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TARANAKI GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL TENDERS.

THE following Tenders for Hospital Supplies for the year ending 30th June, 1874, are published for general information.

WM. M. CROMPTON,
Chairman Hospital Board.

Meat—W. M. Burton.

Meat, without bone ... 3½d. per lb.

Firewood—G. A. Skelton.

Tawa, 9s. per ton } of 72 cubic feet.
Rata, 9s. per ton }

Bread, &c.—D. Callaghan.

Bread, per lb. ... 2d.
Flour, per lb. ... 1½d.
Potatoes, per lb. ... ½d.
Vegetables, per lb. ... 2d.
Lard, per lb. ... 6d.
Butter, per lb. ... 9d.
Tea, per lb. ... 2s. 9d.
Sugar, crystal, per lb. ... 6d.
Coffee, ground, per lb. ... 1s. 2d.
Rice, per lb. ... 3½d.
Sago, per lb. ... 3d.
Arrowroot, per lb. ... 10d.
Barley, per lb. ... 4d.
Suet, per lb. ... 3d.
Oatmeal, per lb. ... 2d.
Mustard, per lb. ... 1s. 3d.
Pepper, per lb. ... 1s. 3d.
Milk, per quart ... 3d.
Eggs, per doz. ... 10d.
Vinegar, per quart ... 10d.
Soap, per lb. ... 4½d.
Wine, port, per bottle ... 3s. 6d.
Wine, sherry, per bottle ... 3s. 0d.
Porter or Ale, per bottle ... 1s. 0d.
Brandy, per bottle ... 4s. 6d.
Gin, per bottle ... 3s. 0d.
Ginger Beer, per half pint ... 1d.
Fowls, each ... 9d.

FOOTPATH TO BE PROCLAIMED.

Superintendent’s Office,
New Plymouth, 4th September, 1873.

IN exercise of the authority given by an Ordinance of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of Taranaki, intituled the “Municipal Police Ordinance, 1872,” I, WILLIAM MORGAN CROMPTON, Esquire, Deputy-Superintendent of the Province of Taranaki, do hereby give notice and declare that the undermentioned Foot path shall henceforth be deemed and taken to be a public Footpath within the meaning of an Ordinance of the Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand, and of the Legislative Council thereof, intituled “An Ordinance to provide for the protection of Footpaths in the Colony of New Zealand,” and shall be protected accordingly:—

THE EAST SIDE OF ELLIOT-STREET—
From Courtenay-street to Pendarves-street.

WM. M. CROMPTON,
Deputy-Superintendent.

The following Balance-sheet is published for general information.

WM. M. CROMPTON,
Deputy-Superintendent.

THE Commissioners of No. 22 (or Waitara West) Road District in account with the Ratepayers for 1872-3.

RECEIPTS.

£ s. d.
1872.
July 1.—Balance in hand ... 5 1 5

1873. June.—Cash from Provincial Treasurer (general rates) 19 17 0
      Cash from Provincial Treasurer (capitation allowance) 31 2 0

£56 0 5

EXPENDITURE.

£ s. d.
1873.
May.—Balance due to outgoing Commissioners, paid R. Rundle ... 5 1 5
Expenses on new roads, forming and making same ... 32 4 5
Expenses on the Devon Line of road, gravelling, &c. ... 17 9 4
Purchase of tools ... 0 15 0
Amount paid printing, &c. ... 0 10 3

£56 0 5

THOMAS HENRY HIRST, }
SAMUEL RUNDLE, }
Commissioners.

I hereby certify this is correct.

GEORGE TATE,
Auditor.

APPOINTMENT OF MILITIA OFFICER.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th September, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointment, viz.:—

IN THE NEW ZEALAND MILITIA.

Frederick Lewis Webster to be Captain.

Date of commission, 1st September, 1873.

DONALD McLEAN.

Printed under the authority of the Government of the Province of Taranaki, by CHARLES BROWN, of Devon-street, New Plymouth, Printer to the Provincial Government for the time being.