Page 1 Advertisements Column 2

New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 769, 27 August 1853, Page 1

Commissariat, Auckland, 251h August, 1855. TENDERS will I>o received at tins Office, until noon of Monday, tfie 291h instant, from persons willing to contract to supply If. M. 58lh Regiment at Auckland, from the Ist proximo, with Tea, Sugar, Coffee Milk, Pepper, Salt Potatoes, Green Vegetables Flour and Barley The quantities likely to be required may bo ascertained from the Quarter-master of the 58lh Regiment. The supplies will have to be delivered at the Albert' Barracks daily, at the same hours us the rations of Bread and Meat. Each Tender must comprise the whole of the above mentioned articles; lenders for portions thereof not being eligible for acceptance. The quality of the Supplies to be of the best description and to be subject to the approval of a Board of Officers appointed by the Officer in command of the Regiment. The Contract to last for three months, commencing on the Ist proximo, unless previously terminated by a month's notice, given for that purpose in writing by either party. The person taking the contract must be prepared to give ample security for its proper fulfilment. Payment for the supplies furnished will be made weekly by the 58th Regiment. Chas. Biudgen, Assistant Commissary-General. Commissariat, New Zealand, Auckland, 10th August, 1855. r rilE Contractor for Firewood having * given the stipulated notice to discontinue his contract from Ist November next, Tenders (in duplicate) will be received at this office until Monday, the 29th instant, at 12 o’clock, for the supply of Firewood from that date until the 51st of March, 1854. The conditions of Contract will be the same as those published in the New Zealander newspaper, inviting Tenders for the Annual Contracts for the Current Year. Chas. Bridgen, Assistant Commissary-General.

THE ART UNION OF GLASGOW. INSTITUTED 1841. Patron — ll is Royal Highness the Prince Albert. Preside nt— His Grace the Duke of Hamilton. HP HE object of the ART UNION OF A GLASGOW is to aid in extending a knowledge of the Fine Arts, by the purchase and dissemination amongst the Members of Meritorious Works. A subscription of One Guinea constitutes membership for one year. The whole subscriptions, after deducting the necessary expenses, arc devoted to the purchase of Pictures, Drawings, Sculptures, Engravings, and other Works of Art. Each member for Lite year 1852-3, ended June, for every Guinea subscribed, was entitled to the following privileges: I. To a Copy of a very beautiful Engraving on Steel, of The Keeper's Daughter, after the Painting by Richard Ansdel, Esq., and W. P. Frith, Esq., A.R.A. Engraved by 11. T. Ryall, Esq. Size by 16 inches. 11. —To the chance of obtaining one of 100 Parian Statuettes and Groups, with shades and stands. 111. —To the chance of obtaining one of two hundred India Paper Proofs, in folio, of Ten Etchings on Steel, by W. R, Scott, Esq., after Paintings by bis late distinguished brother, David Scott, Esq., R.S.A., with a Memoir of his Life, engraved and written expressly for the Art Union of Glasgow. IV. —To the chance of obtaining a Painting or other Work of Art, at the Annual General Meeting. Subscribers of more than one guinea, in place of taking more than one copy of the Engraving for the year, have the choice of selecting, for each additional guinea, one of the following Engravings, being prints already issued by the Society:—viz., The Hermit, Italian Shepherds, Prince Charles Edward, Harvest, Mag Morning, Whittington, 11 agar and Ishrnacl, and Heather Belles, or, in lieu thereof, taking a Proof Impression for the year. Subscriptions for the year 1853-4 will be received at Auckland, by the Honorary Secretary; and each Subscriber will be entitled to the Engraving for the year 1852-3 (The Keeper's Daughter) and to the chaiice of a Prize, equal at least to those of the past year, at the Drawing to lake place at the General Meeting in June next. The Engravings of The Keeper's Daughter and Heather Belles are on view at the shop of J. Williamson, Hon. Secretary for Auckland. Progress of the Society for the last five years. N OTICE. S’F a person named “ Poole” or “ Pool,” i formerly belonging to the neighbourhood of Canterbury, County Kent, now supposed to be residing either in the Auckland or Wellington district, will apply at the New Zealander office, or to the Rev. John Hobbs, of Hokianga, he will hear of something to his advantage.