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Colonial Secretary\'s Office,
Auckland, September 22nd, 1857.

THE following Ordinance passed by the
Superintendent and Provincial Council
of New Plymouth, Session 5, intituled
" The Slaughter House Ordinance, 1857,"
having been laid before the Governor, in
conformity with the provisions of the Con-
stitution Act, His Excellency has been
pleased to leave the same to its operation.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Superintendent\'s Office,
New Plymouth, 25th November, 1857.

IT is notified for general information that
a Writ for the election of a Member of
the Provincial Council for the Grey and
Bell district, in the room of Henry Robert
Richmond resigned, having been issued in
accordance with the provisions of an Act to
grant a Representative Constitution to the
Colony of New Zealand, the Returning
Officer for the said district, has returned
the said Writ, with a certificate to the effect
that Robert Maxwell Sunley, of Bell dis-
trict, settler, has been duly elected to serve
as member of the Provincial Council for
the Grey and Bell district.

G. CUTFIELD,
Superintendent.

TENDERS FOR PRINTING.

Provincial Secretary\'s Office,
New Plymouth, 25th November, 1857.

TENDERS will be received at this office
until noon on Saturday the 12th day
of December next for the execution of the
Printing for the Provincial Government for
the period of twelve months commencing
on the 1st January 1858. The Tenders
are to be sealed, and endorsed " Tender for
Printing," and shall state the Rates for the
following work :—

Plain, Tabular, and Table :—

GAZETTE—
Composition & sheet, 4 pages long primer
Do do brevier
Do do small pica
Do do bourgeois
Press work, per token, per sheet
Do do per half sheet
BILLS AND ACTS (including brevier side
notes), foolscap—
Composition per sheet, 4 pages pica
Do do long primer
Do do small pica
Do do bourgeois
Do do brevier
Press work, per token, per sheet
Do do per half sheet
BILLS AND ACTS (including brevier side
notes), octavo—

Composition per sheet of 16 pages pica
Do do small pica
Do do long primer
Do do bourgeois
Do do brevier
Press work, per token, per sheet
Do do per half sheet

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS, NOTICE PAPERS,
&c., for Provincial Council, fools-
cap—
Composition per sheet, 4 pages pica
Do do small pica
Do do long primer
Do do bourgeois
Do do brevier
Press work, per token, per sheet
Do do per half sheet

BLANK FORMS AND OTHER JOBS—
Composition per 1000 ems (tabular and
table to be cast off in the same type
in which the head is set)
Press work, per token
Alterations and corrections, at per hour.
I. N. WATT,
Provincial Secretary.

TENDERS FOR FIREWOOD.

Provincial Secretary\'s Office,
New Plymouth, 25th November, 1857.

TENDERS will be received at this office
until noon on Saturday the 12th of
December next for supplying the under-
mentioned Firewood for the use of the Go-
vernment Offices—

15 loads split Tawa, 8 feet lengths
15 " " Kohekohe, 8 feet lengths
(the load being considered to contain 71
cubic feet)

The above must be delivered as required
before 31st March.

Tenders to be sealed, and endorsed
" Tender for Firewood."

I. N. WATT,
Provincial Secretary.

TENDERS FOR RATIONS.

Provincial Secretary\'s Office,
New Plymouth, 25th November, 1857.

TENDERS will be received at this office
until noon on Saturday the 12th day
of December next, for supplying the under-
mentioned Rations as they may be required
at the Gaol, New Plymouth, for twelve
months commencing on the 1st of January
1858.

Ration No. 1 at & ration
" 2 " "
" 3 " "

Particulars may be obtained at this office.
Tenders to be sealed and endorsed " Ten-
der for Rations."

I. N. WATT,
Provincial Secretary.