The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest, or any of the tendeis sent in. Payment for any of the above supplies will
be made at the end of each month. Tenders to be in duplicate, sealed, and endorsed "Tenders for Supply off Ironmongery" or as the case may be.] In the event of a diffeience of opinion between the contractor and the officer receiving the supplies, as to the quality, the same is to be decided, in cases where the article is not of a perishable nature, by a board of survey, composed of persons named by the Government, according to the practice of the service. If the Boaid shall decide that the article is not of a proper quality, it must be immediately leplaced by the contractor; failing which, it will be procured by the department requiring
it, and the expense charged to the contractor. In cases where the article is of a perishable nature, or in which, from some other cause, injury would be sustained by waiting for a board of survey, the head of the department or officer in charge for whom the supplies are lobe received, shall have power to reject any article of quality inferior to the appioved sample, and to purchase others at the exp'-nse of the con-
tractor. The tenders (forms of which may be obtained of the Deputy Surveyor-General) to contain the names of the tenderers jand their places of residence at length, and to be signed by two respectable sureties, engaging to become bound in a penalty of £100 for the fulfilment of the contract, if the tender be accepted.
IRONMONGERY.
Axes, carpenters', each; ditto, pick, each; brads, flooring, per lb. ; hammers, stone, steeled, each ; hooks, fern, each ; hinges, butt, 3 in. and 4in., per pair ; ditto, rising butt, per pair ; ditto T, per pair ; locks, mortice, each ; ditto, rim, each ; ditto, pad, each ; nails, spike, per lb. ; ditto, weather-board, per lb. ; ditto, shingle, per lb. ; ditto, paling, per lb. ; ditto, copper sheathing, per lb. ; rakes (large, for roads), each ; shovels, each ; spades, each ; screws, of sizes, per 100.
PROVISIONS. Biscuit and flour, at per 100 lbs. Fresh Pork ' at per lb. Salt Pork at per lb. Salt Beef at per lb. Suet at per lb. Sugar at per lb. Tea at per lb. Raisins at per lb. Potatoes, at per lb. Rice at per lb. Coffee at per lb. Pease at per bushel.
Vinegar at per gallon. Oil, at per gallon. Cotton Wick at per lb.
PROVISIONS FOR HOSPITAL.
The articles to be delivered at the Hospital, at the expense of the contractor, and to be subject to the approval of the Colonial Surgeon as to quality. Fresh Beef or Mutton v Pork Fine Bread Potatoes Tea and Sugar Oatmeal Arrowroot at per lb. Sago Rice Salt Soap Mixed Vegetables Dip Candles Brandy, Port Wine, and 1 at per two Porter. J gallons. Milk and Vinegar, at per quart. Oil, at per gallon. Straw, at per ton of 2240 lbs.
RATIONS FOR GAOL AND LOCK-UP, AND FOR DESTITUTE PERSONS.
Gaol — Auckland. Ration No. 1, at per Ration. " No. 2, " No. 3, Police Lock-up — Auckland. At per Ration. Rations for Destitute Persons, at per Ration. Information respecting the established Rations may be obtained at this office.
SADDLERY, &c.
Breechings, each ; brushes,' water, each ; ditto, body, each ; collars, horse, each ; combs, curry, each ; ditto, mane, each; grease, cart, per lb ; harness, shaft, per set; ditto, leading, per set ; names, per pair ; head-stalls, each ; saddles, cast, each •, lav, \)er gallon.
STATIONERY. Books, demy, ft -lined, hf.-bd. at per quire. Ditto ditto ditto whole-bd., ditto. Ditto foolscap, ditto hf.-bd., ditto. Ditto ditto ditto whole-bd., ditto. Envelopes, foolscap, per 100. Ditto letter and note, ditto. Inkstands, pewter, sizes, each. Matches, per doz. boxes. Rulers, ebony, at per inch. Sperm Candles, at ft). Wafer Stamps, each.
TIMBER.
Kauri —Boards at per 100 feet ; scantling, 4 in ,by 3 in., per 100 feet ; ditto, 6 in., by 3 in., per 100 feet 5 paling, broad, 5 feet, per 1 00 ; ditto, narrow, 5 feet, per 100. Puriri Posts and Rails, 8 feet, at per 100.
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES.
Blocks, single and double, per inch ; bricks, per 1000 ; brooms, hair, each ; brushes, scrubbing, each ; buckets, water, each ; bunting, red, white, yellow, blue, per yard ; canvas of sizes, per bolt ; carts, hand, each ; copper sheathing, per lb. ; glue, per lb. ; lime, per bushel ; oars, per foot ; oil, black, linseed, and boiled, per gallon ; paint, black, green, yellow, blue, and white lead, per ft). ; rope of sizes, per cwt. ; tar, coal, per gallon •, twine, sail, per ft). ; wheel- barrows, each ; whiting, per ft). By His Excellency's command, Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary.
SMITHS 1 WORK. PAINTERS' PLUMBERS' AND GLAZIERS' WORK.
Colqnial Secretary's Office, Auckland, 10th June, 1852. fIHENDERS will be received at this office J- until noon on Wednesday, the 23rd in-
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New Zealander, Volume 8, Issue 643, 12 June 1852, Page 4
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