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New Zealander, Volume 5, Issue 403, 23 February 1850, Page 4

AUCKLAND ANNUAL CONTRACTS. Commißsaiiat Office, Auckland, 18th January, 1850. TENDERS will be received at this Office, until noon of Friday, the ls>t day of March next, for furnishing the undermentioned supplies, in such quantities, at such times, and at such places, within the limits of the Town of Auckland, as maybe directed by the Undersigned, or by his successor in office, during the twelve calendar months commencing Ist April, 1850, under the conditions hereafter specified, viz : — BREAD, at per Ib, Firewood, at per 100 lbs. Mould Candles, at per Ib. Dip Candles, at per ib. Common Oil, at per Imperial gallon Cotton Wick, at per ib. FOR HOSPITALS. Fiesh Beef or Mutton, Fine Bread") Flour, Arrowroot, Sago, Rice, | eaah Tea, Sugar, Oatmeal, Salt, > at Yellow Soap, Pearl Barley, per Ib. Mixed Vegetables, Potatoes, j Porter, Port Wine, Jjiandy — each, at per bottle. Milk, Vinegar — each, at per pint. Eggs — at per dozen. Fowls — each. GENERAL PURPOSES. Flour, Piscuit, Tea, Sugar, "\ These articles will, Tobacco, Salt, Soap • C&ZZttfc Mixed Vegetables— each of WWj and when s0 at per ft. i required, they are to Oatmeal, Peas —at per ' '»c delivered (free of b us h e l extra charge) in such __. ' _ . , packages as are usuVinegar—at per Imperial ally prO vided for the gallon. J Naval service.

CONDITIONS. f 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 21bs. each. 4. — The Firewood to be exclusively of Tea Tree, or other hard wood, split, and cut into lengths of 4 feet. 5. — The Mixed Vegetables to be supplied in reasonable proportions of Greens, Onions, &c. Mode of Delivery. 6. — The supplies required shall 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. 7. — Each Tender must be accompanied by a statement, signed by 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. 8. — 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 objected to at such inspection, 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 r-übic feet being considered equivalent to 2240 lbs. 9. — 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. 10. — 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 leccive payment by means of a Bill upon the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, at par, n hen the amount due exceeds £50, — when under that amount payment will be made in cash. 1 1 . — 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 ♦o the opposite party, and to end »he contract at the expiration of that period. Such notice to be given only from the first day ot a month, and within the peiiod for which the contract is made, or agreed to be made. 12. — When supplies are objected to by the person to whom they are tendeied, they are to be submitted to a Board of Survey, according to the custom of the service, (Naval or Militaty, as the case may be), and if rejected by the Board, other supplies of a more satisfactory na ture are to be immediately substituted, or else ■ the Commissariat Department will cause pur- ! chases to be made, and charge the expense against the Contractor. I 13. — Contractors must be prepared to supply j whatever may be demanded by the Commissariat, without reference to the lervice for