Government Contracts and Pricing




Shovels—American, with long handles (Day, Collins, or Hunt’s) … each 0 4 10
American, with short handles, D (Day, Collins, or Hunt’s) … do 0 5 0
Cinder … do 0 0 11
Square and round mouthed, side strapped (Lyndon or Foster’s) … do 0 3 10

Spades—No. 2, side strapped (Lyndon’s patent) … do 0 4 0
No. 3, American (Day, Collins, Hunt, or Chapin’s) … do 0 4 5
No. 3, side strapped (Lyndon’s patent) … do 0 4 0
No. 3, American (Day, Collins, Hunt, or Chapin’s) … do 0 4 5

Spoons—Britannia metal, table … per doz 0 4 0
Do tea … do 0 1 6
Gravy, iron, tinned, large … do 0 0 9
Table, iron, tinned … per doz 0 1 0
Wood … do 0 4 0

Springs—Oil, door, strong, long tail … each 0 1 4
Do, patent iron (Stanhope’s) … do 0 2 9
Do … do 0 4 0

Stoves—Cooking, American, complete, 5 in. … do 4 10 0
Do … do 6 inches … do 5 10 0
Do … do 7 inches … do 6 10 0
Do … do 8 inches … do 7 10 0
Do … do 9 inches … do 10 0 0
Register … per inch 0 1 3
Do ground fronts … do 0 2 4

Piping for, 2½ to 5 inch, 22 gauge … do 0 0 1½
Do 5½ to 7 inch, 20 gauge … do 0 0 2

Tubs—American, nest of eight … per nest 1 4 6
Do medium … each 0 3 0
Do largest, 3 hoops … do 0 8 0
Do do and galvanized, 14 to 18, with covers … do 0 12 0

Twine—Packing … per lb. 0 0 6
2 and 3 ply … do 0 1 5
Do, fine … do 0 1 6
White … do 0 1 7
Laid, all sizes … do 0 1 3

Wicks—Cotton, candle, Oxford … do 0 2 6
… per doz. 0 1 6
Kerosene, all widths … do 0 1 6

Window blind mountings, brass, with racks complete … per set 0 1 3

Wire—Brass, ½ to 20 gauge … per lb. 0 1 4
Do upwards … do 0 1 4

CONTRACT NO. 10.
Kerosene, Neatsfoot, and Colza Oils, for Departments not beyond the Toll-gate in or near Dunedin.
A. MERCER, Princes street.

Kerosene—Cozens’ … per gal. 0 3 0
Colza … do 0 6 0
Neatsfoot … do 0 10 0
Castor Oil … do 0 7 6

CONTRACT NO. 11.
Plumbers’ and Zinc Workers’ Materials.
A. & T. BURT, Princes street.

Lead Piping, ½ inch … per cwt. 1 10 0
Do 1 inch … do 1 10 0
Do 1½ inch … do 1 10 0
Do 2 inch … do 1 10 0
Do 2½ inch … do 1 10 0
Do 3 inch … do 1 10 0
Do other sizes … do 1 7 0

Lead—Sheet, any weight, per foot … do 1 7 0
Do, laid in flashings, gutters, and ridging, 8½ lb. per foot … do 1 13 0
Do … do 4 … do 1 13 0
Do … do 4½ … do 1 13 0
Do … do 5 … do 1 13 0
Do … do 6 … do 1 13 0

Cast Iron Spouting, ½ round 3½ inch to 5 inch per ft. 0 0 5½
Galvanized Iron Spouting, ½ round, 8½ inch to 5 inch … do 0 0 3½
Galvanized Iron, e.G., 3½ inch to 6 inch … do 0 0 4½

Brass Cocks, H.P., ½ inch … each 0 1 6
Do ¾ inch … do 0 4 0
Do 1 inch … do 0 5 0
Do 1¼ inch … do 0 5 6
Do 1½ inch … do 0 8 0
Do 1¼ inch, Stop … do 0 7 6
Do 1¼ inch … do 0 12 0
Do 1½ inch … do 0 14 0

Brass Cocks, H.P., ½ inch … each 0 2 6
Do ¾ inch … do 0 4 0
Do 1 inch … do 0 5 0
Do 1¼ inch … do 0 6 0
Do 1½ inch … do 0 7 0
Do 1 inch … do 0 8 0

Pump Lift, 2½ inch to 3 inch, Douglas’ patent … do 0 17 0
Do 3½ inch to 4 inch … do 0 18 0
Do 4½ inch to 5 inch … do 0 19 0

