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New Zealander, Volume 8, Issue 607, 7 February 1852, Page 1

ANNUAL CONTRACTS, Commissariat Office, Auckland, 20th January, 1852. rpENDEUS will be received at this Office, X until noon of Friday, the 20th February next, from persons willing to contract 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 the Ist April next, under the conditions hereafter specified, viz. : — Fresh Meat ") Bread C t r \u Mould Candles ( at per iD> Dip Candles ) Firewood, at per lOOlbs. Common Oil, at per Imperial gallon. Cotton Wick, at per lb. FOR HOSPITALS. Fresh Beef or Mutton, Fine^ Bread, Flour, Arrowroot,/ eac^ Sago, Rice, Tea, Sugar, Oat- ( at meal, Salt, Yellow Soap,( lh Potatoes, Pearl Barley, Mixed \ IJer ' Vegetables, 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, There Articles Raisins. Tobacco, Salt, exce ' tio be re . Soap, Mixed Vegetables, quired for shi[)B Pepper, Mustard — at per of war, and when lb.,each. they we so re- ! Oatmeal, Split Peas Whole Jgr^g Peas— at per bushel of 64 (free o f extra pints, each. charge) in such Rum, West India, 5 percent, packages as are under proof and Vinegar j-£fe£3*J — at per gallon each. J vice# GENERAL CONDITIONS. 1. — All the Articles to be of the lest marketable quality of their several kinds. 2.—The Flour to be the produce of clean sound Wheat, from which 20 per cent, in Bran h.as been extracted. 3, — The Bread shall also be the produce of clean sound Wheat, and shall be baked 24 ; hours before being issued in loaves of 2lb. each. A strict observance of this condition will invariably be enforced. j 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 i permits. When Beef is issued 6 inches are to be cut off the hough and neck bones, i s.—The. —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 ; 7 1 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 i "be stated in what proportions Sperm Candles i will be supplied in lieu of Mould Candles, in case the same should be demanded for officers. ,7.— The Mixed Vegetables are 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 at tides 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 j 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. — Each Tender must be accompanied by a statement, signed by two competent persons, and expressing their readiness, in the event of i the Tender being accepted, to become sureties for its due performance by entering into a Bond, the penalty of which will be equal to theiestimated amount of three months supplies. 10. — 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 expiiation 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. 11. — No Transfer of a Contract will be permitted without the previous consent of the undersigned, or his successor in office. 12, — When supplies are objected to by the person to whom they are tendered, they are to be submitted to a Board of Survey, according to the custom of the service, (Naval or Military, as the case may be), and if rejected by the Board, other supplies of a more satisfactory nature are to be immediately substituted, or else the Commissariat Department will cause purchases to be made, and charge the expense against the Contractor.