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New Zealander, Issue 502, 5 February 1851, Page 1

ANNUAL CONTRACTS.

Commissariat Office, Auckland, 14th January, 1851. TENDERS will be received at this Office, until noon of Friday, the 2 1st February next, from persons willing to contract for furnishing the undermentioned supplies, in such quantities, at such times, and a' 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 calender months commencing the Ist April next, under the conditions hereafter specified, viz.: — Fresh Meat 1 B rea <* Vat per ib. Mould Candles I r Dip Candles ) Firewood, at per 100 lbs. Common Oil, at per Imperial gallon, Cotton Wick, at per ib.

FOR HOSPITALS. Fresh Beef or Mutton. Fine"\ Bread, Flour, Anowroot,# Sago, Rice, Tea, Sugar, Oat- I afc meal, Salt, Yellow Soap, f fc Pearl Barley, Mixed Vege- 1 v tables, Lime Juice. 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, "j These Articles will, Raisins, Tobacco, Salt, | vith feW exceptions, o in- jxt .li be required for ships Soap, Mixed Vegetables, of wa^ and when £„ — each at per ft). • required, they are to Oatmeal, Split Peas, Whole 'be delivered (free of Peas— at per bushel of extra charge) in such CA ■ . * packages as are usu64 PintS " t , ,i «»y P rovid * d for the Vinegar— at y Impl. gall. J N ava i service.

CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT. 1. — All the Articles to be of the best quality of their several kinds. 2. — The Flour to be the produce of clean sound Wheat, from which 20 per cent in bran has been extracted. 3. — The Bread to be made from Flour of the same quality and fineness, as described in the preceding paragraph, and to be baked in the best manner, twenty-four hours before being issued, in loaves of 2 ft), each. 4. — The Fresh Meat, to consist of Beef and Mutton, to be delivered — if so required— in the proportion of 5 lbs. of Beef and 2 lbs. of Mutton weekly. Fore and hind quarters to be delivered alternately when the quantity permits. When Beef is issued 6 inches are to be cut off the hough and neck bones. 5 — The Firewood to be Tea Tree or other hard wood, split and cut into lengths of four feet. The contractor for supplying Firewood must have constantly on hand, at Auckland, in a place to be approved by the undersigned, a stock sufficient for fourteen days consumption, from which stock alone the issues are to be made. The stock to be at all times subject to the inspection of the Commissariat, and all wood that is 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 cubic feet being considered equivalent to a ton of 2240 lbs. 6. — The Candles are to be properly seasoned by being kept on hand by the contractor after manufacture, for a suitable period, and in the Tenders for this portion of the supplies it must be stated in what proportions Sperm Candles will be supplied in lieu of Mould Candles, in case the same should be demanded for officers. 7. —The Mixed Vegetables to be supplied in reasonable proportions of Greens, Onions, &c , &c 8. — 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, but when more than one article is included in a Tender it should be stated whether it will be optional with the undersigned, to make such selections as may be thought desirable, or whether it is imperative that the whole should either be accepted or rejected. 9. — The Tender for Bread must be accom-panied-by a sample of not less than 40 lbs. in weight of the description of Flour which it is proposed to employ. The sample to be re-