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New Zealander, Volume 4, Issue 283, 14 February 1849, Page 4

AUCKLAND

ANNUAL CONTRACTS.

Commissariat Office, Auckland, 24th. January, 1849. nnENDERS will be received at this Office, 1 until noon of Thursday, the Ist day of March, for furnishing the undermentioned supplies, in such quantities, at such times, and at such places, within the limits of the Town of Auckland, as may be directed by the Undersigned, or by his successor in office, during the twelve calendar months commencing 1 st April, 1849, under the conditions hereafter specified, viz : — B R E A D, at per ft. Rum, (duty being paid by contractor,) at per gallon Firewood, at per 100 lbs. Mould Candles, at per Ib. Dip Candles, at per ft>. Common Oil, at per Imperial gallon Cotton Wick, at per ib. FOR, HOSPITALS. Fresh Beef or Mutton, Fine Bread,") Flour, Arrowroot, Sago, Rice, [ each Tea, Sugar, Oatmeal, Salt, \- at Yellow Soap, Pearl Barley, | perft>. Mixed Vegetables, Potatoes. J Porter, Port Wine, Brandy — each, at per bottle. Milk, Vinegar — each, at per pint. Eggs — at per dozen. Fowls — each GENERAL PURPOSES. Flour, Biscuit, Tea, Sugar, These articles will, Tobacco, Salt, Soap, with few exceptions. Mixed Vegetables-each at per ft). . required, they arc to Oatmeal, Peas —at per | be delivered (free of bushel. extra charge) in such Vinegar— at per Imperial , pack»gM asare u, u . f, al 'y provided for the gallon. J Naval Bervicc#

CONDITIONS.

1 . All the articles to be of the best quality of their several kinds. 2. The Flour to be the produce of clean sound Colonial Wheat, from which 20 per cent in Bran has been extracted. 3. The Bread to be made from Flour of the same quality as described in the preceding paragraph, and to be baked 24 hours before being issued, in loaves of 2flbs. each. 4. The Rum to be West India> and 5 per cent under proof. 5. The Firewood to be exclusively of Tea Tree, or other hard wood, split, and cut into lengths of four feet. 6. The Mixed Vegetables to be supplie&_in reasonable proportions of Greeks, Onions, &c. MODE OF DELIVERY. 7. The supplies required will not be taken into the charge of the Commissariat but are to be delivered by the Contractor direct to the person or persons entitled thereto, on the order of the Senior Commissariat Officer, or of any person to be deputed by him for that purpose.

GENERAL CONDITIONS.

8. Each Tender must be accompanied by a statement, signed by two competent persons, and expressing their readiness, in the event of the Tender being accepted, to become sureties for its due performance by entering into a Bond, the penalty of which will be equal to the estimated amount of three months supplies. 9. The Contractor for Firewood must have constantly on hand at Auckland a stock sufficient for fourteen days' consumption, from which alone the issues are to be made. The Stock to be at all times subject to the inspection of the Commissariat, and all wood ob ■ jected to at such inspection as not being of a proper description must be immediately removed. The wood, although paid for by weight, according to the Tender, must be delivered by measurement, and stacked for that purpose by the Contractor on delivery — 71 cubic feet being considered as equivalent to 2240 lbs. 10. The articles required for hospitals must be comprised in one Tender, and the same rule applies to those required for ships of war. The other articles may be tendered together or separately. 11. The Contractor to prepare his own account monthly, according to the prescribed form, and on producing the same, with the requisite vouchers, in a complete state, at this office, he will receive payment by means of a Bill upon the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury at par, when the amount due exceeds £50 ; when under that amount, payment will be made in cash. 12. It shall be in the power of either party to limit the duration of the Contract by giving in writing a Notice of three calendar months to the opposite party, and to end the Contract at the expiration of that period. Such Notice to be given only from the first day of a month and within the period for which the Contract is made, or agreed to be made. 13. When supplies are objected to by the persons to whom they are tendered, they are to be submitted to a Board of Survey, according