✨ Tools and Stationery Tenders




TOOLS FOR ROAD PARTIES.

Adzes ........................................ each.

  • 1 inch
  • 1 1/4 inch
  • 1 1/2 inch
  • and 2 inch

Augers ........................................

Axes

  • American ................................
  • English Wedge ...........................

Billhooks, dob. & single edge ................

  • Hoe, cast steel do. do.

Blocks ................................ per inch.

Blasting Tools

  • Crow Bars
  • Jumpers
  • Rammers
  • Spoons and Needles (Wedges) .................. per lb.

Coals

  • English ................................ per cwt.
  • Sydney .................................

Chains (Timber) ...................... per lb.

  • 6 inch
  • 8 inch

Drawing Knives ................................ each

  • 10 inch and 12 inch

Files (Hand, Cross Cut and) ................. per dozen

Grindstones

  • { English }
  • { Sydney } ...................... per in.

Hammers (sledge) faced with steel per lb.

  • Stone: 2 1/2, 3 1/2, 4 1/2 lbs. ........... each

Lines, 1/4 inch 100 feet long ............. each

Mattooks .......................... well steeled per dozen

Pickaxes

  • Steel
  • American cast steel ................ per dozen

Rakes, 15 inches wide ..................... each

Rope, English ................................ per cwt.

  • 3 inch
  • 3 1/2 inch and 4 inch

Shovels

  • Colonial: do do
  • Round, No. 0, 1, 2, 3
  • American Cast Steel No. 0, 1, 2, per dozen
  • Square No. 1, 2, 3

Spades .................... Foster’s ribbed No. 3, 4, Common 3 and 4 .......... each

Saws (Hand), Saw, Cross Cut and Pit .......... per foot

Spokeshaves Plated, 2 1/2, 3, 3 1/2 & 4 inch ......... each

Wheelbarrows .................................

  • Hand-saw
  • Cross-cut
  • Pit-saw .....................................

Miscellaneous

  • Iron Rings
  • Eye Screws
  • Bolts
  • Straps ..................................... per lb
  • Dogs
  • Cant Hooks
  • Wrought Iron
  • Steel

The above articles to be delivered at Wellington, and to be of the best quality.

STATIONERY

Books, ruled, demy, whole bound ........... at per quire

  • half bound, ruled folio
  • half bound, marble cover
  • ruled quarto, half bound

Envelopes, foolscap ........................... per 100

  • other sizes, assorted do.

Ink, black .....................................

  • red

Inkstands, pewter ................................. each

  • Large Office
  • Small

Lucifer matches .......................... per dozen boxes

Paper, foolscap (weight to be given) ........ per ream

Post

  • Note
  • Cartridge
  • Blotting, Brown .............................

Knives ..................................... each

Parchment .............................. per skin

Pencils ...................................... per dozen

  • Pens, steel, magnum bonum ............. per 100
  • Pens, quill .............................
  • Penknives .....................................

Pins ...................................... per lb

Quills ...................................... per 100

Ribbon, green or silk cord; at per 12 yards

Rulers .........................................

Sealing Wax .............................. per lb

  • Tape, red, broad
  • narrow ................... per dozen pieces

Twine .......................................

Wafers ....................................... each

Water Stamps .................................

Further particulars with reference to either of the above-mentioned services may be obtained on application at this office.

Each Service should be tendered for separately, and the tender should be endorsed accordingly.

The Government of the Contracts will be at liberty to terminate any of the before-mentioned Contracts, by giving three months' notice of their desire to do so.

(By His Honor's command,)

WILLIAM FITZHERBERT,
Provincial Secretary.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Wellington Provincial Gazette 1857, No 11





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πŸ—οΈ Tools for Road Parties

πŸ—οΈ Infrastructure & Public Works
Tools, Road, Construction, Tenders
  • WILLIAM FITZHERBERT, Provincial Secretary

πŸ›οΈ Stationery Supplies

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
Stationery, Supplies, Tenders
  • WILLIAM FITZHERBERT, Provincial Secretary