do do full-bound do 16 0
Do 5 quires, half-bound do 12 0
Do do full-bound do 14 0
Do 4 quires, half-bound do 11 0
Do do full-bound do 13 0
Do 3 quires, half-bound do 10 0
Do do full-bound do 12 0
Do 2 quires, half-bound do 9 0
Do do full-bound do 11 6
Cash, demy 6 quires, half-bound do 21 0
Do 5 quires, half-bound do 18 0
Do 4 quires, half-bound do 16 0
Do 3 quires, half-bound do 14 0
Do 2 quires, half-bound do 12 0
Do 6 quires, full-bound do 25 0
Do 5 quires, full-bound do 23 0
Do 4 quires, full-bound do 21 0
Do 3 quires do 19 0
Do foolscap, 6 quires half-bound do 14 0
Do 5 quires do 12 0
Do 4 quires do 11 0
Do 3 quires do 10 0
Do 2 quires do 9 0
Ruled foolscape 5 quires, half-bound each 14 0
Do 4 do do 13 0
Do 3 do do 12 0
Do 2 do do 11 6
Post plain ruled 4 quires, half-bound do 13 0
Do 3 quires, half-bound do 11 6
Do 2 quires do 10 8
Do 4 quires, full-bound do 15 0
Do do do 13 0
Do 3 quires do 12 8
Bibles, School do 1 6
Memo., clasped, Walken’s do 0 8
Bowls—Wood, lignum vite and sponge do 1 9
Brushes—Damping, 2 to 3-inch do 1 6
Do 3 inches wide do 1 6
Card-board—Royal 5 sheets, per dozen do 4 9
Royal Bristol 4 sheets per 100 8 6
Cards—Jury, extra thirds do 0 9
Direction, large do 0 9
Do small do 0 6
Chalk—Black per lb. do 0 8
Red per cake do 3 6
Colors—Carmine per oz. 9 0
Challons brown do 1 6
Cobalt do 1 6
Crimson lake do 1 6
Emerald Green do 1 6
French Blue do 0 9
Gamboge do 0 9
Hooker’s Green do 2 6
Intense Blue do 2 3
Neutral Tint do 0 9
Indian Red do 0 6
Indigo do 0 9
Payne’s Grey do 0 9
Prussian Blue do 0 9
Purple Lake do 1 3
Red Lead do 0 6
Raw Sienna do 0 9
Burnt Sienna do 0 9
Smalt do 3 6
Ultramarine do 8 6
Umber, burnt do 0 9
Scarlet Lake do 1 3
Sepia do 0 9
Vandyke Brown do 0 9
Vermilion do 0 9
All other ordinary do 0 9
Color Saucers—4½ inches diameter per doz. do 3 0
Compasses—Mathematical, plain each do 2 3
Do with moveable leg do 3 6
Damping Boxes, mahogany, French polished with lid, brass handle, lined with zinc, foolscap each 17 9
Do post 4to do 15 0
Date Cases and Cards, complete 4½ inches wide do 6 6
Post and Delivery Racks do 5 0
Despatch Boxes, size 18 by 12 inches covered with morocco, Bramah locks, and lettered do 70 0
Directories—Melbourne, latest edition do 40 0
Drawing Boards—Antiquarian do 80 0
Elephant do 30 0
Imperial do 25 0
Drawing Curves—Eccentric by Street and Sons, in oak box per set 9 0
Envelopes—Demy 10½ by 4¼ inches, adhesive per 1000 21 0
Do do cloth lined per 100 6 0
Cartridge do 13½ by 7 inches do 4 0
Do 11 by 6 inches do 3 6
Do 14 by 5 inches do 4 6
Foolscap do 8½ by 3½ inches per 1000 17 0
Do do cloth lined per 100 5 6
Letter do per 1000 6 6
Do cream laid do 6 0
Note do do 4 6


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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF Otago Provincial Gazette 1864, No 333





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🏛️ Accepted Tenders for Stationery Items for 1865

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Tenders, Stationery, Government Supplies, Pricing, Almanacs, Blotters, Books, Brushes, Chalk, Colors, Compasses, Damping Boxes, Despatch Boxes, Drawing Boards, Envelopes
  • Ferguson and Mitchell , Successful tenderers for stationery