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New Zealander, Volume 8, Issue 664, 25 August 1852, Page 1

Commissariat, Auckland, iOth August, iSm. HTHE Contractors for furnishing the folJ- lowing supplies for the Auckland District, viz. : — Supplies for General Purposes " for Hospitals Common Oil and Cotton Wick, having given the required notice for ending their contracts on the 31st instant, Tenders for such supplies from the -Ist September, 1852, to the 51st March, -1853, will be received at this Office until noon of Wednes-

day, the 25th instant. The Conditions of Contract will be the same as those stated in the Commissariat advertisement for Annual Contracts, dated 20th January, 1852, and published at Auckland in the "New-Zealander" newspaper, Philip Turner, Assistant Commissary General.

EX lOi-FOR SALE.

300 BOXES MOULD CANDLES ** vv 20 Kegs 6 in. Spikes

1 Case Sheet Copper 1 Cask White Clover Seed 1 Bale Gunny Bags 20 Casks Bottled Beer 400 Iron Pots 39 Casks Prime Mess Beef 28 Bales Oakum 30 Kegs Negrohead Tobacco, Dunlop's. W. S. Grahame.

ON SALE, EX DANIEL WEBSTER, MOULD CANDLES -L-»- Pampanga Sugar Java Coffee. J. Woodhouse.' Queen-street, Aug. 20, 1852.

AUCKLAND MECHANICS' INSTITUTE.

rpHE Committee of Management of this J- Institution inform the Members that, in compliance with a general request, they have caused a Supplementary Catalogue of the Books lately added to the Library of the Institution to be printed, and attached to the formerly printed Laws and Catalogue; and that they have directed a copy thereof to be furnished gratis to every Member of the Institution. Any Member who may not have had his copy delivered to him by the Collector may obtain one on application to the Honorary Secretary, or to the Librarian at the Library. The Committee desire to avail themselves of this opportunity to invite general attention to this Institution. They would point out that by the kindness of several gentlemen they are enabled to offer occasional Lectures to the Members; that they are anxious to foster any class which it may be considered desirable to form in connexion with the Institution ; and that the Library, open on two evenings in each week, now contains a really good and pretty numerous collection of useful and entertaining works. A, W. Hansard, Hon. Secretary.

NOTICE.

TL. LUNDERGAN respectfully requests • that all parties indebted to him, will settle their accounts on or before the first

day of September next. The receipt of the Collector (Mr. A. G, Betts) will be sufficient, he being authorized by me. Auckland, August 14, 1852.

JUST PUBLISPIED, At the " New-Zealander" Office;,

AUCKLAND AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD, In Five Chapters—demy Bw,

Contents :

I.—-Governob Hobson's description of the position of Auckland, and his reasons for selecting it as the site for the Capital of New ZealandNature of the country, and character of the soil— The position of its two Harbours— The extent of its water communication with the Interior— Govehnor Grey's description of the available character of the Land in the Neighbourhood—Resemblance to the Site of Corintb — Reasons for which it was determined by the British Government that Auckland should be the Seat of the Government of the Colony. II. — The Town of Auckland — the Harbour — the Suburbs — New Zealand Scenery — the Isthmus, &c. HI. — The Climate; its salubrity — Superiority over Climates — Comparison with the Climate and Weather of England — Season for Fruits and Flowers — Temperature, &c, of the various Months. IV. — Auckland : Social and Domestic. V. — Night and Morning — the Past and Present of New Zealand.

To which is appended the latest Census and Agricultural Returns of the Province of New Ulster.

Price, I*. 6d.~ 0n Sale by J. Wii<x.iAMBoir, Bookseller, &c.

PRINTED FORMS.

On Sale,

(CUSTOM HOUSE FORMS of every dcscription, Ships Articles, and Bills of ladinc* ,' Promissory Note and Bank Cheque Books, Bills op Exchange, and APPRENTICES INDENTURES. J. Williamson, Stationer.