Fores, 2½ inch … do 3 18 0
Do 3 inch … do 4 15 0
Do 3 inch … do 5 15 0
Do 4 inch … do 6 10 0
Do 4½ inch … do 8 15 0
Do 5 inch … do 9 15 0

Tinman’s Solder … per lb. 0 1 6
Plumbers’ … do 0 1 3

Plumbers’ Wages … do 0 1 9
Zinc Workers’ Wages … per cwt. 1 16 0

Zinc Sheets, No. 8 to 11 ounces … per sq. ft. 0 0 5
Do 12 to 18 lb. a sheet … per sheet 0 0 7

Galvanized Ridging, from 12 to 18 inch … do 0 0 5½
Iron Down Pipes, from 1½ to 4 inches … do 0 0 5½

CONTRACT NO. 12.
Paints, Colors, and Glazings.
SCANLAN BROTHERS & CO., Princes street.

Driers—Patent … per lb. 0 0 4
Filling up—Patent … do 0 0 3½
Flake White … do 0 1 0

Glass—Panes, sheet glass, 16 ounces … per sq. ft. 0 0 3
Do 21 ounces … do 0 0 7
Do 26 ounces … do 0 0 9
Do crown … do 0 0 8

Glazing—In new frames with panes, sheet glass, 16 ounces … do 0 0 3½
Do 21 ounces … do 0 0 5
Do 26 ounces … do 0 0 10
Do crown … do 0 0 3½

In old frames, with panes, sheet glass, 16 ounces … do 0 0 7
Do 21 ounces … do 0 0 10
Do 26 ounces … do 0 0 11
Do crown … do 0 0 7

Gold Leaf … per box 0 1 7
Knotting—Patent … per pt. 0 1 9
Lamp Black—in papers … per lb. 0 0 5
Lead—Red, dry … per cwt. 1 13 0
White, do … do 1 12 0
White, in kegs or casks, ground, Champion’s, Cox’s, or Blundell’s Sponge and Co.’s genuine … per lb. 0 0 4

Letter—Writing or figures in oil paint, plain (Roman or Italic) 1 inch … per letter 0 0 ½
Do 2 inch … do 0 0 1
Do 3 inch … do 0 0 1
Do 4 inch … do 0 0 1
Do 5 inch … do 0 0 1½
Do 6 inch … do 0 0 1

Do Block letter (Egyptian) 1 inch … do 0 0 0½
Do 2 inch … do 0 0 1
Do 3 inch … do 0 0 1
Do 4 inch … do 0 0 1½
Do 5 inch … do 0 0 1½
Do 6 inch … do 0 0 1½

Lithrage—Powder … per lb. 0 0 3½
Ochre—Yellow, ground in oil … do 0 0 3½
Ochre—Red, Venetian … per gal. 0 5 3

Oil—Linseed … do 0 5 6
Do boiled … per lb. 0 0 6

Paint—Mixed, for use, black … per lb. 0 0 6
Do blue … do 0 0 6
Do chrome yellow … do 0 0 6
Do Dutch pink … do 0 0 6
Do Brunswick green … do 0 0 6
Do Navy blue … do 0 0 6
Do Prussian blue … do 0 0 6
Do umber, burnt Turkey … do 0 0 5
Do raw … do 0 0 4
Do ultramarine … do 0 0 5
Do white zinc … do 0 0 6
Do white lead … do 0 0 6
Do common colors, not enumerated … do 0 0 4½
Vegetable black … do 0 0 9
Vermillion, ground in oil … do 0 9 0

Painting—In oil with approved colors; on walls or ceilings, one coat … per sq. yd. 0 0 3½
2 coats … do 0 0 7
3 coats … do 0 0 10



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Otago Provincial Gazette 1869, No 588





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🏗️ Contract for Ironmongery Supplies (continued from previous page)

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Ironmongery, Contracts, Dunedin

🏗️ Contract for Kerosene, Neatsfoot, and Colza Oils

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Oil, Contracts, Dunedin
  • A. Mercer

🏗️ Contract for Plumbers’ and Zinc Workers’ Materials

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Plumbing, Zinc, Contracts, Dunedin
  • A. & T. Burt

🏗️ Contract for Paints, Colors, and Glazings

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Paints, Glazing, Contracts, Dunedin
  • Scanlan Brothers & Co.