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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume X, Issue 977, 13 December 1854, Page 2

Annual Contracts.

Provincial Secretarv v s Office, Wellington, Bth December, 1854. SEALED TENDERS will be received at this Office on or before Wednesday, the 27th day of December next, from persons desirous of executing, by contract, any of the undermentioned services for the Provincial Government, during the year 1855 : — ■ Rations. Prisoners' Rations, No. 1 at per ration

,» a No. 2 „ „ „ „ No. 3 „ ,» Lunatics' Rations, Half Diet at per ration Full Diet „

Paupkr Rations, at per ration Hospital Rations, Full Diet, at per ration

„ „ Half Diet, „ » „ „ Low do., t> >i „ j, Spoon do., «i a „ „ Milk do., i« >• A copy of the established Scale of Rations may be seen at the Sheriff's Office, or Hospital,

as the case may be. Hospital Stores, Provisions, & Medical Comforts. Beef, Mutton, Flour, Arrowroot,") Sago, Rice, Tea, Sugar, Oat- j meal, Salt, Yellow Soap, Pearl J Barley, Mixed Vegetables, )v@perlb Potatoes, Loaf Sugar, Treacle, J Bread, Honey, Mustard, Bright j Sugar, and Lard. J Esfgs @ per dozen Milk „ pint Port "Wine „ dozen Sherry „ dozen Porter „ „ Brandy „ gallon Rum „ „ Vinegar „ „ Fowls each Lamp Oil per gallon Linseed Oil „ „ Olive Oil „ pint Spirits of Wine „ gallon Turpentine „ „ The whole of which articles are to be subject to the approval of the Hospital Surgeon. Clothing, &c, Red Serge, and Calico Shirts .... at per dozen Duck Trowsers „ pair Shoes, nailed and strong , pair Wollen Caps „ dozen Mattresses „ each Blankets, 9-4 , pair The above to be supplied to and delivered at I the Wellington Gaol. Large Blankets at per pair Single Bed Ticks „ pair Pillows „ pair Sheeting , piece Coarse Towelling „ piece Diaper do „ piece Calico for bandages „ piece Calico Shirts „ dozen Coarse Bath Sheets dozen Blue Serge Shirts „ dozen Moleskin Trowsers „ dozen The above to be supplied to and delivered at the Wellington Hospital. Hospital Utensils akd Requisites. A list of the articles required may be seen at this Office. Firewood. Rata or Manuka, at per cord, in two feet lengths, delivered and stacked at the office or building where the supply is required. Lamp Oil, &c. *Lamp Oil (for Lighthouse) .... at per gallon „ (for Lunatic Assylum) „ gallon „ (for Hospital) „ gallon Lamp Wicks (for Lighthouse). ... „ gross Cotton Wick , lb.

* Probable annual amount required, 250 gallons. Cottfins. Coffins for Paupers, without funeral attendance each Tools for Road Parties. Adzes each {1 inch "I „ 1£ inch > „ 1| incbj „ Axes felling „ Billhooks „ Blocks per inch ICrow Bars \ Jumpers 1 Rammers Vper Ib. Spoons and needles Wedges / Coals {English or Sydney) per 100 lbs. Chain (Timber) per ft. •r,., /Hand and Cross Cut 7 , Fit Saw | per dozen «**-»- («S2 SSI}-* Hammers < g t *| > faced with steel per Ib, Lines, f inch, 100 feet long. each. Levels, common, similar to Bricklayers' per foot Mattocks each Pick Axes ; each Stone Picks. . ., j, each Rakes, 15 inches wide. each f3 inch"] Rope< 3£ inch > per .cwt, [_ 4 inch J f Round, "] Shovels < Square, best quality >per dozen {_ Medium size J Spades , „ ("Hand 1 Saws< Cross Cut > per foot i» J Spoke Shaves each Wheelbarrows each ;: /"Iron Rings ~] Eye Screws | Bolts J Miscellaneous < a P s \ perft. Cart Hooks "Wrought Iron , VSteel . J The nbore'articles to be delivered at th& Hutt Bridge, or in Wellington, and to be of the best qaality.