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New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 748, 15 June 1853, Page 4

tfcfocrnment ©^«te, Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, June 9, 1853. ENDERS will be received at this Office, - until noon, on Tuesday, the 28th instant, for furnishing the Colonial Government with the undermentioned Supplies, in such quantities as may be required, during the six months commencing on the Ist of July next, upon the conditions hereinafter mentioned. IRONMONGERY. Axes, carpenters', each ; ditto, pick, each ; brads, flooring, per ib.; hammer, stone, steeled, each; hooks, fern, each; hinges, butt, 3 in. and 4 in., 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 11).; ditto, copper sheathing, per )b.; 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 (black) 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 \ Pork \ Fine Bread i Potatoes I Tea and Sugar I Oatmeal Arrowroot / at per lb. Sago 1 Rice | Salt 1 Soip Mixed Vegetables / Dip Candles ' Brandy, Port Wine, and ) at per two Porter J gallons. Milk and Vinegar, at per quart Oil, at per gallon Straw, at per ton of 2,240 lbs. RATIONS FOR GAOL AND LOCK-UP, AND FOR DESTITUTE PERSONS, Gaol—Auckland. Ration No. I, 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; hames, per pair; head-stalls, each ; saddles, cart, each; tar,per 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 a"d note, ditto. India rubber, per lb. Inkstands, pewter, sizes, each. Matches, per doz. boxes. Paper, note, at per ream. Pencils, drawing, at per doz. Pins, at per ounce. Ribbon, green silk, at per roll of 12 yards. Rulers, ebony, at per inch. Sperm Candles, at per lb. Wafers, at per lb. Wafer Stamps, each. TIMBER. Kauri—Boards, at per 100 feet; scantling, 4 in., by 3 in., per 100 feet; ditto, G in., by 3 in., per 100 feet; paling, broad, 5 feet, per 103; ditto, narrow, 5 feet, per 100 ; shingles ; per 1,000. Puriri Posts and Rails, 8 feet, at per 100. MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES. Blocks, single and double, per inch ; bricks, per 1,000; brooms, hair, each; brushes,scrubbing, each; buckets, water, each; bunting, red, white, yellow, blue, per yard ; canvas of sizes, per bolt ; cait, hand, each; copper sheathing, per lb.; glue, per lb.; lime, per bushel; oars, per foot; oil, black, linseed, and boiled, per gallon • pmit/black, green, yellow, blue, and white lead, per lb.; rope of sizes, per cwt.; tar, coal, per ga'lon ; twine, sail and shop, per lb.; wheel-barrows, each ; whiting per lb. Conditions. Samples of the various articles will have to he submitted for inspection. The Contractors will be required to deliver the different supplies from time to time, at such places and in such quantities as may be indicated by the Colonial Secretary. The Government dees not bind itself to accept the lowest, or any of the tend rs 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 " Tender for Supply of [ name of article \" In the event of a difference of opinion between the contractor and the officer receiving the supplies, as to the quality, tlie same is to be decided in cases where the article is not of a perishable nature, by a board of survey, composed of persons n..med by the Government, according to the practice of the service. If the Board shall decide that the article is not of a proper quality, it must hi immediately